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Where was Elf filmed?

2003 film, directed by Jon Favreau.

  • Vancouver

The story is set in New York City, about 2,426 miles (3,904 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New York City
Filmed in
Vancouver
Distance
About 2,426 miles (3,904 km) between New York City and the nearest filming location.
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About Elf

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Released
2003
Director
Jon Favreau
Cast
Will FerrellJames CaanEd AsnerDaniel TayMary SteenburgenBob NewhartKyle GassArtie LangeAmy Sedaris
Genre
ComedyFantasyChristmasFamily

One Christmas Eve, a baby from an orphanage crawls into Santa Claus's sack and is unwittingly taken back to the North Pole.

Buddy travels to New York and finds Walter at his workplace, but Walter mistakes him for a Christmas-gram messenger and has him ejected.

Hearing that Santa will visit the store the following day, Buddy redecorates the store overnight.

Famous lines from Elf

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Santa's sleigh.Buddy
  • I wanna make shoes!Baker elf
  • You can bake cookies in a tree.Papa Elf
  • You're gonna help me make it fly.Papa Elf
  • Only two weeks left till Christmas!Supervisor Elf

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