Film · 2003
Elf
Directed by Jon Favreau
1h 37mUnited StatesEnglish
Discover your inner elf.
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.
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Cast & crew
- Will FerrellBuddy
- James CaanWalter
- Bob NewhartPapa Elf
- Ed AsnerSanta
- Mary SteenburgenEmily
- Zooey DeschanelJovie
- Daniel TayMichael
- Faizon LoveGimbels Manager
- Peter DinklageMiles Finch
- Amy SedarisDeb
- Michael LernerFulton
- Andy RichterMorris
- Kyle GassEugene
- Artie LangeGimbels Santa
- Leon RedboneLeon the Snowman (voice)
- Ray HarryhausenPolar Bear Cub (voice)
- Claire LautierNY 1 Reporter
- Ted FriendNY 1 Anchor
- Patrick FerrellSecurity Guard
- Patrick McCartneySecurity Guard
- Directed by
- Jon Favreau
- Written by
- David Berenbaum & Jon Favreau
- Music
- John Debney
- Produced by
- Todd Komarnicki, Shauna Robertson & Jon Berg
- Cinematography
- Greg Gardiner
- Editing
- Dan Lebental