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Poster for Prancer

Prancer

1989 · 99 min

A gentle, heartfelt holiday tale that blends childhood wonder with real family hardship, leaving you warm and quietly hopeful.

Directed by
John D. Hancock
Genres
Family, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Rebecca Harrell Tickell, Sam Elliott, John Duda
Tagline
Something magical is about to happen.
Overview
Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides the reindeer in her barn and feeds it cookies, until she can return it to Santa. Her father finds the reindeer and decides to sell it to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.

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Directed by
John D. Hancock
Genres
Family, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Rebecca Harrell Tickell, Sam Elliott, John Duda
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • faith
  • grief
  • healing
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family, drama, fantasy
Directed by
John D. Hancock
Written by
Greg Taylor
Starring
Rebecca Harrell Tickell, Sam Elliott, John Duda, Rutanya Alda, Cloris Leachman, Ariana Richards, Abe Vigoda, Michael Constantine
Music
Maurice Jarre
Cinematography
Mikhail Suslov
Runtime
99 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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