Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
- TV Movie
- 2015
- 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
5.5K
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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
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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Did you know
- 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 of age as speed bumps weren't introduced in the UK until 1987. Pringle, appears to be of a similar age to Mrs Silver, played by Judith Dench, and Mr Hoppy, played by 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
Enchanting
This is a simple sweet tale.Nothing to dislike. The story is cute and inoffensive. The film has been written to pad out the story and it has done so in a sympathetic and appropriate fashion. The thing that makes it so delightful is how Hoffman and Dench make the characters adorable and relatable regardless of the fact that they are unlikely. If you don't like charm, wit and a bit of suspending disbelief, move along. I intend to use this to vet people in the future. If they don't like this movie I won't be going for coffee with them. Relax, turn off your cynicism and wallow in the treacle and charm until your all marshmallow inside. :)
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- mandaqu
- Jan 11, 2015
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By what name was Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) officially released in Canada in English?
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