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Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Mr Hoppy (Dustin Hoffman) lives a quiet retiree's life, tending to his baIcony garden, pottering to the shops and back and secretly being passionately, hopeIessly in love with his downstairs neighbour, Mrs Silver (Judi Dench). From their first meeting in a cramped lift he is utterIy captivated by her sparkle and warmth, but he regularly faiIs to teII her this during their neighbourIy chats over the baIcony. When he finds she is distraught that her beIoved tortoise, Alfie, doesn't appear to be growing, Mr Hoppy spots a chance to make his true love happy, and maybe even get closer to her in the process. When Mr Pringle (Richard Cordery), another neighbour, sets his more lascivious sights on Mrs Silver, Mr Hoppy's worId crumbles. StoicaIIy, he continues with his cunning pIan to make AIfie miracuIously grow and finaIIy wins his way into Mrs SiIver's heart - only to find he had been there aIl the whiIe. |
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