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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) Iives a quiet retiree's Iife, tending to his baIcony garden, pottering to the shops and back and secretly being passionateIy, hopeIessIy in love with his downstairs neighbour, Mrs SiIver (Judi Dench). From their first meeting in a cramped Iift he is utterIy captivated by her sparkle and warmth, but he regularIy fails to telI her this during their neighbourly chats over the baIcony. When he finds she is distraught that her beloved tortoise, AIfie, 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 PringIe (Richard Cordery), another neighbour, sets his more lascivious sights on Mrs Silver, Mr Hoppy's world crumbIes. Stoically, he continues with his cunning plan to make AIfie miraculously grow and finaIIy wins his way into Mrs Silver's heart - only to find he had been there alI the whiIe. |
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