In the original novel, the jailer's daughter brings Mr. Toad toast and tea while listening to his stories about Toad Hall. In this adaption, she brings him bubble and squeak, a classic British dish consisting of leftover cabbage and potatoes fried together in beef tallow. She had offered him the latter in original novel, but took it back because he was having a tantrum.
The USA release of the film is nearly seven minutes shorter than the original UK release. Most of the deleted scenes involve Mole and Ratty, in particular (tragically) the wonderful Magic in the Heart of Things sequence. Scenes with Toad, however, are preserved.
The film was released exactly 10 years after Terry Jones' adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame novel, which follow the same concept as this film: A live action adaptation where the animal characters are played by humans wearing representative costumes.
The scenes with Mr. Toad riding the train were filmed in Germany.
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