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Babar: The Movie (1989)

Babar: The Movie poster
Directed by
Alan Bunce
Genre
children's film
Country
France, United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
G
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elephant named Babar returns to his kingdom with his family. They must stop a group of rhinos from taking over their land.

animatedgentlefamily-orientedwhimsicalsafestorybook-likebrightchildlike

What happens

Babar: The Movie is a 1989 animated adventure film based on the characters of Jean de Brunhoff's eponymous children's books. It serves as the season finale to the first season of the TV series, as the second season started airing shortly after. The film is co-produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana Limited, French animation studio Ellipse Programme and American animation studio The Clifford Ross Company and distributed by Astral Films in Canada and New Line Cinema in the United States. It is the latter studio's second animated film after 1980's Hurray for Betty Boop. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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