Elf
Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. It stars Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf, a human raised by Santa's elves, who learns about his origins and heads to New York City to meet his biological father. James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Asner and Bob Newhart appear in supporting roles.
Plot
One Christmas Eve, a baby from an orphanage crawls into Santa Claus's sack and is unwittingly taken back to the North Pole. When the infant is discovered at Santa's workshop, the elves name him Buddy, after his diaper's brand label, and Papa Elf adopts him. Growing up, Buddy believes that he is an elf, but discovers in adulthood that he is actually a human. Papa Elf informs Buddy that his birth parents are Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells, the latter having put him up for adoption before her death. Walter now works as a children's book publisher at the Empire State Building in New York City, unaware of Buddy's existence.
More details
| author | David Berenbaum |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Jon Favreau |
| editor | Dan Lebental |
| genre | action adventure animation comedy fantasy |
| keywords | arrest build central park central park rangers christmas elf christmas eve christmas-gram messenger christmas spirit department store dna profiling dna test dwarfism elf empire state building etch a sketch ghostwriter gimbels grow up half-brother half-sibling hear married meet new york city parks enforcement patrol north pole park ranger publish santa claus singing telegram snowball fight stepmother struggle |
| musicBy | John Debney |
| producer | Jon Berg Shauna Robertson Todd Komarnicki |
| productionCompany | Guy Walks Into a Bar New Line Cinema |
| publisher | New Line Cinema |
| recordedAt | Vancouver |
| theme | children's children's comedy |