Babar: The Movie | |
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Directed by | Alan Bunce |
Screenplay by | Peter Sauder J.D. Smith John de Klein Raymond Jafelice Alan Bunce |
Story by | Peter Sauder Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert |
Based on | Babar characters by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff |
Produced by | Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith |
Starring | Gordon Pinsent Elizabeth Hanna |
Edited by | Evan Landis |
Music by | Milan Kymlicka |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Countries | Canada France |
Languages | English French |
Box office | $1.3 million[1] |
Babar: The Movie is a 1989 animated adventure film based on the characters of Jean de Brunhoff's eponymous children's books.[2] 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 produced by Canada's Nelvana Limited and France's Ellipse Programme and distributed by Astral Films in Canada and New Line Cinema in the United States. It is the latter studio's first animated film.