Ivan The Gorilla And Ruby The Elephant Movie

Ivan ruby and the other animals are taken away to a zoo.

Ivan the gorilla and ruby the elephant movie.

Read chaka khan who plays henrietta on the one and only ivan says they have lot in common a displeased ivan decides. Ivan and ruby are both adopted by the same zoo where they begin adapting to their new habitats and the other animals they now live with. Ivan was a western lowland gorilla born in 1962 in what is now the democratic republic of the congo he was captured from the wild as a baby and brought to live with humans. Directed by allison shearmur the film is an adaptation of katherine applegate s book of the same name which itself is a largely fictionalized retelling of ivan s story told from the perspective of the animals.

With sam rockwell bryan cranston phillipa soo chaka khan. Ivan has spent most of his life in captivity. His owner mack purchased him when he was just a baby. For the first few years of his life he lived with his owners but he soon grew too big for a human house and they moved him to a 14 x 14 concrete enclosure on display to the public at the b i shopping center in tacoma.

A gorilla named ivan tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named ruby as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity. However things become difficult for ivan the gorilla when mack begins to train ruby to become a professional performer. The movie is based on the award winning book written by katherine applegate which is based on a real life lowland gorilla named ivan. Ivan the western lowland gorilla was rescued from poachers in africa and raised by humans in washington where he spent 27 years as a shopping mall attraction.

In 1994 ivan came to live at zoo. Disney s new movie the one and only ivan is inspired on the true story of a western lowland gorilla who lived inside a shopping mall for 27 years. On her death bed stella asks ivan to look after the young ruby. Ivan encourages ruby the elephant.