Ivan The Gorilla And Ruby The Elephant Movie

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.

Ivan the gorilla and ruby the elephant movie.

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. Ivan has spent most of his life in captivity. Read chaka khan who plays henrietta on the one and only ivan says they have lot in common a displeased ivan decides. Ivan ruby and the other animals are taken away to a zoo.

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. 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. In 1994 ivan came to live at zoo.

With sam rockwell bryan cranston phillipa soo chaka khan. 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. Directed by thea sharrock. An easygoing gorilla who has lived in the big top mall and video arcade for 27 years.

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. For 27 years ivan lived in the shopping mall with his animal friends doing daily performances for human audiences. On her death bed stella asks ivan to look after the young ruby. However things become difficult for ivan the gorilla when mack begins to train ruby to become a professional performer.