Jessica and the reindeer

Movie
German title	Jessica and the reindeer
Original title	Prancer
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1989
length	103 minutes
Rod
Director	John D. Hancock
script	Greg Taylor
production	Raffaella De Laurentiis
music	Maurice Jarre
camera	Misha Suslov
cut	Dennis M. O'Connor , John Rosenberg
occupation
Sam Elliott : John Riggs Cloris Leachman : Mrs. McFarland Rutanya Alda : Aunt Sarah Abe Vigoda : Dr. Orel Benton Michael Constantine : Mr. Stewart / Santa Claus Rebecca Harrell : Jessica Riggs John Duda : Steve Riggs Ariana Richards : Carol Wetherby Mark Rolston : Herb Drier Johnny Galecki : Billy Quinn

Jessica and the Reindeer is a Christmas film directed by John D. Hancock in 1989 .

action

9-year-old Jessica suffers from the death of her mother. Since she told her about Santa Claus, she firmly adheres to this belief, which neither her father, her older brother Steve nor her best friend Carol understand. Her father, who can barely keep the family afloat, would like to give his daughter to her aunt.

One day Jessica finds an injured reindeer in the woods. Believing it to be Prancer, one of Santa's reindeer, Jessica tries to heal the animal without her father knowing anything about it. She surprisingly receives help from her brother.

When she asks a department store Santa to tell the real one about Prancer's whereabouts, he instead informs the local newspaper, which publishes a large article. However, her father has since discovered the animal and sold it to a butcher.

Together with Steve, Jessica sets out at night to free the animal exhibited by the buyer. She tries to persuade Prancer to fly away, as Jessica expects a Santa Claus reindeer to do, so that she doubts whether it is really a magical reindeer, but falls from the cage and passes out.

Given the community's strong concern for Jessica's righteous faith, her father realizes what he did to his daughter by giving the animal away. He'll buy the animal back. When they release it, it runs over a cliff and disappears. But immediately afterwards Jessica and her father hear the bells of Santa's sleigh team, which appears a little later in the sky and into which Prancer integrates like a rising star.

Awards

Rebecca Harrell and Ariana Richards were each nominated for the Young Artist Award .

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was "a Christmas film told in a comparatively gloomy tone, carried by good actors." It culminates in "the recognition that the reconciliation between father and daughter is the best Christmas present."

backgrounds

The film grossed approximately $ 18.6 million in US cinemas . In 2001 , a sequel to the video market called Prancer Returns was made , which Joshua Butler directed from a script by Greg Taylor and starring John Corbett , Stacy Edwards , Michael O'Keefe and Jack Palance .

Web links

• Prancer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Prancer at rotten tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jessica and the reindeer. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 14, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Box office / business for Prancer, accessed December 18, 2007