Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

72 mins | Drama, Family | Oct. 3, 2000

A nameless baby elephant-steer was just getting used to life in the herd, when poachers kill his mother, so he runs and gets lost. He's found by a grouchy female, Groove, the sister of an alpha-female, who walks off disgusted with life in her herd. Not exactly wholehearted, she still takes the orphan under her wing, 'til we find your herd', but fails to find his herd, or a new home with males—who find him disrespectful and mouthy—or her own herd, which nicknames the kid Whispers since his trumpeting is so weak. Meanwhile the fear of poachers and (in the movie) lions drives them north over the great river, a long and dangerous journey...

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

72 mins | Drama, Family | Oct. 3, 2000

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
A nameless baby elephant-steer was just getting used to life in the herd, when poachers kill his mother, so he runs and gets lost. He's found by a grouchy female, Groove, the sister of an alpha-female, who walks off disgusted with life in her herd. Not exactly wholehearted, she still takes the orphan under her wing, 'til we find your herd', but fails to find his herd, or a new home with males—who find him disrespectful and mouthy—or her own herd, which nicknames the kid Whispers since his trumpeting is so weak. Meanwhile the fear of poachers and (in the movie) lions drives them north over the great river, a long and dangerous journey...
IMDb rating 4.9
Producers Walt Disney Pictures
Original title Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Directors Dereck Joubert
Writers Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert, Jordan Moffet, Holly Goldberg Sloan

Cast

Angela Bassett

as Groove (voice)

Anne Archer

as Gentle Heart (voice)

Joanna Lumley

as Half Tusk (voice)

Betty White

as Round (voice)

Debi Derryberry

as Whispers (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson

as Adult Whispers (voice)

Alice Ghostley

as Tuskless (voice)

Kat Cressida

as Princess (voice)

Joan Rivers

as Spike (voice)

John DiMaggio

as Tough-Tusk/Fulla Bull (voice)

Tone Loc

as Macho Bull (voice)

Jeannie Elias

as Stranger/Herd Elephant (voice)