Valiant (2005)

Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for ... See full summary »

Director:

Gary Chapman

Writers:

George Webster (story), Jordan Katz (screenplay),

Stars:

Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ewan McGregor	...	Valiant (voice)
Ricky Gervais	...	Bugsy (voice)
Tim Curry	...	Von Talon (voice)
Jim Broadbent	...	Sergeant (voice)
Hugh Laurie	...	Gutsy (voice)
John Cleese	...	Mercury (voice)
John Hurt	...	Felix (voice)
Pip Torrens	...	Lofty (voice)
Rik Mayall	...	Cufflingk (voice)
Olivia Williams	...	Victoria (voice)
Jonathan Ross	...	Big Thug (voice)
Brian Lonsdale	...	Toughwood (voice)
Dan Roberts	...	Tailfeather (voice)
Michael Schlingmann	...	Underlingk (voice)
Sharon Horgan	...	Charles De Girl

Storyline

Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great 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.

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Plot Keywords:

pigeon | falcon | disney animated feature | espionage | mill | 

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Taglines:

Meet the Flockers

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | War

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [us]

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Vaillant, pigeon de combat!

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$462,961 (Brazil) (6 January 2006)

Gross:

$675,438 (Brazil) (13 January 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vanguard Animation, Ealing Studios, UK Film Council

Technical Specs

Runtime:

76 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The second full-length British CGI movie, after Dominator.

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Goofs

Valiant calls his instructor "Sir". In fact the instructor has the Rank of Flight Sergeant. You wouldn't call an NCO "Sir". You address him by his Rank (in this case Flight or Flight Sergeant).

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Quotes

[first lines]
Lofty: [seeing Valiant & Bugsy] For a, quote, 'elite unit', unquote, they seem to be letting in anything with wings
[to Bugsy]
Lofty: , including those flies circling your bottom.

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Crazy Credits

No animals were harmed in the making of this film, including Dennis.

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Connections

References The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

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Soundtracks

"Presenting Sport"

User Reviews

Good effort, nice quirky animation

Valiant is a fair effort at an animated film. Without the budget of an American movie this British movie does well. It is based on the role pigeons played in WWII. The animations are delightful, the voice cast is talented for a change. Ricky Gervais does a very amusing quite lengthy turn, as ewan mcgregors buddy. Though perhaps the animations aren't as expansive as others like finding nemo, the humour is still apparent. This movie could have been longer, you do feel a bit short changed. Its nice to see a British animated movie with its own unique quirks, I feel this film will be shown repeatedly as a Christmas treat film on TV. There are funny moments and this movie is probably more for kids.