| In Movie Theaters: | Friday, November 7, 2003 |
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| On DVD: | Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Released; Now Available Buy or Rent Availability |
| Director: | Jon Favreau |
| Cast: more cast | Will Ferrell Ed Asner James Caan Zooey Deschanel Bob Newhart Mary Steenburgen |
| Companies: | New Line Cinema |
| Rating: | PG for some mild rude humor and language. |
Storyline
Many years ago, a playful toddler accidentally ended up in one of Santa's bags of presents, and got whisked away to the North Pole, where he would live out his entire childhood. One of Santa's elves adopted the child, named Buddy, and raised it among the tight-knit community of elves, who live up North with Santa, making toys year-round. Now a tall, fully grown man, Buddy and his distinctly non-elfishness, regularly causes havoc in Santa's workshop. He is unable to fully fit in with the other elves, and becomes forlorn. This inspires Buddy's adopted elf father to suggest to his human son that it's time for him to travel out into the world of men, and try to find his biological father and family back in New York City. However, it maybe just as hard for Buddy to fit into this new world, as he's only existed with other elves around him, and is not quite used to the ways of humans--especially urbanites.
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Production Updates (3)
- From Sat., December 25, 2010 to Mon., December 22, 2008
- IMDb Sat., December 25, 2010
- added photos to the gallery
- Herocomplex.latimes.com Wed., December 15, 2010
- set the production budget to $35,000,000
- Movie Insider Mon., December 22, 2008
- added the soundtrack release date of November 4, 2003
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