The Magician's Elephant
Dare to believe
2023 | 99m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Wendy Rogers |
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| Writer: | Martin Hynes, Kate DiCamillo |
| Staring: |
| Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 10, 2023 |
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| Director: | Wendy Rogers |
| Writer: | Martin Hynes, Kate DiCamillo |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure |
| Keywords | search, cartoon elephant |
| Production Companies | Animal Logic, Netflix, Pistor Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Noah Jupe | Peter (voice) |
| Mandy Patinkin | Vilna Lutz (voice) |
| Brian Tyree Henry | Leo Matienne (voice) |
| Natasia Demetriou | Narrator / Fortune Teller (voice) |
| Sian Clifford | Gloria Matienne (voice) |
| Benedict Wong | Magician (voice) |
| Miranda Richardson | Madam LaVaughn (voice) |
| Kirby Howell-Baptiste | The Countess (voice) |
| Aasif Mandvi | The King (voice) |
| Pixie Davies | Adele (voice) |
| Dawn French | Sister Marie (voice) |
| Cherise Boothe | Yvette / Excited Woman (voice) |
| Katy Cavanagh | Various Characters (voice) |
| Stephen Kearin | Various Characters (voice) |
| Tom Kenny | Various Characters (voice) |
| Phil LaMarr | Fish Monger / Minister of Justice / Old Jailor / Sentry (voice) |
| John DiMaggio | Human Cannonball (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Fisher Jr. | Editor |
| Mary Hidalgo | Casting |
| Alan Tyler | Additional Music |
| Chloe Bristol | Visual Development |
| Johnna Todesco | Production Manager |
| Wataru Hokoyama | Additional Music |
| Geoffrey G. Rubay | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Simon Bull | CG Supervisor |
| Max Boas | Production Design |
| Mark Sperber | Head of Story |
| Gary H. Lee | Other |
| Andy Sisul | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Gregory John Jowle | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Iuri Lioi | Art Direction |
| Jennifer Teter | Line Producer |
| Tom Marks | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Simon Pickard | Animation Supervisor |
| Felicity Coonan | Supervising Art Director |
| Ryan Collins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sean McAlear | Digital Producer |
| Wendy Rogers | Director |
| Martin Hynes | Screenplay |
| Mark Mothersbaugh | Original Music Composer |
| Kate DiCamillo | Book |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Julia Pistor | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 27 | 34 | 19 |
| 2024 | 5 | 28 | 40 | 19 |
| 2024 | 6 | 30 | 50 | 17 |
| 2024 | 7 | 31 | 48 | 20 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 16 |
| 2024 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 12 |
| 2024 | 10 | 23 | 52 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 24 | 72 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 15 |
| 2025 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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A young orphan "Peter" has been brought up by a disciplinarian former-soldier, but longs to find his long-lost sister from whom he was parted at the height of war. Out for the daily shopping (stale bread and fish), he espies a tent in which a fortune teller offers to tell his future. It seems that h ... e might be reconciled with his sibling - but for that he has to follow the elephant, and there hasn't been one in his town for an age. Meantime, a rather hapless magician is trying to entertain the great and the good in the town's theatre when - low and behold - he conjures up... The king arrives in the town to inspect this magically contrived and noisy pachyderm and decrees that if "Peter" can carry out three impossible tasks, he can keep it! The three impossible tasks are quite entertaining, as is the whole film. The story is all a little predictable and it does stray into sentimentality just a bit too often, but it's an engaging family drama with some fun characters and colourful scenarios. Maybe a bit too wordy and probably fifteen minutes too long - it takes an age to get going - it is still a gently entertaining watch that imbues the lead character with some imagination and legerdemain and one that I quite enjoyed on a big screen.