Elf [videorecording] / Shawn Danielle Productions, Ltd. ; Gold/Miller Productions ; Guy Walks into a Bar Productions ; Mosaic Media Group ; producers, Jon Berg, Todd Komarnicki, Shauna Robertson ; written by David Berenbaum ; directed by Jon Favreau.
Other Titles: Elf (Motion picture).
Publisher: [Burbank, CA] : New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004]
ISBN: 0780647742
Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + contents insert.
Series: Infinifilm
Subject: Elves Drama.
Santa Claus Drama.
Duendes Teatro. bidex
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Director of photography, Greg Gardiner ; editor, Dan Lebental ; music, John Debney ; costume designer, Laura Jean Shannon ; production designer, Rusty Smith ; visual effects supervisor, Joe Bauer.
Performers: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel, Daniel Tay, Faizon Love.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG; for some mild rude humor and language.
Notes: English or dubbed Spanish dialogue; closed-captioned.
Widescreen (disc one) and full screen (disc two) presentations.
Special features: commentary by director Jon Favreau; commentary by actor Will Ferrell; deleted scenes; fact track & jump to music cues viewing options; "Deck the hall" featurette; "Christmas in Tinseltown" featurette; "Santa mania" featurette; "Kids on Christmas" featurette; all access pass featurettes: "Tag along with Will Ferrell", "How they made the North Pole", "Film school for kids", "That's wrap", "Lights, camera, puffin'"; fun and games: Buddy's adventure game, Elf karaoke, read-along; DVD-ROM: script to screen view option, photo gallery, make your own Christmas book, photo activity, weblinks.
Summary: A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But all the while, things are looking bad for Santa Claus. When Santa crashes his sleigh in Central Park, it's Buddy's moment to shine.
