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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) is an 8-year-old girl whose mother died of unknown causes and who is in the not very adequate care of her rough, quiet, protective father John Riggs (Sam Elliott). In the Christmas season, she finds a hurt reindeer who she believes to be Prancer and sets herself on nursing him back to health. A deep bond grows between the two. She is helped by a friendly old veterinarian (Abe Vigoda), befriends the old town recluse (Cloris Leachman), and comes to forge a closer relationship with her older brother Steve (John Duda).
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Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) is an 8-year-old girl whose mother died of unknown causes and who is in the not very adequate care of her rough, quiet, protective father John Riggs (Sam Elliott). In the [[Christmas]] season, she finds a hurt reindeer who she believes to be [[Prancer]] and sets herself on nursing him back to health. A deep bond grows between the two. She is helped by a friendly old veterinarian (Abe Vigoda), befriends the old town recluse (Cloris Leachman), and comes to forge a closer relationship with her older brother Steve (John Duda).
   
Jessica and her father often clash after he discovers Prancer living in the barn and, despite his revealing brief moments of deep love for her, he does not understand her special love for helping the reindeer. After a misunderstanding, he sells him to a business owner temporarily. His walls of hard feelings begin breaking down and he and Jessica finally forge a deep, loving bond. She, after several emotional and physical struggles between her best friend Carol (Ariana Richards), her family, and the town, manages to cure her beloved Prancer and set him free, where he is seen flying into the sky to rejoin Santa's other seven reindeer on Christmas Eve.
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Jessica and her father often clash after he discovers Prancer living in the barn and, despite his revealing brief moments of deep love for her, he does not understand her special love for helping the reindeer. After a misunderstanding, he sells him to a business owner temporarily. His walls of hard feelings begin breaking down and he and Jessica finally forge a deep, loving bond. She, after several emotional and physical struggles between her best friend Carol (Ariana Richards), her family, and the town, manages to cure her beloved Prancer and set him free, where he is seen flying into the sky to rejoin Santa's other seven reindeer on [[Christmas Eve]].
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 03:18, 6 April 2013

Prancer film poster

The poster for the film's theatrical release.

Prancer is a 1989 family film starring Sam Elliott and Cloris Leachman. It was directed by John D. Hancock. It is set in Three Oaks, Michigan, where town exteriors were filmed. Filming also occurred in LaPorte, Indiana, and at Starved Rock State Park in Utica, Illinois.

It was followed in 2001 by Prancer Returns, a direct-to-video sequel released by USA Home Entertainment.

Synopsis

Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) is an 8-year-old girl whose mother died of unknown causes and who is in the not very adequate care of her rough, quiet, protective father John Riggs (Sam Elliott). In the Christmas season, she finds a hurt reindeer who she believes to be Prancer and sets herself on nursing him back to health. A deep bond grows between the two. She is helped by a friendly old veterinarian (Abe Vigoda), befriends the old town recluse (Cloris Leachman), and comes to forge a closer relationship with her older brother Steve (John Duda).

Jessica and her father often clash after he discovers Prancer living in the barn and, despite his revealing brief moments of deep love for her, he does not understand her special love for helping the reindeer. After a misunderstanding, he sells him to a business owner temporarily. His walls of hard feelings begin breaking down and he and Jessica finally forge a deep, loving bond. She, after several emotional and physical struggles between her best friend Carol (Ariana Richards), her family, and the town, manages to cure her beloved Prancer and set him free, where he is seen flying into the sky to rejoin Santa's other seven reindeer on Christmas Eve.

External links

  • Prancer at the Internet Movie Database
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