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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
David Berenbaum (written by)
Release Date:
7 November 2003 (USA)
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Tagline:
This holiday, discover your inner elf.
Plot:
After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity. full summary | full synopsis
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North Pole
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Book Publishing
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Reindeer
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Awards:
2 wins
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7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(124 articles)
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Will Ferrell Is The Most Overpaid Stars As Per Forbes Magazine
(From Gossipvita. 22 November 2009, 2:55 AM, PST)
(From newsinfilm. 23 November 2009, 11:36 AM, PST)
Will Ferrell Is The Most Overpaid Stars As Per Forbes Magazine
(From Gossipvita. 22 November 2009, 2:55 AM, PST)
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An Uplifiting and Cheerful Display of Raw Uninformed Innocence
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Will Ferrell | ... | Buddy |
 | James Caan | ... | Walter |
 | Bob Newhart | ... | Papa Elf |
 | Edward Asner | ... | Santa |
 | Mary Steenburgen | ... | Emily |
 | Zooey Deschanel | ... | Jovie |
 | Daniel Tay | ... | Michael |
 | Faizon Love | ... | Gimbel's Manager |
 | Peter Dinklage | ... | Miles Finch |
 | Amy Sedaris | ... | Deb |
 | Michael Lerner | ... | Fulton |
 | Andy Richter | ... | Morris |
 | Kyle Gass | ... | Eugene |
 | Artie Lange | ... | Gimbel's Santa |
| Leon Redbone | ... | Leon the Snowman (voice) |
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Also Known As:
Buddy - Der Weihnachtself (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild rude humor and language.
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Runtime:
97 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Norway:7 |
Finland:K-3 |
Iceland:L |
Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) |
South Korea:All |
New Zealand:G |
Portugal:M/6 |
Sweden:Btl |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Brazil:Livre |
Canada:G |
Germany:6 |
Philippines:G |
Singapore:G |
Spain:T |
UK:PG |
USA:PG (certificate #40170) |
Finland:S
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Trivia:
When Buddy goes to Gimbels to ask Jovie out on a date the song we hear playing over the loudspeaker is "Christmas Island" sung by Leon Redbone. Redbone also provided the voice of Leon the snowman at the North Pole.
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Goofs:
Factual errors: The trucks on the skateboard that Santa gives Michael are facing the same way. It would be impossible to turn like that; a skateboard is put together with the trucks facing opposite each other.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Papa Elf: Oh, hello. You're, uh, you're probably here about the story. Elves love to tell stories. I-I'll bet you didn't know that about elves. There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about elves. Another, another interesting, uh, elfism, uh, there are only three jobs available to an elf. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.
Disgruntled Cobbler Elf: Lazy bum! Couldn't even make a clog!
Papa Elf: You can bake cookies in a tree. As you can imagine, it's, uh, dangerous having an oven in an oak tree during the dry season. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every elf aspires to. And that is to build toys in Santa's workshop.
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Papa Elf: Oh, hello. You're, uh, you're probably here about the story. Elves love to tell stories. I-I'll bet you didn't know that about elves. There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about elves. Another, another interesting, uh, elfism, uh, there are only three jobs available to an elf. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.
Disgruntled Cobbler Elf: Lazy bum! Couldn't even make a clog!
Papa Elf: You can bake cookies in a tree. As you can imagine, it's, uh, dangerous having an oven in an oak tree during the dry season. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every elf aspires to. And that is to build toys in Santa's workshop.
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Referenced in 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Winter Wonderland
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Will Ferrell does a great job here, and it's the perfect Christmas (Holiday) movie that can be enjoyed anytime of the year.
The contrast of almost unbalanced folly of Will's character with those that encompass him, lends a great degree of innocence and non-stop joy and plenty of laughter as he leaves the mundane world of the usual, boring, and often time intolerance of the world in his dust.
It's refreshing to see a story where others are encouraged to rise to the level of this main character instead of him being overwhelmed and dragged down by the majority of "Cotten Headed Ninny Muggins", a.k.a. the "touch me not, speak to me not" big city public psyche so familiar that many walk around with.
For those that represent the general public in the movie, as well as the audience, Ferrell's character dares us to believe again, even for a moment of the magic of Christmas and tears down decades of political correctness to connect us with the late 60s and 70s when so many annual Holiday shows brought us a seemingly sustained desire to entertain ourselves with the magic that waxes then wanes but for a few short weeks each year. Whether a work of animation or raw theater, this refreshing story brings vitality and rekindles childhood memories for the kid in all of us.