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Elf
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.
2003 · Directed by Jon Favreau · 97 min · Comedy · Family · Fantasy · 10 frames
Tagline
Discover your inner elf.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jon Favreau
- Written by: David Berenbaum
- Cinematography: Greg Gardiner
- Edited by: Dan Lebental
- Music: John Debney
- Production design: Rusty Smith
- Produced by: Todd Komarnicki, Shauna Robertson, Jon Berg
Cast
- Will Ferrell as Buddy
- James Caan as Walter
- Bob Newhart as Papa Elf
- Ed Asner as Santa
- Mary Steenburgen as Emily
- Zooey Deschanel as Jovie
- Daniel Tay as Michael
- Faizon Love as Gimbels Manager
- Peter Dinklage as Miles Finch
- Amy Sedaris as Deb
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: New Line Cinema, Guy Walks into a Bar Productions
- Budget: $32,000,000
- Box office: $228,500,000
- Themes: elves, dwarf, holiday, adoption, santa claus, sarcasm, looking for birth parents, romance, fish out of water, orphan
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