Continuity mistake: During the boys' time creating the snowman, we can see that the snowman is facing the front of the house; yet he completes the transformation: he's now facing towards the trees.
The Snowman (1982)
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Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami, Dianne Jackson
Starring: David Bowie, Raymond Briggs
Genres: Adventure, Animated, Christmas, Family, Fantasy, Short
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Older James: I remember that winter because it had brought the heaviest snows I had ever seen. Snow had fallen steadily all night long and in the morning I woke in a room filled with light and silence, the world seemed to be held in a dream-like stillness. It was a magical day. And it was on that day I made the snowman.
Trivia: In the original book, the boy who's friends with the snowman isn't given a name. In the film he's given a gift by Father Christmas with a nametag on it, so the filmmakers opted for James, the husband of one of the animators.