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The Star(Movie, 2017)

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| 1h 26min | Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
The StarRating: 3.1/5 (with 229229 votes)
The Star is a 2017 American animated biblical comedy film produced by The Jim Henson Company. Sony Pictures Releasing was the distributor of the film and Timothy Reckart directed it. A screenplay written by Carlos Kotkin, and a story by Kotkin and Simon Moore, based on an original concept by Tom Sheridan. Inspired by the Nativity of Jesus, the film stars the voices of Steven Yeun, Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelly Clarkson, Patricia Heaton, Kristin Chenoweth, Tracy Morgan, Tyler Perry, and Oprah Winfrey. The Star was owned by Columbia Pictures, and released through its parental label Sony Pictures Releasing worldwide on November 17, 2017. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $62 million worldwide with a $20 million budget. It received a nomination for Best Original Song ("The Star" by Mariah Carey) at the 75th Golden Globe Awards but lost to "This Is Me". ()
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Duration: 1h 26min
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About The Star

A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told, the first Christmas.

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Trailer for The Star + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Star Trailer #1 (2017) | Trailers(Trailer, 2:01)

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Official Trailer (Trailer)
Charades (Clip)
Vignette - Meet Ruth (Featurette)
Steven Yeun is Bo (Featurette)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 30 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 11/17/2017 (World premiere: 11/15/2017)
Voice Actor: Steven Yeun
Director: Timothy Reckart
Film Editor: Pam Ziegenhagen
Composer: John Paesano
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La Estrella de Belén"
"Se armó el belén 2017"
"L'étoile"
"L’Étoile de Noël - L'Histoire Du Tout Premier Noël"
"ザ・スター　はじめてのクリスマス"
"La Estrella de Belén"
"The Lamb"
"The Star Donkey"
Keywords: cartoon donkey
Budget: 10,000,000 USD
Revenue: 62,800,000 USD (= 628%)

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Other movies with this title: The Star (SU, 1949), The Star (US, 1952), The Star (1984), The Star (RU, 2002), The Star (KR, 2003), The Star (2012), The Star (SK, 2013), The Star (IL/US, 2021)

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