Elf (movie) facts for kids

Elf is an American 2003 Christmas comedy movie, directed by Jon Favreau. It stars Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel, and Ed Asner with Leon Redbone. Ferrell plays a human named Buddy who is raised by elves in the North Pole. He lives the way the elves do and helps in Santa's workshop. He travels to New York City to find his father. He is used to how elves live, which is very different from how humans live, with New York being a perfectly opposite way of living compared to the North Pole.

The movie was released to positive reviews on November 7, 2003 by Warner Bros. The film inspired the 2010 Broadway musical ' and NBC's 2014 stop-motion animated television special '.

Release dates

Country	Premiere
Canada	7 November 2003
United States	7 November 2003
Iceland	14 November 2003
Puerto Rico	14 November 2003
New Zealand	20 November 2003
Italy	21 November 2003
Australia	27 November 2003
Colombia	28 November 2003
United Kingdom	28 November 2003
Ireland	28 November 2003
Portugal	28 November 2003
France	3 December 2003
Brazil	5 December 2003
Singapore	5 December 2003
Argentina	11 December 2003
Germany	11 December 2003
United Arab Emirates	12 December 2003
Austria	12 December 2003
Chile	12 December 2003
Spain	12 December 2003
Greece	12 December 2003
Lebanon	12 December 2003
Peru	12 December 2003
Thailand	12 December 2003
Taiwan	12 December 2003
South Africa	12 December 2003
Panama	17 December 2003
Netherlands	18 December 2003
Bolivia	19 December 2003
Uruguay	19 December 2003
Venezuela	19 December 2003
Belgium	24 December 2003
Mexico	24 December 2003
Bahrain	31 December 2003
Slovenia	13 February 2004
Estonia	27 February 2004
Czech Republic	4 March 2004
Russia	18 March 2004
Ukraine	19 March 2004
Kuwait	23 March 2004
Indonesia	2 April 2004
Egypt	16 June 2004
South Korea	15 December 2004

Images for kids

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  Director Jon Favreau in 2007

See also

In Spanish: Elf (película) para niños