Elephants in film
Mike Pollitt | Friday 6 May, 2011 11:19
To celebrate the release of Water for Elephants, which one critic is calling a “clunky, plodding, romantic circus melodrama,” here are five other notable cinematic elephants.
Electrocuting an Elephant
In which Topsy the elephant is executed by electrocution at Coney Island, NY. As filmed by Thomas Edison.
Babar the Movie
In which Babar relates the story of his first days as King of the Elephants, when Elephantland came under attack from Rataxes the rhinocerous.
The Elephant Man
In which the elephant man says “I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I … am … a … man!”
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
In which Boba saves Ace from arrest by overturning an official’s jeep.
The Jungle Book
In which Colonel Hathi forgets to say “HALT!”
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