Ivan The Gorilla And Ruby The Elephant Movie

On her death bed stella asks ivan to look after the young ruby.

Ivan the gorilla and ruby the elephant movie.

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. Read chaka khan who plays henrietta on the one and only ivan says they have lot in common a displeased ivan decides. 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.

With sam rockwell bryan cranston phillipa soo chaka khan. 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. For 27 years ivan lived in the shopping mall with his animal friends doing daily performances for human audiences. 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.

Ivan ruby and the other animals are taken away to a zoo. Ivan has spent most of his life in captivity. Ivan encourages ruby the elephant. Directed by thea sharrock.

An easygoing gorilla who has lived in the big top mall and video arcade for 27 years. 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. In 1994 ivan came to live at zoo. 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.