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Valiant
Release Date: March 25th 2005
Distributor: Entertainment
Certificate: U
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, Ricky Gervais, Rupert Everett, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese
Director: Gary Chapman
Running Time:
109 mins
It is 1944 and World War II is raging in Europe. Valiant (Ewan McGregor) is a wood pigeon who dreams of helping his country. Together with his cousins Toughwood and Tailfeather, they are encouraged to join the Homing Pigeon Service (HPS), having been promised great adventure. However, on arriving at camp, they soon discover that they have been misled. Instead of warm accommodation and the company of some very attractive nursing doves, they are under the watchful eye of a rather tough drill sergeant and some pretty revolting food. The regime is harsh.
Hapless as they are they manage to get through a very stiff training programme and are given their ‘wings’. Now fully qualified, and as part of the pigeon squadron, they are sent on a mission behind enemy lines. They have been charged with carrying key dispatches from the French Resistance to Allies regarding the D-Day landing in Normandy.
But it is not going to be easy. They are attacked by enemy falcons, and worse still Valiant is captured. Will he be able to escape and save the day?
From the Oscar® winning producer of the billion-dollar box office hit, ‘Shrek’, expect an immensely enjoyable star-studded film.