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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097361176840
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Dreamworks Animated
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Animated
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks Animated
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 20, 2007
Running Time: 84 minutes
Sales Rank: 3587
Studio: Dreamworks Animated
Theatrical Release Date: November 03, 2006
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Set on and beneath the streets of London Flushed Away is the story of Roddy an upper-crust society mouse who is rather rudely evicted from his Kensington flat when he is flushed down into Ratropolis the bustling sewer world found under London s streets. There he meets Rita an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat the Jammy Dodger. Together they must navigate their way through a busy city filled with dangers for any mouse including terrifying rapids treacherous whirlpools and most of all the villainous Toad and his hench-rats Spike and Whitey. Though completely out of his element at first the privileged Roddy finds himself an unlikely hero when he learns that Ratropolis is in danger from the world above.DVD Features: Commentary: Filmmaker Commentary (Directors David Bowers and Sam Fell)Other: 2 Animated Slug Songs ( Pump It and I Don t Feel Like Dancing .)Other: From Clay to CG: A Technical JourneyOther: Jammy Dodger Fly-ThruFeaturette: Meet the CastOther: Animator's GalleryOther: Behind the Scenes Interactive Tour (Name TBDOther: DWA JukeboxTrailers: Menu Based Trailers:Trailers: Main Menu - Bee Movie () Shrek The Third (2:07)Trailers: Other Menu Trailers (DW) - Wallace & GromitTrailers: Other Menu Trailers (PARA)Other: DREAMWORKS KIDS:Other: Flushed Away Juke BoxOther: Build-A-SlugOther: Learn to Draw RoddyOther: The Music of Flushed AwayOther: Set Top Games: A Maze of PipesOther: A Maze of PipesDVD Rom: Flushed Away Underground AdventureDVD Rom: Printables (50 MB)DVD Rom: WeblinksSystem Requirements:Run Time: 84 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: PG UPC: 097361176840 Manufacturer No: 117684
Amazon.com:
Flushed Away is a rip-roaring nautical adventure with a twist: The heroes are a pair of rodents braving the sewers underneath London. Roddy (voiced by Hugh Jackman) is an upper-crust house-mouse who finds himself flushed into the subterranean sewers. Eager to return to his posh home, he enlists the help of a boat-captain rat named Rita (Kate Winslet), who has troubles of her own; namely the kingpin of the underworld, the Toad (Ian McKellen), and his henchmen including the French mercenary Le Frog (Jean Reno).
While technically Flushed Away could be considered part of the wave of celebrity-voiced, anthropomorphic-animal movies that hit in 2005-2006 (Madagascar, Over the Hedge, The Wild, etc.), it doesn't inspire the same sense of déjà vu. For one thing, its voice actors are less recognizable than the likes of Bruce Willis and Chris Rock. For another, its look is very distinctive. Like Nick Park's Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, it's a joint production of DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features, and although Park isn't involved, it retains his trademark blocky look of clay animation. But animating the movie by computer rather than by hand allows for some eye-popping tableaux, such as floodwaters rushing through the sewers and an entire town of little animated characters. It's a crazy thrill ride loaded with inside jokes and enough crude humor to earn a PG rating, and the band of singing slugs is also a hoot. --David Horiuchi
On the DVD
It's no surprise that the singing slugs are the stars of the DVD's bonus features. They're featured in two music videos (less than a minute total), and in a 13-minute segment an Aardman animator builds a slug out of plasticine. (In contrast, the lesson on drawing Roddy is a mere two minutes.) A song jukebox jumps to 10 musical points in the film, though the non-slug background music isn't really worth the jump. On the human side, there are eight-minute featurettes on the music and the voices, a set-top game that is easier to control than most such featurettes (and easier to beat too), and a commentary track by directors David Bowers and Sam Fell in which they have a grand old time remembering their inside jokes and showering love on the Spike and Whitey characters. The DVD-ROM has access to 21 more online games. --David Horiuchi
Fun Facts from Flushed Away
- In Tabitha's room, there are a variety of dolls from previous DreamWorks Animation films, including a Gromit and several bunnies from Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, an Alex the Lion from Madagascar, and a Dragon from Shrek.
- Many characters from past films make cameos in Flushed Away. For example, a Chicken Run chicken is on the second page of the Toad’s scrapbook, Gromit’s head is a pencil top in the Jammy Dodger, the penguin from Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers is on a stamp on the Jammy Dodger, and a poster of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is on the side of a bus in Kensington.
- There are officially 60 million rats in the UK. That’s one rat for every person.
- The various boats in the film are made up of flotsam and jetsam that rats could conceivably find in the sewer. For the double decker bus: Ice chest, retro flipping numbers alarm clock, bike lamp, buckle, oil drum, soup can, license plate, rope, plastic suitcase, jerry can. For the mini cooper: Soda can, battery, sardine can, butter knife, old lights.
- Simulating the toilet water and making it look realistic proved to be a challenge. After much consideration, it was finally discovered that what was missing was caustics, or the use of light reflection off the bottom of the bowl. This was added and everyone was happy because they could finally get their mind out of the toilet.
Stills from Flushed Away (click for larger image)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Flushed Away
Cute movie and my seven year old enjoyed. Can't watch it too many times.
Rating: - A funny family movie!
The first time I saw Flushed Away I didn't pay much attention. It was just another Disney film my kids would enjoy. But with having kids comes having to watch or at least listen to the same movie multiple times in a week...and I started noticing little jokes that I didn't catch the first time around. I love this movie! It makes me laugh. Each character is loveable in their own silly way.
The story follows a posh pet mouse (Roddy) who finds himself lost in the sewers of London. ... Read More
Rating: - Don't Get Flushed Away....
Very cute movie for children and adults alike. This movie has a lot of funny humor that adults may only get and lots of fun music sung throughout the movie by various creatures!!
Best part of the film are the characters, storyline & Rita, the leading lady of this film (Kate Winslet is the voice of Rita), who is a true role model for all girls as she doesn't need to be saved by any man and she even manages to save the leading man, Roddy, in this film!!
Rating:  - Gets better every time
This is one of those movies that gets better each time you watch it because you catch more of the little jokes inserted in between the lines. The CGI is terrific. Hugh Jackman's accent as an English gentleman is realistic but, as a mark of any good actor, he always does a realistic accent anyway, English or American (see 'Someone Like You' for proof). Kate Winslet lends a perfect voice to the female lead. Highly recommended!
Rating: - Flushed Away
Always goo dfor a belly laugh no matter how many times I've seen it!
Great fun!
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