Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
- TV Movie
- 2015
- 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
5.8K
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A retired bachelor has a thing for his neighbor, who only shows affection to her pet tortoise.A retired bachelor has a thing for his neighbor, who only shows affection to her pet tortoise.A retired bachelor has a thing for his neighbor, who only shows affection to her pet tortoise.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Geoffrey McGivern
- Pet Shop Owner
- (as Geoff McGivern)
Pik Sen Lim
- Mrs. Wu
- (as Pik-Sen Lim)
Jack Honeyborne
- Pianist
- (as Jack Honeybourne)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaSeventy-six tortoises were used in the making of this movie.
- GoofsMr Pringle twice says that the moment of his birth came about as a result of his father driving too quickly over a speed bump. This would make Pringle, at the time of the film's release (2015) no older than 32 years old, as speed bumps weren't introduced in the UK until 1987. Pringle appears to be of a similar age to Mrs. Silver (Judith Dench), and Mr. Hoppy (Dustin Hoffman), who were born in 1934 and 1937 respectively.
- SoundtracksA Kiss to Build a Dream On
(uncredited)
Written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Louis Armstrong
Featured review
While the whole plot could seem rather weak, this movie is a perfect example of a modern storytelling done with mastery. The pace of the movie is voluntarily slow, the actors are excellent, the breaking of the fourth wall is used with wit by a character who at first seems to be there only to tell us the story, and there are some surprising events that are typical of an action movie.
- becomepostal
- Dec 31, 2017
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By what name was Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) officially released in Canada in English?
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