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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Paramount EAN: 0667068987027 Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Dreamworks Animated Manufacturer: Dreamworks Animated Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Dreamworks Animated Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 20, 2007 Running Time: 84 minutes Sales Rank: 3596 Studio: Dreamworks Animated Theatrical Release Date: November 03, 2006 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Set on and beneath the streets of London, Flushed Away is the story of Roddy, an upper-crust "society mouse," who is rather rudely evicted from his Kensington flat when he is flushed down into Ratropolis, the bustling sewer world found under London’s streets. There, he meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Together they must navigate their way through a busy city filled with dangers for any mouse, including terrifying rapids, treacherous whirlpools and, most of all, the villainous Toad and his hench-rats Spike and Whitey. Though completely out of his element at first, the privileged Roddy finds himself an unlikely hero when he learns that Ratropolis is in danger from the world above. Amazon.com: Flushed Away is a rip-roaring nautical adventure with a twist: The heroes are a pair of rodents braving the sewers underneath London. Roddy (voiced by Hugh Jackman) is an upper-crust house-mouse who finds himself flushed into the subterranean sewers. Eager to return to his posh home, he enlists the help of a boat-captain rat named Rita (Kate Winslet), who has troubles of her own; namely the kingpin of the underworld, the Toad (Ian McKellen), and his henchmen including the French mercenary Le Frog (Jean Reno). While technically Flushed Away could be considered part of the wave of celebrity-voiced, anthropomorphic-animal movies that hit in 2005-2006 (Madagascar, Over the Hedge, The Wild, etc.), it doesn't inspire the same sense of déjà vu. For one thing, its voice actors are less recognizable than the likes of Bruce Willis and Chris Rock. For another, its look is very distinctive. Like Nick Park's Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, it's a joint production of DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features, and although Park isn't involved, it retains his trademark blocky look of clay animation. But animating the movie by computer rather than by hand allows for some eye-popping tableaux, such as floodwaters rushing through the sewers and an entire town of little animated characters. It's a crazy thrill ride loaded with inside jokes and enough crude humor to earn a PG rating, and the band of singing slugs is also a hoot. --David Horiuchi On the DVD It's no surprise that the singing slugs are the stars of the DVD's bonus features. They're featured in two music videos (less than a minute total), and in a 13-minute segment an Aardman animator builds a slug out of plasticine. (In contrast, the lesson on drawing Roddy is a mere two minutes.) A song jukebox jumps to 10 musical points in the film, though the non-slug background music isn't really worth the jump. On the human side, there are eight-minute featurettes on the music and the voices, a set-top game that is easier to control than most such featurettes (and easier to beat too), and a commentary track by directors David Bowers and Sam Fell in which they have a grand old time remembering their inside jokes and showering love on the Spike and Whitey characters. The DVD-ROM has access to 21 more online games. --David Horiuchi Fun Facts from Flushed Away
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![]() Rating: - fun and entertainingI must admit, after Barnyard, I was a bit leery about seeing another animated movie. I shouldn't have been. It was funny and entertaining, and I never got bored or irritated with it. Even my teenager laughed, and he's a hard sell. Roddy (Hugh Jackman) is a pet rat with a posh life--a gilded cage, and when the humans are away, he can do as he pleases, with the dolls from the dollhouse for companionship. Then one day, the house is invaded by a sewer rat named Sid, and when Roddy tries ... Read More Rating: - Wow!it is great.I received my dvd, in better condition, than described. I was very pleased with the service, and Fast, considerate shipping!! Thank You. Rating: - my kids won't flush the toilet anymore:)!!good movie, however for about 2 months if i drained the bath tub with my 4 year old still in there he would yell at me for it and tell me he was gonna get sucked in, it was HILARIOUS!!!! Rating: - SatisfiedI love this movie. The movie arrived on time and works great. I would make another purchase from this seller. Rating: - Great family filmThis is such a wonderful, laugh out loud movie great for the whole family. We purchased it so we could watch it over and over. Browse for similar items by category:
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