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Released
2001 · FILM

Prancer Returns

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Written by
Runtime
90 min
ComedyFamily

Synopsis

This holiday-themed children's film presents an original interpretation of the Santa Claus legend and his reindeer. In the story, a young boy discovers a deer in the forest, which he believes to be Prancer, one of Santa's reindeer. Resolute in his mission to return the animal to the North Pole and its destined role, the boy challenges his family's skepticism, ultimately imparting a lesson about the genuine spirit of Christmas.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Sean AlbertsonShot by Bruce WorrallScored by Randy MillerDesigned by Jeff Ginn

Also known as

  • Charlie und das Rentierde
  • El reno perdido de Santa Clauses
  • Tonnerre : Le Petit Renne du père Noëlfr
  • Il ritorno di Prancer la renna di Babbo Nataleit
  • Prancer - Una renna per amicoit

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