Babar: King of the Elephants

1999
G
1h 20m

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6.0/10

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Based on the classic tale by Jean de Brunhoff, this fully-animated feature is the heart-warming story of a little orphan elephant named Babar who grows up to be King of the Elephants.Based on the classic tale by Jean de Brunhoff, this fully-animated feature is the heart-warming story of a little orphan elephant named Babar who grows up to be King of the Elephants.Based on the classic tale by Jean de Brunhoff, this fully-animated feature is the heart-warming story of a little orphan elephant named Babar who grows up to be King of the Elephants.

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IMDb RATING

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YOUR RATING

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Zephir
(voice)

Wayne Robson

Marabou
(voice)
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Ellen-Ray Hennessy

Babar's Mother
(voice)
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Kristin Fairlie

Young Babar
(voice)

Chris Wiggins

Cornelius
(voice)

Jennifer Martini

Young Celeste
(voice)

Kyle Fairlie

Young Arthur
(voice)
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Elizabeth Hanna

Madame
(voice)

Paul Haddad

Elevator Boy
(voice)
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Dan Lett

King Babar
(voice)

Janet-Laine Green

Queen Celeste
(voice)

Amos Crawley

Uncle Arthur
(voice)

Allen Stewart-Coates

Rataxes
(voice)

Kristen Bone

Flora
(voice)

Cody Jones

Pom
(voice)

Michel Barbey

Philophage
(voice)

Bernard Bollet

Adult Babar
(voice)

Franck-Olivier Bonnet

Pamir
(voice)

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Trivia
Amos Crawley, who voiced Uncle Arthur, previously voiced Alexander on the Babar (1989) series.

Goofs
In the book that the film is based on, Babar is made king of the elephants and soon after makes Cornelius general of the army. In the film, some events happen in a different order than the book, which results in Babar declaring Cornelius general of the army well before Babar becomes king, when Babar is just a civilian with no position that would give him any sort of power, never mind to make someone a general.

Connections
Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #22.14 (2000)

Soundtracks
Find Your Way
Music & Lyrics by Great Big Music, Tom Thorney, Tim Thorney, Pete Coulman (as Peter Coulman), Brent Barkman, Carl Lenox (as Carl Lennox)
Performed by Lis Soderberg

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Featured review

10/10

Beautiful film

This was my "official" introduction to Babar. I never watched the original cartoon (I was aware of its existence, but in my country it was aired way too early in the morning, so I couldn't watch it) This movie is some sort of "soft-reboot" of the franchise, so there is no need for any viewer to previously having seen the series.

And I enjoyed this movie immensely. So wholesome and earnest, a total rarity from modern media. This wasn't ashamed of being a movie for kids, needing to add "irony" or forced cultural references.

It was beautifully sincere. Cute.

The type of family film Hollywood is completely unable to make anymore.

In a better world, this would be regarded as a classic of animation.