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Family
Comedy
Release Date
October 9, 2003
Runtime
97 minutes
Director
Cast
Will Ferrell
Buddy
James Caan
Walter
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Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.
Writers
David Berenbaum
Budget
$33 million
Studio(s)
New Line Cinema
Distributor(s)
New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures
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