Elf

Elf (2003)

22 corrected entries

(40 votes)

Corrected entry: When Buddy is decorating Gimbel's after the store closes, you see a sign that says there are security cameras watching you. When the supervisor tells them someone is after his job, he explains that he doesn't know who did it. They could easily look at the cameras.

Correction: We see Buddy easily avoiding the security guard. It's reasonable to assume he obscured the cameras as well.

Correction: The sign states "There are security cameras watching you." They may just be live-feed cameras. They aren't necessarily being recorded where they can go back and watch it. Maybe it's just a live feed and nothing more.

Corrected entry: After the snowball fight in the park, Buddy and Michael are walking by a row of houses. Under the steps of one of the houses, you can see a man in a yellow coat come out, see the camera, and then turn around to hide from being seen in that shot.

Eric Franklin

Correction: I don't think the man was dodging the camera. Even people in New York forget things they may need to go back into their homes for.

Mark English

Elf mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Buddy and Michael are leaving the school, a crew member is visible in the bottom left of the shot. At first, he is just standing there, but he then tries to hide inside a doorway. (00:52:00)

More mistakes in Elf

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

More quotes from Elf
More trivia for Elf

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.

More questions & answers from Elf

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.