Prancer
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Prancer
Plot
If you know the Clement Clark Moore poem, you'll know that Prancer is one of Santa Claus' "eight tiny reindeer." When 9-year-old Rebecca Harrell, who still believes in Santa despite the remonstrations of her parents and the taunts of her peers, stumbles across the selfsame Prancer in a remote part of the forest, no one will believe the girl. Later on, Harrell's no-nonsense father Sam Elliot comes across a wounded reindeer, he feels it his duty to put the suffering animal out of his misery. The deer, of course, is Prancer, and it magically vanishes before Elliot's startled eyes. Harrell nurses the deer back to health in secret, with the help of kindly doctor Abe Vigoda and her troublesome older brother John Joseph Duda. Harrell is determined to contact Santa and let him know where Prancer is, but her efforts only result in public humiliation for her father. But this is a Christmas film, and the spirit of goodwill is contagious by fadeout time, even transforming town-recluse Cloris Leachman into a warm-hearted social animal. Filmed in Indiana, Prancer isn't quite a classic, but it's perfect midwinter videocassette entertainment. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Sam Elliott - John Riggs
- Rebecca Harrell - Jessica Riggs
- Cloris Leachman - Mrs. McFarland
- Rutanya Alda - Aunt Sarah
- Abe Vigoda - Dr. Orel Benton, Veterinarian
Credit
Marc Dabe - Art Director, Hester Hargett - Associate Producer, Craig Campobasso - Casting, Raffaella de Laurentiis - Co-producer, Mike Petzold - Co-producer, Greg Taylor - Co-producer, Denny Burt - Costume Designer, John Hancock - Director, John Rosenberg - Editor, Dennis M. O'Connor - Editor, Maurice Jarre - Composer (Music Score), Maurice Jarre - Musical Direction/Supervision, Lance Anderson - Makeup, William Badalato - Production Designer, Chester Kaczenski - Production Designer, Richard McWhorter - Production Designer, Eugene Shlugleit - Cinematographer, Mikhail Suslov - Cinematographer, Thomas D. Wilkins - Set Designer, Mike Menzel - Special Effects, Bob Porter - Stunts, Greg Taylor - Screenwriter| Pramen Zivota - Der Lebensborn (2000 Film), Pram Room (2004 Film) | |
| Prancer Returns (2001 Film), Prata Palomares (1972 Film) |
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Prancer (film)
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| Directed by | John D. Hancock |
| Produced by | Raffaella De Laurentiis |
| Written by | Greg Taylor |
| Starring | Sam Elliott Cloris Leachman Abe Vigoda Michael Constantine Rutanya Alda Eric Sardeson |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Studio | Nelson Entertainment Cineplex Odeon Films |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 17, 1989 |
| Running time | 103 min |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $18,587,135 |
Prancer is a 1989 family film starring Sam Elliott and Cloris Leachman. It was directed by John D. Hancock. It is set in Three Oaks, Michigan, where town exteriors were filmed. Filming also occurred at the Old Republic House in New Carlisle, Indiana,[citation needed] La Porte, Indiana, and at Starved Rock State Park in Utica, Illinois.
It was followed in 2001 by Prancer Returns, a direct-to-video sequel released by USA Home Entertainment.
Plot
Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) is an 8-year-old girl whose mother died of unknown causes and who is in the care of her rough, quiet, protective father John Riggs (Sam Elliott). During the Christmas season, Jessica finds a hurt reindeer who she believes to be Santa's reindeer Prancer. As she nurses Prancer back to health, a deep bond grows between the two. She is helped by a friendly old veterinarian (Abe Vigoda), befriends the old town recluse (Cloris Leachman), and comes to forge a closer relationship with her older brother Steve (John Duda).
Jessica and her father often clash after he discovers Prancer living in the barn and, despite her widowed father revealing brief moments of deep love for his daughter, he does not understand Jessica's special love for helping the reindeer. After a misunderstanding, he sells Prancer to a business owner temporarily. His walls of hard feelings begin break down and he and Jessica finally forge a deep, loving bond. Jessica, after several emotional and physical struggles between her best friend, her family, and the town, manages to cure Prancer and set him free, where he is seen flying to the sky to rejoin the other seven deer of Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve.
External links
- Prancer at the Internet Movie Database
- Prancer Returns at the Internet Movie Database
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