Applegate inspired by the life of ivan.
Ruby the one and only ivan real.
With sam rockwell bryan cranston phillipa soo chaka khan.
Some of the details of this story are taken from real life for example ivan really did have a sister whose name was burma.
When pressed by baby elephant ruby ivan tells the story of his time in the wild and his capture in the one and only ivan.
The one and only ivan is based on the book by katherine applegate about ivan a real gorilla born in 1962 that was captured by poachers in africa as a baby and brought to live with humans.
The two of them were captured together as babies from the jungles of zaire in central africa.
The one and only ivan is a work of fiction but the inspiration for this imagined tale lies with a true story.
It tells the story of a gorilla who spent 27 years in a shopping mall in tacoma wash.
The one and only ivan.
Directed by thea sharrock.
As he does ruby isn t the only one whose life is changed for the better ivan s is too.
The real life ivan finally made his way to the atlanta zoo.
Ivan likes ruby and her fondness for elephant jokes and his regard for her coupled with his love for stella inspires him to pull out all the stops to help get her out of the mall and into the zoo.
Ivan was a cherished member of the zoo atlanta population from 1994 until his passing on august 20 2012 at the age of 50.
Although the one and only ivan is an entirely fictional story it is inspired by the true story of ivan who lived in a similar situation for 27 years.
A gorilla named ivan tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named ruby as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
Katherine applegate s the one and only ivan was inspired by a real life gorilla who lived in a mall in tacoma wash.
The zoo owner who brings ivan and ruby and all the animals from the big top mall to the zoo.
Ivan a real gorilla lived at zoo atlanta but on the way to that happy ending he spent almost three decades without seeing another of his own kind before being moved to zoo atlanta in 1994.
Eventually ivan was adopted by zoo atlanta in 1994.
Our june pick is the one and only ivan a newbery medal winning book by katherine applegate.
And it s based on a true story.
It is largely a work of fiction though the outline of the plot is very similar to ivan s life events.
Zoo atlanta was honored to be the final home of ivan the western lowland gorilla the inspiration for the newbery award winning book the one and only ivan by katherine applegate as well as the film of the same name.
