The Small One (1978)

Directed by

Don Bluth

Genre

family film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

26 min

Rated

G

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 99 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy has to sell his beloved old donkey at the market. No one wants the scrawny animal except for a man who needs it for a special journey.

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What happens

The Small One (also known as A Christmas Miracle in the UK) is a 1978 American animated featurette produced by Walt Disney Productions and released theatrically by Buena Vista Distribution on December 16, 1978, with a re-issue of Pinocchio (1940). The story is based on a 1947 children's book of the same name by Charles Tazewell and was a project for the new generation of Disney animators including Don Bluth, Jerry Rees, Henry Selick, Gary Goldman, and John Pomeroy. The story tells of a young boy outside Nazareth, who must part with his best friend, an old donkey named Small One. He brings it to market, but no one is in need of a "scrawny donkey", except for a tanner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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