The Gruffalo
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Synopsis
A half hour animated film based on the classic picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, The Gruffalo tells the magical tale of a mouse who takes a walk though the woods in search of a nut. Encountering three predators who all wish to eat him - a fox, an owl and a snake - the plucky mouse has to use his wits to survive. He announces that he is meeting a monster with terrible features, a Gruffalo, and the three predators are each panicked into running away.
Mouse is now increasingly confident. There is nothing that can touch him in these woods. Until he rounds a corner and comes face to face with the terrible product of his imagination: the Gruffalo itself. Once again Mouse has to dig deep to escape the danger. Finally he finds a nut, and can eat it in peace.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 27 mins
- Director
- Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
- Producer
- Michael Rose, Martin Pope
- Editor
- Robin Sales
- Screenwriter
- Julia Donaldson, Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
- Sound
- Adrian Rhodes
- Music
- René Aubry
- Principal Cast
- Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Robbie Coltrane, James Corden, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson
- Animation
- Studio Soi
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 28th January 2011
