Elf Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Dec. 25, 2010

Elf

Release Date: Friday, November 7, 2003

Jon Favreau, Will Ferrell, Zooey Deschanel, David Berenbaum, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart, James Caan, Jon Berg, Ed Asner, Todd Komarnicki, Shauna Robertson

PG Comedy N/A

4.1

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26% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

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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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Elf.

Will Ferrell
Daddy's Home, Despicable Me 4
Ed Asner
Up, Faith, Hope & Love
James Caan
That's My Boy, The Godfather (50th Anniversary)
Zooey Deschanel
Harold and the Purple Crayon, Trolls Band Together
Bob Newhart
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
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Mary Steenburgen
Four Christmases, The Dink

Crew Behind the Film

The Elf behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jon Favreau last directed The Lion King and The Jungle Book. The film's writer Jon Favreau last wrote The Mandalorian and Chef.

Director: Jon Favreau
Screenwriters: Jon Favreau
David Berenbaum
Producers: Jon Berg
Todd Komarnicki
Shauna Robertson

Studio: New Line Cinema
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG Parental Guidance Suggested for some mild rude humor and language
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Production Details

What we know about the Elf movie production.

Production Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Elf was released in on Friday, November 7, 2003. There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including Love Actually, Love Forbidden and Anything but Love.

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Follow the Updates

Sat., Dec. 25, 2010 Sat., Dec. 25, 2010

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Added photos to the gallery

Wed., Dec. 15, 2010 Wed., Dec. 15, 2010

from herocomplex.latimes.com

Set the production budget to $35,000,000

Mon., Dec. 22, 2008 Mon., Dec. 22, 2008

Added the soundtrack release date of November 4, 2003

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