The Blue Elephant (2006)

A young elephant goes on an extraordinary adventure and learns important lessons along the way about friendship, love and courage.

Directors:

Kompin Kemgumnird, Tod Polson

Writers:

Aummaraporn Phandintong, Evan Spiliotopoulos

Stars:

Akshay Kumar, Anyarit Pitakkul, Lara Dutta

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Akshay Kumar	...	Jumbo (voice)
Anyarit Pitakkul	...	Khan Kluay - child (voice)
Lara Dutta	...	Sonia (voice)
Nawarat Techarathanaprasert	...	Chaba-Kaew - child (voice)
Phoori Hiranyapruk	...	Older Khan Kluay (voice)
Dimple Kapadia	...	Devi (voice)
Warattaya Nilkuha	...	Older Chaba-Kaew (voice) (as Worathaya Ninlakhooha)
Rajpal Yadav	...	Dildaar (voice)
Gulshan Grover	...	(voice)
Pongsak Hiranyapruk	...	Jitrit (voice)
Asrani	...	(voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kohtee Aramboy	...	Manoke (voice) (as Koti Arambawy)
Troy Baker	...	Marong / Young Prince Naresuan / Mingyi Swa (voice)
Nanthana Bunlong	...	Saeng-daa (voice)
Amy Carlson	...	Nuan / Cha / Cow (voice)

Storyline

Khankluay is a young elephant who lives his carefree life in a forest, but he's always wondering of his lost father whom he's never met. Inspired by the intention to search for his father, Khankluay leaves the forest and sets his journey to the bigger world. His journey brings such an extraordinary adventure to him. He's experienced so many lessons of life, and finds real friends. Finally, Khankluay becomes a mature elephant who's so brave and powerful, but has a gentle heart. He fights for the king and country until his courage becomes a legend.

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Plot Keywords:

color in title | animal in title | 

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Taglines:

Celebrate this Christmas with a mischievous friend

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Musical

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic elements and some battle action

Details

Country:

India Thailand

Language:

English Thai Hindi Malay

Release Date:

2 September 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jumbo

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,612,881

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eagle Home Entertainment, Kantana Animation Co. Ltd., Kantana Group Public Co.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Highest grossing Thai film in 2006 with an approximate box-office receipt of 91 million baht.

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Connections

References Midnight Cowboy (1969)

User Reviews

Typical

Was enjoying watching it with my kids - the animation is good and the story was interesting enough. But then it came to the part where they are teaching kids that animals don't harm one another unless they are being threatened, "only MAN does that".... First of all, that's a total crock. Animals of all different species will hurt and kill each other for a variety of reasons and not always out of some basic necessity either. I'm tired of movies promoting this idea that the animal kingdom is this peaceful wonderful place and that humans should feel guilty and bad because we're horrible awful creatures. Embedding this guilt into our psyches and teaching kids to think this way is how we end up with tragedies like Timothy Treadwell's death. Am I getting a bit worked up over a simple kids movie? Perhaps. But for me it felt like the straw that broke the camel's back, there are far too many children's animal/nature movies like this, created by people who don't know a thing about nature.