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Here Comes Peter Cottontail

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Peter Cottontails is named the new Chief Easter Bunny but loses a contest to the evil January Q. Irontail who wants to ruin Easter. With the help of a time machine Peter sets out to make up for his mistake and save Easter from January.
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Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media 12/13/2016
3/5
'70s Easter classic has very mild scares and peril. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/29/2005
3/5
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Joe D @RT00096387 04/20/2025 Excellent claymation classic, Rudolph and Santa’s Claus’ underrated cousin that should be a family classic during the Easter Holiday each year. See more doug n @dis_doug 03/27/2022 Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a delightfully charming Easter special with its colorfully vibrant animation, a memorable musical score, and featuring a great voice cast with Danny Kaye, Vincent Prince, and Paul Frees. This ranks up there with some of the best of Rankin & Bass holiday specials; including Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and Frosty the Snowman. See more kevin p @RT55971421 02/03/2022 [(The voice of Shaggy + Vincent Price)(Easter)/RankinBass = a good time] See more 11/26/2013 good music and a cute story. I loved it more as a child than I do now. See more 03/30/2013 Hadn't seen this in ages. That was fun. See more 04/24/2011 Irontail gave me nightmares as a kid... :( See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jules Bass

Director

Arthur Rankin Jr.

Director

Casey Kasem

Peter Cottontail

Danny Kaye

Seymour S. Sassafrass

Vincent Price

January Q. Irontail

Joan Gardner

Bonnie Bonnet
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Synopsis Peter Cottontails is named the new Chief Easter Bunny but loses a contest to the evil January Q. Irontail who wants to ruin Easter. With the help of a time machine Peter sets out to make up for his mistake and save Easter from January.
Director
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Producer
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Screenwriter
Thornton W. Burgess, Romeo Muller
Production Co
Rankin/Bass Productions, Videocraft International
Genre
Holiday, Musical, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 15, 2005
Runtime
55m