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[[Category:2005 films]]
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Revision as of 18:22, 24 March 2009

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Valiant
Promotion poster for Valiant.
Directed byGary Chapman
Written byJordan Katz
Produced byJohn H. Williams
StarringEwan McGregor
Ricky Gervais
Tim Curry
John Cleese
John Hurt
Jim Broadbent
Hugh Laurie
Rik Mayall
Distributed byWalt Disney Pictures
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Canada)
Alliance Films (Canada, theatrical)
Release dates
March 25, 2005 (UK)
August 19, 2005 (US)
Running time
76 minutes
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$35,000,000[1]
Box officeUS$61,746,888[1]

Valiant is a 2005 computer-animated film. Set in May of the year 1944, it tells the story of a group of war pigeons during World War II. The film was produced by John H. Williams and co-produced by Vanguard Animation and Odyssey Entertainment. Reviews toward Valiant were mixed and largely poor. The film is based on a story by Jordan Katz, George Webster, and George Melrod, and inspired by true stories of hundreds of pigeons that helped the soldiers in the war. At the end of the film, it says that of the 54 Dickin Medals awarded to animals, 32 of them went to pigeons. The film took two years to complete and used more than 200 animators from 16 countries.

Plot

Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war. At camp, they meet two wisecracking burly pigeon twins, Toughwood and Tailfeather, and a regal red pigeon named Lofty. They go under serious training by Sergeant Montegue, who gives them a good workout and giving them the name squad F. While there, Valiant falls in love with a nursing dove named Victoria, who seems to have feelings for him as well. Suddenly, the founder of the RHPS, Gutsy, informs Montegue that his troops, Squad F, have to leave for France immediately to get a message even though their training isn't finished. Their plane is shot down in France, and Gutsy presumed dead. Valiant and company enlist the help of two French mice, Charles de Girl and Rollo, to get them into German territory and help them defeat the evil pigeon-hunting Nazi falcon general Von Talon. When the pigeons split up trying to deliver the message, Bugsy is captured by the falcons. The team reunites, along with Gutsy, who barely made it out of the plane. Valiant rescues Bugsy and Mercury from Von Talon's bunker, and in the process, gets the message back. Valiant defeats Von Talon with the help of his family and friends and delivers the message. We learn that the message was telling allied commanders to perform the D-Day operation at Normandy. He is awarded a Dickin medal and reunites with Victoria.

Reception

Valiant received a 32% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 5/10, and 13% in the top critics division.[2] The film did business of $19,478,106 in the U.S. and $42,268,782 internationally. This gives it a worldwide total of $61,746,888, which is considered successful, but low by CGI film standards.[citation needed] The film held the record for lowest box office of a CGI animated film, until its record was later beaten in 2006 by Doogal, the re-dubbed version of The Magic Roundabout.[1]

Cast

English voice cast

Spanish voice cast

Mexican voice cast

French voice cast

References

  1. ^ a b c "Valiant (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  2. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/valiant/

External links

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