Elf
Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. It stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, 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
On Christmas Eve, an orphaned baby crawls into Santa Claus' sack at the sight of a teddy bear, and is unknowingly taken back to the North Pole from an orphanage. After the infant is discovered at the workshop, the elves name him Buddy after his diaper's brand label: Little Buddy Diapers, and Papa Elf adopts him. Buddy is accepted by the elf community and grows up thinking he is an elf. As an adult, Buddy overhears he is a human. Papa Elf explains to Buddy that he was born to Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells. Susan put him up for adoption prior to her death. Walter now works as a children's book publisher at the Empire State Building in New York City and is unaware of Buddy's existence. Santa reveals that Walter is on the Naughty List due to his selfishness, but suggests Buddy could help redeem him with some Christmas spirit.
More details
| author | David Berenbaum |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Jon Favreau |
| editor | Dan Lebental |
| genre | action adventure animation comedy fantasy |
| keywords | build central park central park rangers christmas eve christmas-gram christmas spirit department store dna profiling dna test dwarfism empire state building etch a sketch gimbels hear meet new york city parks enforcement patrol north pole orphan park ranger police station publish santa claus santa claus is coming to town santa\'s workshop sing singing telegram snowball fight stepmother strange behavior teddy bear think workshop |
| 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 |