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Jan 1, 2015 · Roald Dahl's Esio Trot: Directed by Dearbhla Walsh. With James Corden, Salo Gardner, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Cordery. A retired bachelor has a thing for his neighbor who only shows affection to her pet tortoise.
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- James Corden, Salo Gardner, Dustin Hoffman
1 January 2015. ( 2015-01-01) Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, or simply Esio Trot, is a British comedy drama television film directed by Dearbhla Walsh and written by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, based on the 1990 novel, Esio Trot, by Roald Dahl. In the film, a retired bachelor ( Dustin Hoffman) falls in love with his neighbour, a widow ...
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Esio Trot is a 1990 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. [1] The title is an anadrome of "tortoise". It was the last of Dahl's books to be published in his lifetime; he died just two months later. Unlike other Dahl works (which often feature tyrannical adults and heroic/magical children), Esio Trot is the story of an aging lonely man ...
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- Roald Dahl
- 3 September 1990
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot. A magical, warm-hearted family film with universal appeal. 38 IMDb 6.9 1 h 31 min 2015. G. Comedy · Romance · Feel-good · Fun. Freevee (with ads) Details.
Esio Trot. Rent Esio Trot on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Retired bachelor Mr. Hoppy is hopelessly in love with his neighbor Mrs. Silver, but she is ...
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- Dearbhla Walsh
- Romance, Comedy
- Dustin Hoffman
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Jan 2, 2015 · This adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book about a love affair, starring Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman and 100 tortoises, is a thing of wonder Lucy Mangan Fri 2 Jan 2015 02.00 EST Last modified on Tue ...
The very epitome of a gentle comedy drama, this charming tale of senior romance ticks along at a leisurely pace, somewhat befitting of its heavily tortoise-based cast. A made-for-TV adaptation of the popular 1990 kids' book, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot has a quiet intensity, combining humor and silliness with poignancy and, occasionally, melancholy.