Prancer | 
 enlarge | Director: John D. Hancock
Actors: Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rutanya Alda, Abe Vigoda, Michael Constantine
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  52 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1002377D
ISBN: 0792851005
UPC: 027616865885
EAN: 9780792851004
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1989
Release Date: October 2, 2001
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Product Description
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. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 10/14/2008 Starring: Sam Elliott Abe Vigoda Run time: 103 minutes Rating: G Director: John D Hancock
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A reindeer doesn't have to fly to be magical to someone, and Prancer succeeds, in its unassuming and plainspoken way, to prove that point. This 1989 family film stars Rebecca Harrell as 9-year-old Jessica, a motherless schoolgirl raised (and largely ignored) by her bereaved and embittered father (Sam Elliot), an apple farmer. While Jessica's dad struggles to keep food on the family table, the little heroine worries over the fate of a wounded reindeer she meets and wistfully identifies as a member of Santa's sled crew. The story may sound overly precious, but the film is grittier and more realistic than that. Far more concerned with wobbly family relationships than gilded escapism, Prancer is a rare family film that can entertain without invoking fluffy enchantment. Followed 12 years later by a sequel, Prancer Returns. --Tom Keogh
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 First 5 minutes, "There is no Santa, no God, and no heaven" December 4, 2008
Ms. Gail
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ignore the other reviews. My kids, 7 and 4 watched this video in our car dvd player. They became very upset when, in the first several minutes of the movie, one child explains to another child:
1. There is NO Santa Clause
2. How could Santa go down all the chimney's in the world in 1 night, it's not logical
3. There also is NO GOD
4. And NO HEAVEN
This becomes especially upsetting in the movie because the child who is being told this, sadly exclaims, "this(no heaven)can't be true because what about my mom?" (Her mom is dead and the child had previously thought her mom was in Heaven.) This sad, upset child then tells the other child, "You are not my friend anymore."
At this point, I ejected the movie from the DVD player. My kids were bewildered and upset.
Avoid this movie if you have young kids - they will be confused, upset, and it will make you sad too.
 Prancer May 29, 2008
Barbara Shores (Birmingham, AL USA)
Anything starring Sam Elliot has to be good. lol. It was a lovely movie for Christmas especially.
Made in Michigan January 13, 2008
C. Kortz (Beverly Hills, MI USA)
Another Christmas classic. Down to earth and touching performances by Sam Elliott and ensamble. We watch it every year.
 DVD is missing two segments; one KEY scene is missing! January 3, 2008
Carol Brandt (Sacramento CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have loved watching Prancer every Christmas and finally caved in and bought it on DVD. I have had the VCR version forever. Well, guess WHAT? They have eliminated, for some insane reason, two scenes, one of them being the KEY last scene in the movie!!! What gives?!? Who makes these decisions?! If you haven't ever seen the VCR version you won't miss them BUT....in the middle, Jessica is seen shopping at the mall with her aunt who is buying her a dress for Christmas and she runs into her friend Carol and her mom - before she and Carol had words in the lunch room at school when Carol told heaven didn't exist and then Jessica gets angry with her and asks her then where did her mom go when she died. OK so that wasn't such a key scene but the last one....when they lead Prancer to Antler Ridge and he flies off up into the moon...that is NOT the last scene. Remember at the beginning they show the town officials decorating with the big santa sleigh and reindeers and one of the reindeer falls to the ground and Jessica says it's Prancer and the town guys say they aren't going to fix it? At the end you see Prancer flying back up into the broken decoration and taking his place. I just want to know why they cut that scene out. Anyone know?
Prancer goes to the heart January 2, 2008
Donna L. Dawson (North Wales, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Prancer is a sweet Christmas movie. Families can enjoy it together, but have the tissues ready! The little girl, Rebecca Harrell, is special. It's definitely a feel-good movie. Sam Elliott is mmmmmm-good!
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