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Director:
Raymond Jafelice
Writers:
Jean de Brunhoff (based on the books by) and
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Release Date:
26 February 1999 (Canada) See more »
Genre:
Family | Animation See more »
Plot:
Babar is a young elephant in the great forest. Whilst out with his mother a hunter kills his mother and he flees to escape the same fate... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Philip Williams ... Zephir (voice)
Wayne Robson ... Marabou / Sales Manager (voice)
Ellen-Ray Hennessy ... Babar's Mother / Misfortune (voice)
Kristin Fairlie ... Young Babar (voice)
Chris Wiggins ... Cornelius (voice)
Jennifer Martini ... Young Celeste (voice)
Kyle Fairlie ... Young Arthur / Alexander (voice)
Elizabeth Hanna ... Madame (voice)
Paul Haddad ... Elevator Boy / Tailor (voice)

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michel Barbey ... Philophage (french voice)
Bernard Bollet ... Adult Babar (voice: French version)
Franck-Olivier Bonnet ... Pamir (voice: French version)
Emmanuel Curtil ... Babar teenager (french voice)
Philippe Dumat ... Cornelius (voice: French version)
Emmanuel Garijo ... Arthur teenager (french voice)
Anne-Marie Haudebourg ... The old lady (voice: French version)
Jean-Jacques Nervest ... Rataxès (voice: French version)
Paul Nivet ... Arthur (voice: French version)
Alexis Pivot ... Babar (voice: French version)
Hervé Rey ... Zephyr (voice: French version)
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Directed by
Raymond Jafelice 
 
Writing credits
Jean de Brunhoff (based on the books by) and
Laurent de Brunhoff (based on the books by)

Raymond Jafelice (screenplay) and
Peter Sauder (screenplay)

Produced by
Patricia R. Burns .... supervising producer (as Patricia Burns)
Hasmi Giakoumis .... producer
Michael Hirsh .... executive producer
Stephen Hodgins .... supervising producer (as Steve Hodgins)
Patrick Loubert .... executive producer
Merle-Anne Ridley .... producer
Clifford Ross .... executive producer
Robert Réa .... executive producer
Clive A. Smith .... executive producer (as Clive Smith)
Peter Völkle .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Brent Barkman 
Pete Coulman  (as Peter Coulman)
Carl Lenox  (as Karl Lenox)
Tim Thorney 
Tom Thorney 
 
Film Editing by
Karen Lawrie 
Noda Tsamardos 
 
Casting by
Jessie Thomson 
 
Art Direction by
Davian Bobrowska 
Amelie Bouchard 
H. Grace Waddington  (as H. Grace Waddington B.)
 
Art Department
Jason Boose .... designer
Alex Gatsis .... designer
Joseph Gosselin .... design supervisor (as Joe Gosselin)
Raymond Jafelice .... storyboard artist
Sean V. Jeffrey .... designer (as Sean Jeffrey)
Ian Mah .... designer
Neil McNeil .... designer
John Morgan .... designer
John Stuart .... designer
John Yee .... designer
 
Sound Department
Yuri Gorbachow .... supervising sound editor
Chris Jannetta .... sound
Andy Malcolm .... foley artist
Steven Toepell .... dialogue editor
Steven Toepell .... sound effects editor
 
Special Effects by
Ildikó Kozma .... special effects animator
 
Visual Effects by
Péter Dörnyei .... effects animator
 
Animation Department
Radoslav Bakalov .... animator
Scott Bennett .... layout artist
Andrea Bonczföldi .... assistant animator
Csilla Bondor .... assistant animator
Zoltán Borbás .... assistant animator
Mónika Bulyáki .... assistant animator
Erika Burján .... assistant animator
Béla Buzádi .... animation supervisor
Glenn Chadwick .... layout artist
Dale Cox .... color designer
Irma Csapó .... assistant animator
Eszter Demök .... assistant animator
Csilla Dittrich .... assistant animator (as Mauskné Csilla Dittrich)
Ákos Feyér .... animator
Warren Flanagan .... layout artist
Rita Fülöp .... animator
Júlia Glück .... animator
Gabrielle Godoy .... animation posing artist (as Gabriela V. Godoy C.)
Denis Gonzalez .... animation posing supervisor
Joseph Gosselin .... layout artist (as Joe Gosselin)
Éva Górász .... assistant animator
Eszter Herczeg .... assistant animator
Tibor Hernádi .... animation supervisor
Mihály Herényi .... animator
Tibor Huszák .... animator
Márta Hársfai .... assistant animator
Sean V. Jeffrey .... layout artist (as Sean Jeffrey)
György Juhász .... assistant animator
Ágnes Juhász .... assistant animator
Ildikó Kalmár .... assistant animator
Albert Hanan Kaminski .... animation director
Bea Kis-Kéry .... animator
Katalin Kiss .... assistant animator (as Felleginé Katalin Kiss)
Kevin Klis .... layout supervisor
László Klótz .... animator
Mihály Kosaras .... clean-up supervisor
Judit Kovács .... animator
Stanimir Kumanov .... animator (as Stanimir Koumanov)
Klára Kálmán .... assistant animator (as Klári Kálmán)
Timi Könyves .... assistant animator
Csilla Lajos .... assistant animator
John Lei .... layout artist
György Lovász .... clean-up supervisor
Mary Lyons .... additional layout artist
Zita Majláth .... assistant animator
Csabáné Major .... assistant animator
Brad Markewitz .... additional layout artist
Rodica Mihailescu .... animation coordinator
Rodica Mihailescu .... layout coordinator
Éva Molnár .... assistant animator
Péter Nagy .... animator
Jim Nakashima .... additional layout artist
Nikolai Neikov .... animator
Tibor Németh .... assistant animator
Panayot Panayotov .... animator (as Panaiot Panaiotov)
Judit Papp .... assistant animator
Cathy Parkes .... lip sync
Hermann Pasitka .... animator
Albena Petrova .... animator
Brian Poehlman .... additional layout artist
Jean-Marc Poiriault .... background artist
Robert Popov .... animator
Dinah Postma .... layout artist
Oszkár Prell .... animator
Rita Pál .... animator
Zsolt Pálfi .... animator
Lynn Reist .... animation posing artist
Erika Riha .... animator
Móni Roszprim .... assistant animator
Terry Rotsaert .... layout artist
Ágnes Schanzl .... assistant animator
Genevieve Selby .... assistant layout supervisor (as Genni Selby)
Maureen Shelleau .... animation posing artist
Viki Skribek .... assistant animator
Eva Smith .... animation posing artist
Melinda Soó .... animator
John Stuart .... layout artist
Erika Szabó .... assistant animator
Árpád Szabó .... animation director
Zsolt Szép .... assistant animator
Anna Szórádi .... animator
Teréz Szücs .... assistant animator
Eszter Temesi .... assistant animator
Béla Timbusz .... animator
Barbara Tóth .... assistant animator
Gábor Tóth .... animator
Zita Tóth .... assistant animator
Andrea Varga .... assistant animator
Mariann Varga .... assistant animator
Ron Wilson .... additional layout artist
John Yee .... layout artist
Orsi Zeitler .... assistant animator
 
Editorial Department
Gavin Fox .... post-production assistant
Arthur Montreuil .... color timer
 
Other crew
Luc Bihan .... associate director
Roger Chiasson .... director's notes
Dave Cox .... director's notes
 

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Runtime:
80 min
Country:
Canada | France | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Brazil:Livre | Australia:G | Portugal:M/4 | Canada:F (Ontario) | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:Btl | USA:G
Company:
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7 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Simple animation for kids only, 24 October 2001
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

Nowadays all successful animation needs to be either packed with as many jokes for adults as kids (Toy Story, Antz) or need at least one smart mouthed sidekick for adult laughs (every Disney film of the past 10 years!).

Babar is a older style of animation - if I had to guess when it was made I would never have got close to guessing 1999! The style is simplistic and lacking in style or flair but the elephants and other characters are faithful to the books and the basic visuals are good for younger kids.

The story is based on the beginnings of the Babar story and follows him from childhood to growing up in with humans in the city and returning to build an elephant city later in life. The film shows his mother die - however it's not exactly a "bambi's mother" moment but it might still freak some children out.

The story is simple enough to follow and it has some cute moments for adults while children will fall for the fun antics of the elephants. In terms of story the message conveyed at the start is that humans are intruding in this wonderfully relaxed and fun elephant culture - in the form of the hunter ending Babar's childhood innocence and separating him from his own kind. However the message then changes and the human culture is then the ideal, with Babar no longer seeking to play in mud but rather wear a green suit and live an aristocrat lifestyle of sorts. Once he returns to the great forest he keeps his clothing and frills (having decked out his friends) and uses his learning to beat the rhinos in a war. When he is then crowned he then sets around building a city in place of the great forest and giving the elephants all human jobs and clothes. What does this say to children? That our distinctly western human culture is better than the elephant culture that exists at the start of the film? At some level this must degrade the idea that other groups that don't live our way should be viewed as lesser unless they change to wear our clothes etc. Also Babar's "putting things right in the forest" by concreting it all into a huge city gives the impression that the natural environment is less desirable than a good human city.

In terms of Babar the King - the film generally gives a good image to kids. Babar successfully avoids a war with rhinos and then negotiates peace, when he builds his city he ensures that every elephant has a place and is given human stuff equally. A socialist king! This impression that the King is on the same level as others and has equal right to clothes etc is good for children - rather than the idea that the royalty get the good life while the other elephants are given work but no frills!

Overall the film will have simple laughs for young children but there's nothing for adults to check out - unless you read too much into the subplots like I did!

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