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:
John de Klein, Peter Sauder, J.D. Smith, 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 |
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Stephen Ouimette as Pompadour |
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Chris Wiggins as Cornelius |
| Writing | John de Klein | Screenplay |
| Writing | Peter Sauder | Screenplay |
| Writing | J.D. Smith | Screenplay |
| Writing | Raymond Jafelice | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jean de Brunhoff | Characters |
| Writing | Peter Sauder | Story |
| Writing | Patrick Loubert | Story |
| Production | Michael Hirsh | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Michael Hirsh | Story |
| Writing | Laurent de Brunhoff | Characters |
| Directing | Alan Bunce | Director |
| Writing | Alan Bunce | Screenplay |
| Sound | Keith Elliott | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | John Baktis | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Glenn Barna | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Cindy Romanovich | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paul Badali | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Bruce Robb | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mac Holyoke | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Andy Malcolm | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Dino Pigat | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Eric Mattar-Hurlbut | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sal Grimaldi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Milan Kymlička | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Neil Donell | Songs |