Francis Ford Coppola Presents William S. Burroughs' The Junky's Christmas

Part claymation and part live action, The Junky’s Christmas, depicts a story by William S. Burroughs written in 1952. Danny the car wiper, a desperate character who has just been released from jail on the upper west side of Manhattan, searches for a fix on a cold Christmas day. His story ends in a revelation that even Danny could never have thought possible.

Includes the short films:
Traveling Light featuring the music of Van Morrison
Ironbound featuring the music of Joe Jackson

Amazing Look At Need Durng The Holidays

This telling of William S Burroughs classic short story may have been claymation, but it tells the story so perfectly you don't notice that it's not real. Coppola's production pulls every bit of pain and beauty from the story, and Wilner's soundtrack is perfect. This isn't your traditional family story, but perhaps it should be. July 14, 2008

Disappointed with amazon

I would like to review this film, however, having ordered it on Nov 30, and today's date being Dec 28, I still have not received my order. December 28, 2007

A Classic

I have a ritual between Thanksgiving and Christmas, where I wait for a really cold evening or afternoon, when all is toasty inside, and put "The Junky's Christmas" on my DVD player. I've had a bootleg of it for years and I'm thrilled that it's finally available for the general public. I first caught it when it ran on VH1, for one night only, back on Christmas Eve of 1993. I remember not having any interest in it the first two times it aired that evening, but luckily, with nothing else on, I forced myself to get through an entire showing, and it stuck with me for the many years that followed. Every year I would check listings on Christmas Eve in hopes that it would resurface, to no avail.
What makes "The Junk's Christmas" so special is the details. Although the characters are claymation and the sets miniatures, it captures a wintry Christmas day in New York City more vividly than any live action film ever could. And Burrough's writing and narration is perfection.
To all the people involved in the creation of this special - THANK YOU! I know a lot of people share my sentiment, and I'm hopeful that in time it will find it's audience.

October 31, 2007

How did I miss this?

Burroughs narrates his odd little gem himself, initially on-camera. The other shorts are quite good as well, quite different from the first, and all from each other. May 12, 2007

ridiculous

This is of course for fans William S. Burroughs only, a claymation short starring a warm-hearted junkie. Familiar Burroughs lines will have viewers cracking up during this little heart-warming vignette from the seedier side. January 9, 2007

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