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Director:

Gary Chapman

Writers:

George Webster (story)
Jordan Katz (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 August 2005 (USA) more

Tagline:

Meet the Flockers more

Plot:

Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 nomination more

User Comments:

Britishly Comical. more (79 total)


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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Vaillant, pigeon de combat! (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Vaillant (France) [fr]
Valiant (Argentina) [es]
Valiant (Italy) [it]
Valiant - Héroes plumíferos (Venezuela) (poster title) [es]
Valiant - Um Herói Que Vale a Pena (Brazil) [pt]
Valiant och de fjäderlätta hjältarna (Sweden) [sv]
Valiant, to gennaio peristeri (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:

76 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Filming Locations:

England, UK more


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Over 200 artists from 41 different countries worked on the film more

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Anachronisms: In the movie members of the French Resistance, play "Non, je ne regrette rien" sung by Édith Piaf. However World War II was over twelve years before the song was even written. more

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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Movie Connections:

Spoofs Top Gun (1986) more

Soundtrack:

(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover more


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26 out of 38 people found the following comment useful.
Britishly Comical., 21 March 2005
7/10
Author: cirnelle_telperien from United Kingdom

Although this may not tickle the fancy of non-Brits, Valiant is a light-hearted comical little tale (it's quite short) of an even littler pigeon with a big personality who wants to be in the RHSP as a wartime carrier pigeon. The characters are well defined and work together well with a generously simple plot. Bugsy (Ricky Gervais) is hilarious and most of the voices provided were perfect, although it would have been better if I didn't have a constant mental image of the actors while looking at their animated aliases.

Occasionally there are moments of dialogue or actions that are quite obviously meant to be funny and aren't but these are generally glazed over by silliness. A must-see for animation fans/Brits, but perhaps more laughable for the younger generation among us.

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