Jim Button's Wild Wild Express

Jim Button's Wild Wild Express is a 1977 American animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass, a studio known for their holiday specials and animated by Topcraft, a precursor to Studio Ghibli and written and directed by Jules Barnaby (his first directorial work). loosely based on the two books by Michael Ende but not a direct adaptation of either, focusing on a more original story. it was first broadcast on ABC on October 30, 1977 (a day before Halloween).
== Home Media ==
The special was released by ABC Video Enterprises on Betamax and by Sony on VHS, Warner Home Video released the special on VHS in 1992 after gaining the post-1974 Rankin/Bass library through their purchase of Lorimar-Telepictures.
After a decade, the special was finally released on DVD in 2017 by Warner Bros. as part of it's Archive Collection.
Category:1977 television films
Category:1977 films
Category:1977 animated films
Category:1977 in Amercan television
Category:1977 television specials
Category:1970s American animated films
Category:1970s animated television specials
Category:1970s children's fantasy films
Category:Films scored by Maury Laws
Category:Films about trains
Category:Films based on German novels
Category:Animated films based on children's books
Category:Musical television specials
Category:ABC television specials
Category:Rankin Bass Productions
Category:1970s American television specials
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