"Elf (film) Elf is a 2003 American Christmas fantasy comedy film, directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. It stars Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay, Ed Asner, and Bob Newhart. The story is about one of Santa's elves (Ferrell) who learns he is actually a human and goes to New York City to meet his biological father (Caan), spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics. The film was released in the United States on November 7, 2003 by New Line Cinema. It received generally favorable reviews from critics and grossed $220 million"
"Elf (Sean Hayes), an optimistic inventor with an unexpectedly hazardous new toy, and Murray Weiner (Jerry Stiller), the cranky owner of the town's diner. Murray's talent for delivering orders makes the unwilling curmudgeon the only person in town who can fill in for an injured Santa (Kevin Michael Richardson) on Christmas Eve. The special received 3.57 million viewers and a 0.9/3 rating/share. ""How Murray Saved Christmas"" received mixed reviews from critics. The review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the special a score of 50% based on reviews from 6 critics, with an average score of 3.7/10. The review-aggregation website Metacritic, which"
"Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas is a 2014 American stop-motion animated Christmas musical television special directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh and written by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan. It is based on the 2003 film ""Elf"" and the Broadway theatre musical """". While Ed Asner reprises his role of Santa Claus from the film, the rest of the cast consists of Jim Parsons, Mark Hamill, Kate Micucci, Max Charles, and Rachael MacFarlane. The special premiered on December 16, 2014, on NBC. Santa narrates the story of Buddy's travels to New York"
"Komarnicki has since published War (2008), a psychological thriller where a soldier, who suffers from amnesia, wakes up in a city in ruins. He embarks on a quest to regain his memory in order to discover his mission, and the identity of the enemy he is supposed to kill. In the world of cinema, Todd Komarnicki is best known as a writer/producer of the instant Christmas classic Elf (2003), starring Will Ferrell and directed by Jon Favreau. Elf was the maiden project of Komarnicki and Jon Berg’s Guy Walks Into a Bar shingle. Elf grossed $173.4 million in North America"
"The Happy Elf The Happy Elf is a 3D-animated family holiday special, which first aired December 2, 2005 on the NBC television network in the USA. Based on Grammy-winner Harry Connick, Jr.’s original song, ""The Happy Elf"". Production on the special is by Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment company, the same animation company known for producing ""The Simpsons"". Eubie the Elf (Rob Paulsen) loves working in Santa Claus' workshop up at the North Pole, despite the other elves' complaints about being annoyed by his overly happy personality. One Christmas Eve morning, Eubie's boss, Norbert, assigns him to checking the naughty"
"the Elf (now a D.D.S.) and Rudolph, who is now famous in the Arctic tundra. GoodTimes Entertainment, three years prior, had released """", which was set in a separate continuity with different supporting characters. Several key personnel were retained from that movie: Kathleen Barr, the voice of Rudolph; Michael Aschner, the head writer; and Bill Kowalchuk, the director. Golden Books Family Entertainment was likewise retained as the production company. The voice cast includes Rick Moranis, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Richard Dreyfuss. Rudolph, not satisfied with being a ""novelty act"" performing tricks with his nose, travels with Hermey to the Island"
"Hues Studios. Buddy's belch after drinking a two-liter bottle of Coca-Cola was real, as dubbed by voice actor Maurice LaMarche. ""Elf"" grossed $173.4 million in North America and $47 million in other territories for a total gross of $220.4 million, against a budget of $33 million. The film opened at number two at the box office in the United States with $31.1 million, finishing behind ""The Matrix Revolutions"", also in its first week. It topped the box office on its second week of release, beating out """". In the United Kingdom, it opened in second behind ""Love Actually"". On review"
"A review in ""Broadway World"" critic praised it in 2017 in Boston, and observed that children in the show seemed to love the production and pay rapt attention, with Erik Gratton in the title role praised for his performance as Buddy. The English production was well-reviewed by the ""Manchester Evening News"" in 2017. The musical broke records at the Hirschfeld box office three times, grossing over a million dollars in one week. It was the third best-grossing show for the 2010 Thanksgiving weekend, behind ""Wicked"" and ""The Lion King"". Notes Elf (Broadway musical) Elf is a musical based on the"
"a 2004 article, from a supply chain managers' trade magazine, aptly illustrates this depiction: Many feature films have featured Santa Claus as a protagonist, including ""Elf"", ""Miracle on 34th Street"" and ""The Santa Clause"". In the cartoon base, Santa has been voiced by several people, including Stan Francis, Mickey Rooney, Ed Asner, John Goodman, and Keith Wickham. Santa has been described as a positive male cultural icon: Many television commercials, comic strips and other media depict this as a sort of humorous business, with Santa's elves acting as a sometimes mischievously disgruntled workforce, cracking jokes and pulling pranks on their"
"Will Ferrell John William Ferrell (; born July 16, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and a part-owner of Los Angeles FC. He first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show ""Saturday Night Live"", and has subsequently starred in comedy films such as """" (2004), """" (2006), ""Step Brothers"" (2008), ""The Other Guys"" (2010) and """" (2013), all but one of which he co-wrote with his comedy partner Adam McKay. The two also founded the comedy website Funny or Die in 2007. Other film roles include ""Elf"", ""Old School"" (both"
"laugh, and the way that he always beats Killian at everything. Spinel (Laura Bailey): Spinel is an elf, and a self-described ""treasure hunter extraordinaire"". She meets up with Killian at the beginning of the game and only further complicates his life. Jeffrey: Jeffrey also meets up with Killian at the beginning of the game, and is probably the only character who has even worse luck than Killian. He first runs into Killian while in the middle of a dispute with Spinel. Henson (Dave Wittenberg): Henson's a mysterious, wise-cracking mage who is both quick with a burning insult and a burning"
"but standing out from the rest is Deschanel's work, which evinces an impressively direct connection to her character's emotions. The actress does a wonderful job presenting a young woman who is trying, with varying degrees of success, to give voice to all sorts of things she has never felt or expressed before"". She received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress. Also in 2003, Deschanel starred opposite Will Ferrell in the Christmas comedy ""Elf"" as a deadpan department store worker and the love interest of a man raised by Santa's elves. Reviewers found the film to be a ""spirited,"
"Allmovie wrote, ""No holiday horror viewing would be complete without a little screening of the horrendously strange low-budget opus Elves... this old VHS gem delivers the ridiculous goods hand over fist time and again."" Elves (film) Elves is a 1989 American horror film directed by Jeffrey Mandel and starring Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, and Ken Carpenter. When teenager Kirsten (Julie Austin) accidentally cuts her hand during an ""Anti-Christmas"" pagan ritual with her friends Brooke and Amy in the woods, her spilled blood awakens an ancient demonic Christmas elf. The elf is the central figure in a modern-day Neo-Nazi plot to"
"Ryan Dillon Ryan Dillon (born May 25, 1988) is an American puppeteer who has played Elmo since 2013. Dillon had previously worked as an ensemble muppeteer for the Jim Henson Company since 2005. Dillon also played Cooper Monster for the interactive series Sesame Street TV for Xbox Kinect, and appears on all 4 seasons of the new CBeebies and Sesame Street co-production, The Furchester Hotel, as Elmo. In 2017, Dillon was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming. Dillon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a young puppeteer, Dillon came to the attention of ""Sesame"
"Caillou's Holiday Movie Caillou's Holiday Movie is a 2003 Canadian animated Christmas film. It stars Annie Bovaird as Caillou, Pat Fry as Daddy, Jason Szwimmer as Elf, and Terry Simpson as Mailman. The film is based on the Canadian TV series ""Caillou"". It was released direct-to-video on VHS and DVD on October 7, 2003. It was re-released by NCircle Entertainment as part of Caillou's 25th Anniversary on November 11, 2014. This is the first time that Caillou is voiced by Annie Bovaird, who would later voice him in the rest of the TV series' run. Bovaird replaced previous voice actress"
"novel also describes how, on a certain long-winter's night, the oldest and wisest elf of all, the Ancient One, foresaw the arrival of a man whose love for children would be equal to that of the elves. The Ancient One believed that this man would be the one to whom the elves would grant full immortality, along with the ability to deliver the elves' gifts to children all over the world. In addition to Patch, Dooley, Puffy, Boog, Honka, and Vout, the film's screenplay and cast listing features three additional elves: Groot, the Elves' Senior Chef; Goober, the head of"
"talent."" Warner Home Video released ""Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas"" on DVD and Blu-ray on November 3, 2015. The film was nominated for seven Annie Awards and won one for Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas is a 2014 American stop-motion animated Christmas musical television special directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh and written by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan. It is based on the 2003 film ""Elf"" and the Broadway theatre musical """". While Ed Asner reprises his role of Santa Claus from the film, the"
"Fun With Science, Math and More,"" ""Julie's Greenroom"", The Muppets Take the Bowl, the Nickelodeon webseries ""Ask Sylvia"" as the title character, and ""John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean"" (2010) Ryan Dillon Ryan Dillon (born May 25, 1988) is an American puppeteer who has played Elmo since 2013. Dillon had previously worked as an ensemble muppeteer for the Jim Henson Company since 2005. Dillon also played Cooper Monster for the interactive series Sesame Street TV for Xbox Kinect, and appears on all 4 seasons of the new CBeebies and Sesame Street co-production, The Furchester Hotel, as Elmo. In 2017, Dillon was nominated for"
"for ""Elf"" with Thomas Meehan, lyrics by Chad Beguelin and music by Matthew Sklar. It had two limited engagements for the holiday seasons of 2010 and 2012. Martin wrote the book for a musical adaptation of the 1973 film ""The Sting"", with ""Urinetown"" music, lyrics, and directing team of Mark Hollmann, Greg Kotis, and John Rando, respectively. Additionally music and lyrics were provided by the show's star: Harry Connick, Jr. The musical premiered at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ. He collaborated with Beguelin and Sklar again for ""Half Time"" (at Paper Mill Playhouse, with a previous run in Chicago"
"Games, voicing Pedro De La Hoya in ""Bully"" and Bill Blue in """". Daniel Tay Daniel Tay (born December 17, 1991) is an American actor best known for his role as Michael Hobbs in ""Elf"". Tay was born in New York City, New York on December 17, 1991. Tay's acting debut was at the age of 11 in ""Elf"" as Michael Hobbs. The same year, he appeared in ""American Splendor"" as Young Harvey Pekar. His other acting roles include ""Artie Lange's Beer League"" as Max and ""Brooklyn Rules"" as Young Bobby. Tay was the voice of the titular character Doogal"
"action hybrid feature. ""The Smurfs"" producer Jordan Kerner will also produce the film, along with Tom Patchett and Fusco. Paul Fusco lives with his wife Linda and son Christopher. Paul Fusco Paul Fusco (born January 29, 1953 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American puppeteer, voice-over artist, and character actor. He is best known as the puppeteer and voice of the title character on the sitcom ""ALF"", for which he also served as creator, writer, producer, and director. He formed the production company Alien Productions with Tom Patchett and Bernie Brillstein. As a student, Paul Fusco worked in the audio-visual"
"Josh that did that."" ""It was a lot funnier than I expected, thanks largely to Josh Gad's surprisingly well-written deluded snowman character"" (Del Vecho). Gad's studio performance was videotaped, and animators used his facial expressions and physical moves as a reference for animating the character. Hyrum Osmond, one of the film's animation supervisors, served as the character lead for Olaf. Del Vecho described him as ""quiet but he has a funny, wacky personality so we knew he'd bring a lot of comedy to it."" Osmond himself admitted that ""My personality's a bit like Olaf."" The filmmakers developed a new software"
"Daniel Tay Daniel Tay (born December 17, 1991) is an American actor best known for his role as Michael Hobbs in ""Elf"". Tay was born in New York City, New York on December 17, 1991. Tay's acting debut was at the age of 11 in ""Elf"" as Michael Hobbs. The same year, he appeared in ""American Splendor"" as Young Harvey Pekar. His other acting roles include ""Artie Lange's Beer League"" as Max and ""Brooklyn Rules"" as Young Bobby. Tay was the voice of the titular character Doogal in ""Doogal"". He has also done voice work for video games by Rockstar"
"two daughters. Gad has stated that he loves the traditional aspects of Judaism and celebrates some traditions of his wife's religion (Catholicism), and considers himself spiritual but not religious. Josh Gad Joshua Ilan Gad (born February 23, 1981) is an American actor, comedian and singer. He is known for voicing Olaf in ""Frozen"", playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical ""The Book of Mormon"", and LeFou in the live action adaptation of Disney's ""Beauty and the Beast"". He has also appeared in ""ER"", ""The Daily Show"", ""Modern Family"", ""New Girl"", ""Bored to Death"", and ""Numb3rs"". Gad played Skip Gilchrist"
"Elf (Broadway musical) Elf is a musical based on the motion picture of the same name, with a score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. The book is adapted by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan from the 2003 film. The musical ran on Broadway in the Christmas seasons of 2010-11 and 2012–13, and also toured the U.S. in 2012. A new tour launched in 2014. William ""Buddy"" Hobbs, a young orphan child, mistakenly crawls into Santa Claus' bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. After discovering the baby, Santa and his elves decide to raise the"
"stumbles upon Nolan (Andrew Lauer), a simple-minded thief who is driving stolen kitchen goods to his dealer near New York. A police officer named Max (Sean O'Bryan) pulls them over in Red Cliff, Colorado for speeding, so Jake lies and says that Nolan is his elf, Snowpuff, and that they are donating the goods to the children's hospital. The police officer offers for them to join him. Max asks Jake to accompany him to North Platte, Nebraska and help him win his wife, Marjorie (Lesley Boone), back. Allie and Eddie continue to head for New York. Allie convinces Eddie to"
"Elves (film) Elves is a 1989 American horror film directed by Jeffrey Mandel and starring Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, and Ken Carpenter. When teenager Kirsten (Julie Austin) accidentally cuts her hand during an ""Anti-Christmas"" pagan ritual with her friends Brooke and Amy in the woods, her spilled blood awakens an ancient demonic Christmas elf. The elf is the central figure in a modern-day Neo-Nazi plot to finally bring about the master race that Hitler had always dreamed of conquering the world with. Rather than a race of pure-blood Aryans, it is revealed that Hitler instead dreamed of a race of"
"alongside such high-profile actors and directors as Warren Beatty, Michael Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. Although he worked extensively as a dramatic actor, Calfa is perhaps best recognized for his comedic performances in various cult films, including as Paulie in ""Weekend at Bernie's"", Scarface in ""Foul Play"", Harold Grand in ""Treasure of the Moon Goddess"" and mad scientist Ralph Willum in ""Chopper Chicks in Zombietown"". Calfa was perhaps best known for his major role in the 1985 cult horror-comedy ""The Return of the Living Dead"", in which he played the eccentric mortician Ernie Kaltenbrunner. He would later"
"Elma awards, which were presented by . It won a Silver Prize at the Loeries, and was a finalist in the 2014 Epica Awards. ""Oobi"" has made an impression on celebrities. Actress Uma Thurman, who shares her first name with one of the show's principal characters, revealed to Stephanie D'Abruzzo (who plays ""Oobi""s Uma) that she was familiar with the show and its characters in 2005. As part of his ""Brotherhood 2.0"" project, author John Green featured Oobi in an installment of his video blog series ""Vlogbrothers"". In a humorous sketch, the show's title character demonstrated how to write a"
"previous games include Haley Joel Osment as Sora, Bill Farmer as Goofy, Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck, and Alyson Stoner as Kairi. Many of the voice actors for the Disney and Pixar characters reprise their roles from their respective films. These include: Josh Gad as Olaf; Kristen Bell as Anna; Idina Menzel as Elsa; Jonathan Groff as Kristoff; Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider; Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel; John Ratzenberger as Hamm; Wallace Shawn as Rex; Tate Donovan as Hercules; Kevin McNally as Gibbs; Susan Egan as Megara; Ryan Potter as Hiro; Jamie Chung as Go Go; Scott Adsit as"
"The Magic of Herself the Elf The Magic of Herself the Elf (also known by its on-screen title, The Special Magic of Herself the Elf) is a 1983 animated television special produced by the Canadian animation company, Nelvana Limited, Scholastic Entertainment, and Those Characters from Cleveland. Directed by John Celestri (credited under first name Gian) and Raymond Jafelice, it stars the voices of Jerry Orbach, Georgia Engel and Priscilla Lopez. The music was sung and performed, though not written, by Judy Collins. The special is based on the American Greetings/Mattel property, Herself the Elf, and was followed by a 1990s"
"Charles Fleischer Charles Fleischer (born August 27, 1950) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and musician, best known for appearing in films such as ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"", ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"", ""The Polar Express"", ""Rango"", and ""We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story"". He also reprised the role of Roger Rabbit in the ""Roger Rabbit"" theatrical shorts. After beginning his career on the comedy club circuit, Charles Fleischer's first big break in comedy television came when he made an appearance on ""Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"". Fleischer was born and raised in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1950. He attended"
"of the 2010 production, the musical returned to the Al Hirschfeld for a second holiday season beginning November 9, 2012, on a run through January 6, 2013. This new production featured a revised book and a brand new opening number ""Happy All the Time."" A new production of the musical opened at the Dominion Theatre on October 24, 2015, for a 10-week run until January 2, 2016. This production features Ben Forster as Buddy and Kimberley Walsh as Jovie. This production was received with mixed reviews. As of December 2015, it was announced that Elf the Musical had officially become"