Whispers: An Elephant's Tale poster
Screenplay Jordan Moffet, Dereck Joubert, Holly Goldberg Sloan
Director Dereck Joubert

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

Tagline: The True-Life Adventure Of A Big Little Hero.

Release Date: 2000-10-03

Duration: 72 minutes

Synopsis

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...

Casting

  • Angela Bassett
    Groove (voice)
  • Anne Archer
    Gentle Heart (voice)
  • Kevin Michael Richardson
    Adult Whispers (voice)
  • Joanna Lumley
    Half Tusk (voice)
  • John DiMaggio
    Tough-Tusk/Fulla Bull (voice)
  • Debi Derryberry
    Whispers (voice)
  • Betty White
    Round (voice)
  • Alice Ghostley
    Tuskless (voice)
  • Kat Cressida
    Princess (voice)
  • Tone Loc
    Macho Bull (voice)