Buddy Hobbs: I didn't know you had elves working here!
Miles Finch: You're hilarious, my friend.
Walter Hobbs: He doesn't, uh...Get back to the story, please.
Miles Finch: So, on the cover above the title.
Buddy Hobbs: Does Santa know that you left the workshop?
Miles Finch: You know, we're all laughing our heads off.
Buddy Hobbs: Did you have to borrow a reindeer to get down here?
Walter Hobbs: Buddy. Go back to the basement!
Miles Finch: Hey, Jack-weed! I get more action in a week than you've had in your entire life. I've got houses in LA, Paris and Vale, each one of them with a seventy-inch plasma screen. So I suggest you wipe that stupid smile off your face before I come over there and smack it off! You feeling strong, my friend? Call me elf one more time!
Buddy Hobbs: He's an angry elf!
Elf (2003)
1 quote since 17 Jan '25, 04:43
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Bob Newhart
Other mistake: When Buddy's brother is reading Santa's list he reads the newscaster's wish he looks and mutters something about letters meaning they were in alphabetical order. However when he is saying random names he does not turn the page and the names are not in alphabetical order. (01:23:00)
Suggested correction: After he says each name, it cuts to that person and their reaction. Most of which was done without going back to Michael. Therefore, we can't say he didn't turn the pages.
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!"
Question: Did Will Ferrell have a stand-in for the mailroom dancing?
Answer: Yes.
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