This is
the legendary tale of two plucky pigs, Butch and Sundance, who captured
the hearts of the nation when they notoriously escaped a Wiltshire slaughterhouse
and went on the run back in January 1998.
When two
5-month-old boars flee from the local abattoir, journalist Jenny Best
(Emma Pierson) writes about their death-defying escape and in no time
at all, a whole media circus erupts to help her and the local Police
track them down.
As the
pigs continue to evade capture, the evil slaughterhouse boss Wolf (Kevin
Whately) arrives on the scene to hunt the pigs down and take them back
to the abattoir where they will surely face imminent deathΒ…
Will the
gutsy Butch and Sundance continue to avoid capture? Or will they fail
to outsmart the cruel, calculating Wolf and end up back in that gruesome
abattoir? And most importantly of all, will they eventually make it
back to Tamworth and be reunited with their mother as the spirit of
the Wild Boar has promisedΒ…?
Starring
Kevin Whatley (Inspector Morse), Gerard Hogan (London's Burning), Emma
Pierson (Charles II) and Darren Boyd (Smack the Pony), and with the
voices of Brian Blessed (Blackadder) and Frances Barber (Manchild),
the film uses a mixture of live action with real pigs and computer animation
to make the animals appear to 'talk'.
Tim Haines,
whose credits include the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's award-winning Walking With Dinosaurs,
uses the same special effects as featured in the films Babe, Cats &
Dogs and Stuart Little to bring our beloved Butch and Sundance to life.
DVD features
will include commentaries with director Metin Huseyin and producers
Sally Woodward and Lynn Horsford.
The Legend
Of The Tamworth Two will be available to buy on VHS and DVD from all
good retailers or online at
from Tuesday 14 April, and will be shown on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE on Monday 13 April
2004.
Title:
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
VHS cat no: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔV7557
VHS RRP:
Β£12.99
DVD cat no: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔDVD1468
DVD RRP: Β£15.99
Duration: 60 mins
Cert: TBC
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