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A boy and his dog are washed overboard from their boat, leaving them stranded on a Pacific island. The youngster finds support from a fellow castaway, who helps him to protect the fragile home he has built for himself. Animated adventure based on Michael Morpurgo's novel, featuring the voices of Aaron MacGregor, Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy, Raffey Cassidy and Ken Watanabe
2023
HD
subtitles
16x9
audio-description
Animated Movie/Drama
Family
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Aaron MacGregor
(Actor)
.. Michael
Sally Hawkins
(Actor)
.. Mum
Cillian Murphy
(Actor)
.. Dad
Ken Watanabe
(Actor)
.. Kensuke
Raffey Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Becky
Neil Boyle
(Director)
Kirk Hendry
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Aaron MacGregor
(Actor)
.. Michael
Sally Hawkins
(Actor)
.. Mum
Born:
April 27, 1976
in
London
Best Known For:
Happy-Go-Lucky and Blue Jasmine.
Early-life:
Sally Cecilia Hawkins was born in London on April 27, 1976 to Jacqui and Colin. After graduating from Rada in 1998, Sally appeared in a number of stage productions, including Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Romeo and Juliet, The Cherry Orchard and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Career:
Hawkins made guest appearances in TV shows Casualty and Doctors but her first break in front of the camera came in Mike Leigh's film All or Nothing (2002). Since then, she has starred in Vera Drake (2004), Layer Cake (2004), The Painted Veil (2006) and Cassandra's Dream (2007). She won a number of awards, including a Golden Globe, for her portrayal of Poppy Cross in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008). Her other film credits include An Education (2009), Never Let Me Go (2010), Made in Dagenham (2010), Submarine (2010), Blue Jasmine (2013) and Godzilla (2014).
Quote:
'I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.'
Trivia:
Hawkins received an Academy Award nomination for Blue Jasmine.
Cillian Murphy
(Actor)
.. Dad
Born:
May 25, 1976
in
Cork
Best Known For:
His turn in 28 Days Later and Inception.
Early-life:
Born on May 25, 1976, in Cork, the eldest of four children. His father works for the Irish Department of Education, his mother is a French teacher. As a youth, he got a taste of acting in school plays, but instead decided to become a musician. Until his early 20s, Cillian focused his energies on making his band, The Sons of Mr Greengenes, a success; they were offered a five-album deal, but felt its terms weren't favourable and turned it down. After briefly studying law at University College Cork, he fell into acting with an amateur group.
Career:
In 1996, Murphy made his professional stage debut in Enda Walsh's Disco Pigs. The runaway success of the play prompted him to leave university and quit his band, and led to him landing an agent. Between 1997 and 2003, he busied himself in an array of indie productions, but it was his powerful performance in the 2002 thriller 28 Days Later that really got him noticed. Since then, he has notched up impressive performances in a number of diverse films, including The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Sunshine, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Cold Mountain, Red Eye, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception and Tron: Legacy. He's also the star of the BBC's Peaky Blinders.
Quote:
'I haven't created any controversy, I don't sleep around, I don't go and fall down drunk.'
Trivia:
Away from the screen, Murphy continues to dabble with music and is a vegetarian.
Ken Watanabe
(Actor)
.. Kensuke
Raffey Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Becky
Neil Boyle
(Director)
Kirk Hendry
(Director)
