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The Magician's Elephant

- Dare to believe

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 : 2023-03-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Animal LogicPistor ProductionsNetflix

Production Country : AustraliaUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Peter (voice)

Original Name : Noah Jupe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vilna Lutz (voice)

Original Name : Mandy Patinkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leo Matienne (voice)

Original Name : Brian Tyree Henry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator / Fortune Teller (voice)

Original Name : Natasia Demetriou

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gloria Matienne (voice)

Original Name : Sian Clifford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Magician (voice)

Original Name : Benedict Wong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madam LaVaughn (voice)

Original Name : Miranda Richardson

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Countess (voice)

Original Name : Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Gender : Female

Character Name : The King (voice)

Original Name : Aasif Mandvi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adele (voice)

Original Name : Pixie Davies

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sister Marie (voice)

Original Name : Dawn French

Gender : Female

Character Name : Yvette / Excited Woman (voice)

Original Name : Cherise Boothe

Gender : Female

Character Name : Various Characters (voice)

Original Name : Katy Cavanagh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Various Characters (voice)

Original Name : Stephen Kearin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Various Characters (voice)

Original Name : Tom Kenny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fish Monger / Minister of Justice / Old Jailor / Sentry (voice)

Original Name : Phil LaMarr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Human Cannonball (voice)

Original Name : John DiMaggio

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-03-25

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 he 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.