The One and Only Ivan (film)

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Movie
German title The only real Ivan
Original title The One and Only Ivan
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2020
Rod
Director Thea Sharrock
script Mike White
production Allison Shearmur ,
Angelina Jolie ,
Brigham Taylor
music Craig Armstrong
camera Florian Ballhaus
cut Barney Pilling
occupation

The one and only Ivan (original title The One and Only Ivan ) is a real - life film - CGI -Hybrid, a partly animated family film by Thea Sharrock , which will be released in US cinemas on August 14, 2020 and in German cinemas on August 27, 2020 should. The film is based on a book by science fiction writer Katherine Applegate . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the film has been shown exclusively on Disney + since August 21, 2020 .

Literary template

The film is based on the 2011 novel The One and Only Ivan (published under the titles The Incomparable Ivan and The Only True Ivan by Ingrid Ickler, translated by Knesebeck Verlag) by the American science fiction author Katherine Applegate , illustrated by Patricia Castelao and published by HarperCollins. The author was awarded the Newbery Medal by the American Library Association in 2013 for her work. The story is written from the perspective of a gorilla living in a glass cage in a mall. The silverback gorilla is called Ivan and has lived in Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, a run-down circus mall, for 9,855 days. He hardly misses his life in the jungle and he is satisfied. His friends are the old lady elephant Stella, who despite the chronic injury in one leg regularly appears in the daily shows, the stray dog ​​Bob and Julia, the little daughter of the zookeeper. Ivan's great passion is art. He creates pictures that are sold by the owner of the mall. When a new attraction comes to the mall with Ruby, the baby elephant, Ivan is torn out of his lethargy. Ruby should live with Stella and learn new tricks from her. Shortly before Stella succumbs to her illness and dies, she asks Ivan to take care of Ruby. After her death, Ivan begins to remember his life outside the Big Top Mall and what it is like to be free. While the owner Mack tries to train Ruby, Ivan first experiences the abuse she is subjected to. He begins to paint pictures of the living conditions in the zoo, which they set up outside the Big Top Mall. People who see them start protesting the treatment of the animals, and investigators are sent to the Big Top Mall, which is then closed.

The real Ivan

The lowland gorilla Ivan in the B&I Circus store in Tacoma

Applegate's novel is inspired by the life of the western lowland gorilla Ivan (pronounced "Eye-van"). He was born in 1962 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. He was malnourished and weak at delivery. When Ivan was two years old, the zookeeper Ruben Johnston took him home and raised him there for the next three years, supported by his wife Lois and their sons Danny and Larry. He was later moved to the B&I Circus Store in Tacoma, where he was the only gorilla and, unlike in the film, did not have as much contact with the other animals. The store's owner, Earl Irwin, exhibited a variety of animals over the years, including flamingos, a baby elephant named Sammy, a lion, a seal, a pair of chimpanzees, a chicken, and a rabbit. Ivan lived in his concrete and steel enclosure in the B&I Circus Store for 27 years until he was donated to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle by the Irwin family for his release in 1994 after the efforts of animal welfare organizations. Shortly afterwards he was on permanent loan to the Atlanta Zoo in Georgia, where he spent the last 18 years of his life, in the Ford African Rain Forest, an enclosure with grass and trees. Here Ivan met other gorillas for the first time in 30 years.

On August 21, 2012, 50-year-old Ivan died while under anesthesia during a medical examination. The autopsy found a large tumor in his chest. Ivan was one of the oldest gorillas in captivity when he died. The Atlanta Zoo complied with Ivan's original owners' request to have his remains cremated and returned to Tacoma. On October 26, 2016, a 270 kg bronze statue of Ivan was unveiled in front of the main entrance to Point Defiance Zoo.

production

One of the filming locations: the Southgate Shopping Center in Lakeland, Florida

Directed by Thea Sharrock . Applegate's novel was adapted for the film by Mike White .

For Allison Shearmur , who died in January 2018 and who produced the film alongside Angelina Jolie and Brigham Taylor , it is the last film she made.

It is a real film - CGI hybrid. Florian Ballhaus is the cameraman . Filming began on April 30, 2018 in Lakeland, Florida. Among other things, they shot there in the Southgate Shopping Center and the Resurrection Catholic Church.

The score was composed by Craig Armstrong . Diane Warren wrote the song Free , which is sung by singer-songwriter Charlie Puth and used in the credits of the film. The soundtrack album was released for download on August 21, 2020.

The film should be in US cinemas on August 14, 2020 and in German cinemas on August 27, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the film has been shown exclusively on Disney + since August 21, 2020 , the eighth anniversary of the death of the "real Ivan".

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  1. ↑ Jennifer Ullrich: "The One And Only Ivan": Angelina Jolie takes on speaking role in the children's book adaptation by Disney. In: filmstarts.de, October 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ The one and only Ivan. In: knesebeck-verlag.de. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2013/01/newbery-%E2%80%93-katherine-applegate-jon-klassen-win-newbery-caldecott-medals
  4. ↑ Linda Holden Givens: Ivan the gorilla is moved to a cage at the B&I Circus Store in Lakewood on March 4, 1967. In: historylink.org, May 9, 2018.
  5. ^ The One and only Ivan. In: historyvshollywood.com. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ Ivan. In: zooatlanta.org. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ Craig Armstrong to Score Disney's 'The One and Only Ivan'. In: filmmusicreporter.com, February 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ 'The One and Only Ivan' to Feature Original Song by Charlie Puth & Diane Warren. In: filmmusicreporter.com, August 17, 2020.
  9. ↑ Anthony D'Alessandro: Disney-Fox Updates Release Schedule: Sets Three Untitled 'Star Wars' Movies, 'Avatar' Sequels To Kick Off In 2021 & More. In: deadline.com, May 7, 2019.
  10. ↑ Start dates in Germany. In: insidekino.com. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  11. ↑ Manuel Weis: No theatrical release: Disney + gets film "The only true Ivan". In: quotenmeter.de, June 16, 2020.