Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch King Babar tells the tale, that unfolds via flashback, of how a much-younger Barbar and his girlfriend Celeste save her village from the pugnacious rhinoceroses that have come to raid it.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
CA
Genres:
Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Release:
July 1989
Production:
Astral Films, Forum Distribution, Nelvana, Ellipse Programme, The Clifford Ross Company
Cast:
Gordon Pinsent, Elizabeth Hanna, Lisa Yamanaka, Marsha Moreau, Bobby Becken, Amos Crawley, Gavin Magrath, Sarah Polley, Charles Kerr, Ray Landry
Tags:
slavery, musical, rhinoceros, prison escape, cartoon elephant
