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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792836346
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0792836340
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: October 05, 1999
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 3990
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1989
Editorial Review:
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 'heart and gumption' (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 Santa'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 ? very different ? 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!
Amazon.com:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - First 5 minutes, "There is no Santa, no God, and no heaven"
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 ... Read More
Rating:  - Prancer
Anything starring Sam Elliot has to be good. lol. It was a lovely movie for Christmas especially.
Rating: - Made in Michigan
Another Christmas classic. Down to earth and touching performances by Sam Elliott and ensamble. We watch it every year.
Rating:  - DVD is missing two segments; one KEY scene is missing!
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Prancer goes to the heart
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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