Danny the Champion of the World

TV Movie
1989
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.5K

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Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane, and Samuel Irons in Danny the Champion of the World (1989)

Adventure Drama Family

In the beginning, the poachers were hunted all the pheasants for food.In the beginning, the poachers were hunted all the pheasants for food.In the beginning, the poachers were hunted all the pheasants for food.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Trivia
Many of the incidents and characters in the book and movie were based on real-life events and people from author Roald Dahl's own life. For example, he knew a butcher who taught him the art of poaching, and Captain Lancaster (Ronald Pickup) was based upon a real and similarly-vicious teacher --- identified as "Captain Hardcastle" in Dahl's childhood-autobiography book, "Boy" --- whom Dahl had while in school; like the teacher in the book, Captain Hardcastle was ex-military and still arrogantly wanted to be addressed as "Captain", even though it was a very low rank and the war was long over; also like the fictional character, he obsessively kept an eagle-eye on his pupils to seek out opportunities to punish them, and had the creepy fire-colored hair and mustache, watery eyes, and shell-shock-caused twitching and grunting.

Goofs
Since the keepers were leaving after Danny had arrived, they would have found the Baby Austin on their way out of the woods. In the book, Danny does not get there till sometime after the keepers had seen his father trapped in the pit, and had left for the night.

Quotes
Captain Lancaster: This isn't a school! It's a bear pit! The most disgusting shambles I've ever seen! I'm resigning. Do you hear me? As of now!
Mr. Snoddy: Good.

Connections
Featured in The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl (2016)

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10/10

Champion book champion Movie

This movie is listed as TV, yet in Austrlia it was shown in cinemas where I saw it with my family, The movie was true to the Roald Dahl book and was as enjoyable and whimsical, the acting and direction was what was needed for such a classic and I never felt let down or became conscious of the fact that I was watching a movie, but rather was taken away with the story , which is something I long for in movies. I would so enjoy seeing this again, it is in my psyche with such movies as "The railway children" and "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" of which all were British. If your a lover of children's literature and wish to be taken away by a wonderful and endearing movie with values not often contained in entertainment today, this movie is for you.