Elf (2003)

2 mistakes since 20 Nov '25, 13:10

★★★★☆

Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Bob Newhart

Genres: Christmas, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Continuity mistake: As Walter and one of his employees debate shipping an incomplete children's book, Walter is facing the employee almost straight on, but the next shot shows Walter turning his head from right to left, facing the employee straight on again.

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Continuity mistake: While Papa Elf is explaining to Buddy about making Santa's sleigh fly on Christmas spirit, Buddy is behind Santa's sleigh. His right hand is on the sleigh on the lower right panel, then jumps to the upper right as the scene cuts.

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Quotes

Buddy: We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.

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Trivia

Trivia: Originally, the store Buddy and Jovie work in was supposed to be a Macy's. However, Macy's quickly dropped out of the project when they got the script and saw that there was a scene where Buddy confronts a fake mall-Santa in the store for not being the real Santa. Reportedly, Macy's representatives indignantly told the studio that "Macy's Santa is the REAL Santa!"

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Questions

Question: When The Central Park Rangers are called in action it mentions the Simon and Garfunkel concert and their actions being under speculation - was this a real event (their questionable actions), and if so what was the problem, or was it just a fictional jokey reference?

Answer: This was a real event. The Simon and Garfunkel free concert drew a crowd of over half a million people and the Central Park Rangers were investigated for being a little "over-enthusiastic" in their methods of crowd control. It was 1981 though, not 1985 as stated.

Absolutely correct and thank you - I was there at the concert and it was 1981. I love the movie Elf but that incorrect reference is a slight irritant - LOL.

Answer: I believe that this refers to an incident I was involved in. I was a new ranger riding Captain Cutter, an ex-race horse that we had Nick named Captain Goofy due to his propensity to suddenly spin in circles without warning. We were leading buses of handicapped people through shoulder-to-shoulder crowds when Goofy did his thing sending people scattering in all directions. It was over pretty quickly. I did not realise at the time that it was news.