''Prancer Returns'' is a 2001

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. It serves as a

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to the 1989 film '' Prancer''. Alecia Elliott recorded the theme song "If You Believe" for the movie and soundtrack.

Plot

Preteen siblings from a broken marriage live with their mother, Denise, in Three Oaks, Michigan. Ryan, the oldest, wants to go live with their father in

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. This confuses shy Charlie, the youngest, who is also the butt of bigger school kids' often mean pranks. Then he finds a reindeer on his way home from school, which he believes to be Prancer's son, also called Prancer, which he tries to hide at home. Ryan's help bonds him and Charlie again. Alas, when Prancer gets out, evil vice principal James is bitten and wants him put down. Charlie runs away with his protégé. Denise struggles, but her brother's old friend, handyman Tom, comes to Charlie's rescue.

Cast

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as Tom Sullivan * Stacy Edwards as Denise Holton *

Michael O'Keefe Michael O'Keefe (born Raymond Peter O'Keefe Jr.; April 24, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Danny Noonan in '' Caddyshack''; Ben Meechum in '' The Great Santini,'' for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Bes ...

as James Klock *

Jack Palance Walter Jack Palance ( ; born Volodymyr Palahniuk, , ''Volodymyr Ivanovych Palahniuk''; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American screen and stage actor, known to film audiences for playing tough guys and villains. He was nominat ...

as Old Man Richards *

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as Ryan Holton * Gavin Fink as Charlie Holton * Hayley Lochner as Jamie *

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as Scott * Richard Banel as Horace * J.C. Kenny as Charlotte Purcell * Reg Dreger as Three Oaks' Mayor * Doe as Prancer * Darren T. Knaus as Prancer (vocal effects; uncredited)

Reception

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, the film has 2 reviews listed, both are positive.

References

External links

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