Babar: The Movie (1989)
AdventureAnimationFamilyFantasy
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.
Director:
Alan Bunce
Writers:
Peter Sauder, J.D. Smith, John de Klein, Raymond Jafelice, Alan Bunce.
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Gordon Pinsent as King Babar |
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Elizabeth Hanna as Queen Celeste / The Lady |
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Lisa Yamanaka as Isabelle |
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Marsha Moreau as Flora |
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Bobby Becken as Pom |
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Amos Crawley as Alexander |
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Gavin Magrath as Boy Babar |
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Sarah Polley as Young Celeste |
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Charles Kerr as Rataxes / Rhino Guards |
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Ray Landry as Croc |
| Writing | Peter Sauder | Screenplay |
| Writing | J.D. Smith | Screenplay |
| Writing | John de Klein | Screenplay |
| Writing | Raymond Jafelice | Screenplay |
| Writing | Laurent de Brunhoff | Characters |
| Writing | Jean de Brunhoff | Characters |
| Writing | Patrick Loubert | Story |
| Production | Michael Hirsh | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Michael Hirsh | Story |
| Writing | Peter Sauder | Story |
| Directing | Alan Bunce | Director |
| Writing | Alan Bunce | Screenplay |
| Sound | Bruce Robb | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Cindy Romanovich | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eric Mattar-Hurlbut | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Glenn Barna | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Baktis | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mac Holyoke | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Andy Malcolm | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Dino Pigat | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Keith Elliott | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Paul Badali | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Sal Grimaldi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Milan Kymlička | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Neil Donell | Songs |