| Elf | |
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| Directed by | Jon Favreau |
| Produced by | Jon Berg Todd Komarnicki Shauna Robertson |
| Written by | Buddy Hobbs (book) David Berenbaum |
| Starring | Will Ferrell James Caan Zooey Deschanel Mary Steenburgen Daniel Tay with Edward Asner and Bob Newhart |
| Music by | John Debney |
| Cinematography | Greg Gardiner |
| Editing by | Dan Lebental |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | November 7, 2003 (USA) |
| Running time | 93 min. Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau (born October 19 1966 is an American director, actor and writer. Shauna Robertson (born 1975 is a Canadian Film producer. She has worked frequently with Judd Apatow, and has produced a number of films for Apatow John William "Will" Ferrell (ˈfærəl born July 16, 1967) is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice actor, James Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American Academy Award - Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated American Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17 1980 is an American actress, Musician and Singer. Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award -winning American actress. Daniel Tay is an Actor and Voice artist who voiced Pedro De La Hoya in Bully. Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American Actor primarily known for his Emmy -winning role as Lou Grant on George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and Actor. John Debney (born in Glendale California, 18 August 1956) is an award-winning American film composer who received an Academy Award New Line Cinema, founded in 1967 is one of the major American Film studios Though it initially began as an independent film studio it became a Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $33,000,000 US (est. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States ) |
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Elf is a 2003 Christmas-themed comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and released in the US on November 7, 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Comedy film is a genre of Film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau (born October 19 1966 is an American director, actor and writer. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
It stars Will Ferrell as the film's central character "Buddy". John William "Will" Ferrell (ˈfærəl born July 16, 1967) is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice actor, As an infant in a New York orphanage, Buddy had crawled into Santa's bag on Christmas Eve, and Saint Nick unwittingly brought him back to the North Pole. Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply " Santa " is the Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus. The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is subject to the caveats explained below defined as the point in the northern Not knowing to whom the child belonged, the elves decided that he would be raised by them and that it would never be disclosed to him that he was really a human. However, when Buddy overhears the other elves talking about the fact that he is human, he goes to his adoptive father for advice. The film was filmed in December 2002 at New York City. The City of New York
Buddy's adoptive father acknowledges that Buddy is, indeed, a human, and tells him the entire story of how he came to be raised by elves. Most important, he tells Buddy about his human father, Walter Hobbs, who lives in New York City. The City of New York Buddy soon decides to head off on a quest to find his father, which leads to all kinds of humorous trouble.
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Plot
Elf begins with narration by Papa Elf (Bob Newhart), explaining the only three jobs available to an elf: making shoes for a cobbler; baking cookies inside of trees; and working in Santa's workshop. George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and Actor. The Keebler Company is the second-largest cookie and cracker manufacturer in the United States. Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply " Santa " is the He also explains Buddy's presence at the North Pole — as an infant in an orphanage, he crawled into Santa's sack of toys one Christmas Eve and was accidentally taken to the North Pole. The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is subject to the caveats explained below defined as the point in the northern Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus. Santa (Edward Asner) decides to allow the child, called "Buddy" after a label on his diaper, to be raised by Papa Elf, who has no children of his own. Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American Actor primarily known for his Emmy -winning role as Lou Grant on
As Buddy (Will Ferrell) grows, his height and poor toymaking skills raise awkward questions that his adoptive father continually waves away. John William "Will" Ferrell (ˈfærəl born July 16, 1967) is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice actor, Papa Elf also shows Buddy the jet engine he created in the 1960s to assist Santa's sleigh, which had run on the power of the Christmas spirit, until people began to doubt Santa's existence. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 After a string of accidents in which Buddy's non-elfness becomes obvious, Papa Elf finally breaks the news that he was adopted: his birth parents fell in love with each other when they were high school students in the 1970s, and nine months later, Buddy was born, in 1973. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. His late mother, Susan Wells, placed him for adoption at the orphanage. Buddy's now 46-year-old father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan), was never aware of Buddy's existence, and has since become a children's book publishing executive with offices in the Empire State Building; Walter is presently married to Emily (Mary Steenburgen), and has a 10-year-old son, Michael (Daniel Tay). James Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American Academy Award - Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated American The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award -winning American actress. Daniel Tay is an Actor and Voice artist who voiced Pedro De La Hoya in Bully.
Buddy is overwhelmed by the news, and with information from Papa Elf and encouragement from a snowman (Leon Redbone), he sets off to New York City to find his biological father. Leon Redbone (August 26 1949 He has cited his date of birth as October 29 1929 this wildly inaccurate date was the day of the U The City of New York Upon arriving, he is puzzled with the culture of the city, but eventually finds his way to Walter's office, only to be thrown out as Walter has no idea who Buddy is and is otherwise pressured with getting a new book published before the end of the year. Buddy finds a department store called Gimbels and comes across their Christmas display "The North Pole", and is subsequently mistaken as an employee by the department manager (Faizon Love). A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Gimbel Brothers (Gimbels was an iconic major American Department store corporation from 1887 through the late 20th century Faizon Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima; June 14, 1968) is an American Actor. Buddy also meets fellow employee Jovie (Zooey Deschanel) and befriends her. Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17 1980 is an American actress, Musician and Singer. When the manager says that Santa is coming, Buddy assumes that the real Santa is coming and becomes very excited. After Gimbels closes for the night, Buddy secretly stays to decorate "The North Pole" for Santa's arrival. When the employees return, they are amazed at Buddy's work, and the manager fears someone is plotting to steal his job. When the store Santa arrives, Buddy spots him as a fake and gets into a fight around "The North Pole", destroying much of the decoration. He is fired and then arrested.
Walter retrieves Buddy from jail, after getting a card from him that includes a picture of Walter and Susan, and learns through a paternity test that Buddy is indeed Walter's son. A maternity or paternity identification test is conducted to establish whether a person is the biological Parent of another person Walter allows Buddy to move into his apartment, hoping to get him to adjust to a normal life so that he can then move out on his own. Buddy quickly becomes friends with Michael, and Michael suggests that Buddy should go on a date with Jovie. Buddy takes the suggestion, and he and Jovie see several sites around New York City, and share a kiss while ice skating at Rockefeller Center. Ice skating is Traveling on Ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special Boots A study Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. Buddy excitedly tries to tell Walter of his date, but barges in on a Christmas Eve meeting between Walter and a famous children's author and a midget, Miles Finch (Peter Dinklage) as a last attempt to get a book before Christmas; Buddy mistakes Miles as a fellow elf, and causes Miles to walk out on Walter. Midget is a term used to describe an exceptionally short person Peter Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor His breakout role is generally deemed to be the 2003 film The Station Agent Walter tells Buddy to get out of his life forever, causing Buddy to run away. Michael returns home to finds Buddy's final message, and runs to tell his dad what happened. Walter realizes what he has done, and promptly leaves in the middle of an important meeting with his boss to go find Buddy, resulting in his firing from the publishing company.
Buddy, wandering through Central Park, comes across Santa's grounded sleigh. Central Park is a large public Urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually and Santa explains that the engine broke off somewhere over the Park, and that without Christmas spirit, the sleigh will not fly. Walter and Michael, searching the park for Buddy, happen upon the engine, and they are shortly reunited with Buddy. Buddy works on repairing the sleigh's engine, while Walter and Michael, along with help from Jovie, attempt to distract the rangers who have come to get Santa, as well as encourage everyone around to believe in the Christmas spirit. Santa and Buddy manage to take off just before the rangers arrive, but while the engine still fails, the others' efforts, including Walter's new belief in Christmas, have given the sleigh enough Christmas spirit to continue on its way and saving Christmas.
After Christmas, Walter starts a new publishing company, with their first book, "Elf" written by Buddy Hobbs, becoming an award winning children's novel. Buddy and Jovie get married and have a daughter.
Box Office
The film made $220,443,451 at the box office worldwide. [1]
Trivia
- On the outside, the department store across the street from the Empire State Building shown in the movie is the current home of the CUNY Graduate Center, which was the former site of a B. Altman and Company department store, but was called Gimbel's (the real Gimbels was a block west at 6th ave between 32nd and 33rd streets, now the Manhattan Mall). The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York (known more commonly as the CUNY Graduate Center or the GC) is the sole doctorate-granting B Altman and Company was a New York City -based Department store founded in 1865 by Benjamin Altman. A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Gimbel Brothers (Gimbels was an iconic major American Department store corporation from 1887 through the late 20th century Both companies have gone bankrupt. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against Gimbels was also the main competition to Macys in the original Miracle on 34th Street. Miracle on 34th Street (also titled The Big Heart in the UK is a 1947 Film written by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton
- Director Jon Favreau appears as a doctor who performs a blood test to verify that Buddy is Walter's son. Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau (born October 19 1966 is an American director, actor and writer. A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a Blood sample that is usually extracted from a Vein in the arm using a needle, or via He also voices the narwhal. The Narwhal ( Monodon monoceros) is an Arctic species of Cetacean.
- Screenwriter David Berenbaum makes a cameo appearance as a worker in Walter's office. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as
- NY1, the TV news station on which the story of the Santa sighting spread, is a real 24-hour news station based in New York City. NY1 (pronounced " New York One " is a twenty-four hour news channel available exclusively to over two million Cable television customers within the five boroughs
- Leon the Snowman resembles and is voiced by the mysterious Leon Redbone, who can also be heard on the soundtrack singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with Zooey Deschanel, replacing Will Ferrell who sang it earlier in the film with Deschanel.
- When Buddy tested the jack-in-the-boxes, a crazy laugh can be heard. This is the same laugh done by Ripper Roo of the Crash Bandicoot series. Crash Bandicoot is a series of platform Video games currently developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. It was originally the sound of the hyena in Lady and the Tramp. Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 Animated feature film produced by Walt Disney, and originally released to theaters on June 22, 1955 by Additionally, in the opening credits, while the walrus is bouncing up and down on the snow is the same sound as when Crash Bandicoot jumps on boxes in the same series.
- The larger of the two security guards who remove Buddy from the building twice is played by Pat Ferrell, Will's brother.
- During December 2000, Will Ferrell was invited to play Buddy.
- When this screenplay first emerged in 1993, Jim Carrey was invited to play Buddy.
Selected cast and crew
- Will Ferrell - Buddy Hobbs
- Edward Asner - Santa Claus
- Bob Newhart - Papa Elf
- James Caan - Walter Hobbs
- Mary Steenburgen - Emily Hobbs
- Zooey Deschanel - Jovie
- Daniel Tay - Michael Hobbs
- Faizon Love - Krumpet (Gimbel's Manager)
- Peter Dinklage - Miles Finch
- Amy Sedaris - Deb
- Michael Lerner - Fulton
- Andy Richter - Morris
- Kyle Gass - Eugene
- Artie Lange - Gimbel's Santa
Directed by Jon Favreau; written by David Berenbaum; distributed by New Line Cinema. John William "Will" Ferrell (ˈfærəl born July 16, 1967) is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice actor, Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American Actor primarily known for his Emmy -winning role as Lou Grant on George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and Actor. James Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American Academy Award - Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated American Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award -winning American actress. Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17 1980 is an American actress, Musician and Singer. Daniel Tay is an Actor and Voice artist who voiced Pedro De La Hoya in Bully. Faizon Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima; June 14, 1968) is an American Actor. Peter Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor His breakout role is generally deemed to be the 2003 film The Station Agent Amy Sedaris (born March 29 1961 is an American actress, Author, and Comedian. Michael Lerner may refer to several people Michael Lerner (actor Michael Lerner (rabbi Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter (born October 28 1966 is an American Comedian and actor Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) also known as KG or Kage is an American Actor and a member of the bands Tenacious D Arthur Steven Lange Jr (born October 11, 1967 in Union New Jersey) is an American Stand-up comedian, Radio personality Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau (born October 19 1966 is an American director, actor and writer. New Line Cinema, founded in 1967 is one of the major American Film studios Though it initially began as an independent film studio it became a
Sequel
Elf 2 is rumored to be in production. However, Will Ferrell denies any intention in being in a sequel stating "I decided I wouldn't be able to. John William "Will" Ferrell (ˈfærəl born July 16, 1967) is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice actor, I didn't want to wander into an area that could erase all the good work I've done. "[2]
References
- ^ Elf (2003)
- ^ Will Ferrell Refuses Elf 2 and Old School 2. Retrieved on 2007-07-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,
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