Valiant
- Studio
- Vanguard Animation, Ealing Studios, UK Film Council Presentation in association with Odyssey Entertainment, Take Five Film Partnerships
- Distributor
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Synopsis
This comedy tells the story of a lowly wood pigeon named Valiant, who overcomes his small size to become a hero in Great Britain's Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service during World War II. The RHPS advanced the Allied cause by flying vital messages about enemy movements across the English Channel, while evading brutal attacks by the enemy's Falcon brigade.
Characters
Valiant, Bugsy, Von Talon, Sergeant, Gutsy, Mercury, Felix, Lofty, Cufflingk, Victoria, Big Thug, Toughwood, Tailfeather, Underlingk, Charles De Girl, Jacques, Rollo, Elsa, Barmaid, Recruiting Officer, Wing Pigeon, Pigeon Officer, Pigeon Guard, Little Thug, Messenger Pigeon, Saucy Pigeon, "Tweet" Pigeon
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Gary Chapman
Producing
- Producer
- John H. Williams
- Executive Producers
- Neil Brown, Barnaby Thompson, Ralph Kamp, Robert Jones, Keith Evans
- Co-Producers
- Curtis Augspurger, Eric M. Bennett, Buckley Collum
- Associate Producer
- Marci Levine
- Line Producer
- Tom Jacomb
Writing
- Writer
- Jordan Katz, George Webster, George Melrod
- Story
- George Webster
Animation
- Animator
- Richard Purdum (Animation Director)
- Animation Coordinator
- Siouxsie Stewart
- Animation Technical Director
- Jo Walls
- Supervising Animator
- Emil Simeonov
- Lead Animators
- Quentin Miles, Ray Van Steenwyk
- Senior Character Animator
- Martin "Smoke" Carroll
- Character Animators
- Christel Pougeoise, Abraham Meneu Oset, Andres Puente
- Visual Effects Animator
- Alireza Razmpoosh
Voices
- Voice
- Ewan McGregor (Valiant), Ricky Gervais (Bugsy), Tim Curry (Von Talon), Jim Broadbent (Sergeant), Hugh Laurie (Gutsy), John Cleese (Mercury), John Hurt (Felix), Pip Torrens (Lofty), Rik Mayall (Cufflingk), Olivia Williams (Victoria), Jonathan Ross (Big Thug), Brian Lonsdale (Toughwood), Dan Roberts (Tailfeather), Michael Schlingmann (Underlingk), Sharon Horgan (Charles De Girl), Sean Samuels (Jacques), Buckley Collum (Rollo), Annette Badland (Elsa), Harriet Jones (Barmaid), Harry Peacock (Recruiting Officer), Corin Mellinger (Wing Pigeon), Gary Chapman (Pigeon Officer), Curtis Augspurger (Pigeon Guard), Mike Harbour (Little Thug), Mike Jenn (Messenger Pigeon), Heidi Fecht (Saucy Pigeon), Robert Lence ("Tweet" Pigeon), Ali Dowling, Chris Fairbanks, Rupert Farley, Dan Flynn, Kris Milne, Stephen Pacey, James Dale Robinson, Emma Tate
Music
- Music
- George Fenton
Editing
- Editor
- James Austin (Jim) Stewart
- Co-Editor
- Tiffany L. Kurtz (Tiffany Hillkurtz)
- First Assistant Editor
- Hermione Byrt
- Assistant Editor
- Eric Lake
Production notes
Vanguard Animation's first CGI production.
Budgeted at a rumored $40 million U.S.
U.S. release: August 19, 2005.
Ben Kingsley (as General Keyserlingk) and Rupert Everett were originally announced as cast members.
VALIANT - SPECIAL SNEAK PEAK
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Budgeted at a rumored $40 million U.S.
U.S. release: August 19, 2005.
Ben Kingsley (as General Keyserlingk) and Rupert Everett were originally announced as cast members.
VALIANT - SPECIAL SNEAK PEAK