Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. Starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay, Ed Asner and Bob Newhart, the film centers on Buddy, a human who was adopted and raised by Santa’s elves. He learns about this and heads to New York City to meet his biological father while also spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics in the process.
- Starring : Will Ferrell / James Caan
- Genre : Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Director : Jon Favreau
- Production : New Line Cinema / Guy Walks into a Bar Productions / Gold/Miller Productions / Mosaic Media Group / Shawn Danielle Productions Ltd.
- Distributor : New Line Cinema / A-Film Distribution / Alliance Atlantis Communications / Distribution Company / Eagle Pictures / Entertainment Film Distributors / Karo Premiere / Metropolitan Filmexport / Time Warner / TriPictures / Village Films / Village Roadshow Entertainment / Warner Bros. / A-Film Home Entertainment / ABC Family / Alliance Atlantis Home Video / Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm / American Movie Classics (AMC) / Argentina Video Home / Audio Visual Enterprises / CBS / Entertainment in Video / FS Film / Freeform / HBO Max / Hero / MGM Worldwide Television / MTV3 / Mediaset Italia 2 / Nelonen / Net5 / New Line Home Entertainment / Nickelodeon Network / Roadshow Entertainment / Svensk Filmindustri (SF) / Taki Corporation / USA Network / Universal Kids / Warner Home Video / Yleisradio (YLE)
Elf movie
Elf release date
- October 9, 2003 : USA (Austin Film Festival)
- November 7, 2003 : Canada
- November 7, 2003 : USA
- November 14, 2003 : UK (London)
- November 27, 2003 : Australia
- November 28, 2003 : UK
- November 28, 2003 : Ireland
- December 3, 2003 : France
- December 5, 2003 : Singapore
- December 10, 2003 : Philippines (Manila)
- December 11, 2003 : Germany
- December 12, 2003 : United Arab Emirates
- December 12, 2003 : Spain
- December 17, 2003 : Philippines (Davao)
- December 8, 2004 : Sweden (DVD premiere)
- December 9, 2005 : Japan (DVD premiere)
Elf cast
- Will Ferrell as Buddy
- James Caan as Walter
- Bob Newhart as Papa Elf
- Edward Asner as Santa
- Mary Steenburgen as Emily
- Zooey Deschanel as Jovie
- Daniel Tay as Michael
- Faizon Love as Gimbel’s Manager
- Peter Dinklage as Miles Finch
- Amy Sedaris as Deb
- Michael Lerner as Fulton
- Andy Richter as Morris
- Kyle Gass as Eugene
- Artie Lange as Gimbel’s Santa
- Leon Redbone as Leon the Snowman(voice)
Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. Starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay, Ed Asner and Bob Newhart, the film centers on Buddy, a human who was adopted and raised by Santa’s elves. He learns about this and heads to New York City to meet his biological father while also spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics in the process.
Elf was released in the United States on November 7, 2003 by New Line Cinema to critical and commercial success, grossing $220 million worldwide against a $33 million budget. Ferrell’s performance as Buddy the Elf was praised by audiences and critics alike, with many calling it one of his best performances. It inspired the 2010 Broadway musical Elf: The Musical and NBC’s 2014 stop-motion animated television special Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas. It is often listed among the greatest Christmas films of all time.
On one Christmas Eve, a baby boy at an orphanage crawls into Santa Claus’s sack and is unwittingly transported back to the North Pole. When he is discovered at the workshop, the elves name him Buddy after the brand label on his diaper, and Papa Elf adopts and raises him. Buddy grows up at the North Pole, believing he is an elf and accepted by the elf community, but due to his human size, he is unable to keep up with the other elves and demoted to the demeaning job of toy testing. When Buddy overhears that he is a human, Papa Elf explains that Buddy was born to Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells and given up for adoption. Susan subsequently died, and Walter, who now works for a children’s book publisher at the Empire State Building in New York City, is unaware of Buddy’s existence. To Buddy’s horror, Santa reveals that Walter is on the naughty list due to his callous and unscrupulous demeanor, but suggests Buddy could help redeem him.
Buddy promptly travels to New York and finds his father at work, but even after he mentions Susan Wells, Walter misinterprets him as a dysfunctional christmas-gram messenger and has him kicked out of the premises. Inspired by a sarcastic remark from a security guard, Buddy heads to a local Gimbels department store, where the manager mistakes him for an employee. At the store’s Santa Land, he meets Jovie, an unenthusiastic employee with whom he is instantly smitten. After hearing that Santa will be at the store the following day, Buddy jubilantly decorates Santa Land overnight. When Buddy realizes that the Gimbels Santa is not the real Santa, he unmasks him and causes a wild tumult in the store that lands Buddy in jail. Walter reluctantly bails him out and takes him to a doctor for a DNA test, which confirms that Buddy is in fact his long-lost son.
The doctor convinces Walter to take Buddy home to meet his stepmother Emily and twelve-year-old half-brother Michael. Walter and Michael are put off by Buddy’s odd behavior, but Emily insists that they care for him until he “recovers.” Michael eventually warms up to Buddy after Buddy defends him from a gang of bullies in a snowball fight, and Michael encourages Buddy to ask Jovie on a date. During the date, the two fall in love.
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