One Christmas Eve, a baby crawls into Santa's magic bag and is unknowingly brought back to the North Pole, so Santa decides to raise him as an elf and names him Buddy. Growing up, Buddy comes to the sad realization that he is not an elf, he is human. That is when Santa tells him that his real father, an arrogant president of a book publisher who never knew he was born, lives and works in New York City, and sends Buddy off on a journey to find him. a Austin Film Fest '03 official selction • Will Farrell, and James Caan leads; co-starring Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay, with Edward Asner, and Bob Newhart. Jon Favreau directs from the script by David Berenbaum; Inspired by Christmas mythology. Produced by Jon Berg, Todd Komarnicki and Shauna Robertson • Executive Producers: Toby Emmerich, Kent Alterman, Cale Boyter, Jimmy Miller and Julie Wixson Darmody. Music by John Debney • Soundtrack album available on New Line Records. Prod VFX Supervisor: Joe Bauer. Guy Walks Into a Bar production for New Line Cinema; in association with Munich Carlyle Productions GmbH & Co. KG. a film by Jon Favreau. Filmed around New York City and the interior stages and exterior offset of Vancouver, B.C. from December 9, 2002 - March 7, 2003 with Panavision® cameras and lenses. Approved [No. 40170]/rated PG for some mild rude humor; and its language. Copyright ©MMIII Munich Carlyle Productions GmbH & Co. KG; ™ New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.