The Blue Elephant

The Blue Elephant (2006)

ก้านกล้วย

A great legend of… A not so little hero.

A young elephant goes on an extraordinary adventure and learns important lessons along the way about friendship, love and courage.

Date of release
2006-05-18
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (38)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Animation, Family, Adventure
Director
Kompin Kemgumnird
Collection
The Blue Elephant

Casting

Interesting facts

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Khan Kluay is a 2006 Thai animated adventure film set in Ayutthaya-era Siam about a Thai elephant who wanders away from his mother and becomes the war elephant for King Naresuan. It is based on the story Chao Phraya Prap Hongsawadee by Ariya Jintapanichkarn. The film took three years to make, and was released on May 18, 2006, in Thailand. In 2007, the film was released as The Blue Elephant in the United States on September 2, and as Jumbo in India in December 25.

Production

Khan Kluay was directed by Kompin Kemgumnird, an animator who had worked on the Disney films The Lion King, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Tarzan, and Blue Sky Studios' Ice Age. Produced by Kantana Animation, it was the first Thai 3-D animated feature film and the first animated Thai feature since Payut Ngaokrachang's cel-animated The Adventure of Sudsakorn (1979). Khan Kluay took three years to produce.

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