A retired bachelor has a thing for his neighbor who only shows affection to her pet tortoise.
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Title: Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (TV Movie 2015)
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1 win & 1 nomination.
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| James Corden | ... | Narrator | |
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Salo Gardner | ... | Mr. Mavrokoukoudopolous |
| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Mr. Hoppy | |
| Richard Cordery | ... | Mr. Pringle | |
| Judi Dench | ... | Mrs. Silver | |
| Polly Kemp | ... | Woman on Bus | |
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Emily Ralph | ... | Little Girl |
| Geoffrey McGivern | ... | Pet Shop Owner (as Geoff McGivern) | |
| Jimmy Akingbola | ... | Keen Pet Shop Keeper | |
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Joseph West | ... | Philip |
| Katie Lyons | ... | Philip's Mother | |
| Pik Sen Lim | ... | Mrs. Wu (as Pik-Sen Lim) | |
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Ronnie Hughes | ... | Trumpeter |
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Jack Honeyborne | ... | Pianist (as Jack Honeybourne) |
| Lisa Hammond | ... | Mrs. Desmond | |
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Lonely, aging bachelor Mr. Hoppy (Dustin Hoffman) lives in a London flat and has two loves in his life - his balcony garden and Mrs. Silver (Dame Judi Dench), the widow in the flat below. Sadly, Mrs. Silver is too fond of her tortoise Alfie to respond. Noting that Mrs. Silver is perturbed that Alfie never seems to grow, Mr. Hoppy hatches a plan to show her how much he cares. This involves buying dozens of tortoises of increasing sizes to gradually substitute for Alfie, leading Mrs. Silver to believe that a Bedouin chant - Esio Trot - is making her pet grow. However, he is rumbled when one of the tortoises escapes. And, with another, brash resident vying for Mrs. Silver's affections, will Mr. Hoppy find happiness with the woman he loves? Written by don @ minifie-1
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(uncredited)
Written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn
Performed by Louis Armstrong
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"Esio Trot" is tortoise spelled backwards. See more »Goofs
When Mrs Silver and Mr. Pringle come to his flat for a meal he doesn't have three wine glasses but in a later fleeting 2 or 3 second shot there are three wine glasses on the meal table. See more »Soundtracks
It's Been a Long, Long Time(uncredited)
Written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn
Performed by Louis Armstrong
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18 May 2015 (Norway) See more »Also Known As:
'Ахап Ереч' Роальда Даля See more »Company Credits
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A lovely charming adaptation of one of Roald Dahl's perhaps lesser known books, with wonderful performances from Hoffman and Dench and a winning script from Richard Curtis.