| Prancer | 
| Director: John D. Hancock
Actors: Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rutanya Alda, Abe Vigoda, Michael Constantine
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (54 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4099
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)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 103 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1002377D
ISBN: 0792851005
UPC: 027616865885
EAN: 9780792851004
ASIN: B00005N7Z0
Release Date: October 2, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1989
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
A wounded reindeer and a precocious eight-year-old girl form an everlasting bond in this tender holiday drama about true devotion and friendship. An enchanting film full of A"heart and gumptionA" (Roger Ebert), Prancer will set your imagination aflight! Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) plays an angel in her school pageant...but she becomes a real guardian angel when she finds an injured reindeer in the forest. Convinced that the deer is SantaA's very own Prancer, Jessica vows to nurse him back to health and return him safely home. But before she can carry out her plan, Jessica discovers that her father (Sam Elliott) has made another A? very different A? plan of his own! Will Jessica be able to help her antlered friend find his way back to Santa in time to make their deliveries on Christmas Eve? The magical final scene is sure to make your heart soar!
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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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 a little intense for smaller kids December 28, 2008
I bought this for my 4 and 7 year olds. Sam Elliot's character is pretty mean (in the kid's eyes) and I feel, too intense for smaller children to enjoy.
 WHAT A WONDERFUL MOVIE, MY FAVORITE December 23, 2008
I REMEMBER ONE YEAR PRANCER WAS NOT ON TV OR I MISSED IT. WELL I WON'T MISS IT AGAIN. I BOUGHT IT SO I DON'T. I WISHED I WAS THAT LITTLE GIRL, TO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH A REINDEER. I CRY EVERYTIME AT THE END. I JUST LOVE THIS MOVIE. A TRUE HOLIDAY SPECIAL. BELIEVE ME.
 First 5 minutes, "There is no Santa, no God, and no heaven" December 4, 2008
3 out of 13 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
Anything starring Sam Elliot has to be good. lol. It was a lovely movie for Christmas especially.
Made in Michigan January 13, 2008
Another Christmas classic. Down to earth and touching performances by Sam Elliott and ensamble. We watch it every year.
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