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Flushed away - Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Henry Anderson, David Bowers

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Someone is going down!

From DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features, the teams behind the worldwide hit Wallace and Gromit: The curse of the were-rabbit," comes the computer-animated comedy Flushed away. Blending Aardman's trademark style and characterizations with DreamWorks' state-of-the-art computer animation, Flushed Away is a madcap comedy set on and beneath the streets of London. Roddy (Hugh Jackman) is a decidedly upper-crust "society rat" who makes his home in a posh Kensington flat, complete with two hamster butlers named Gilbert and Sullivan.

When a common sewer rat named Syd (Shane Richie) comes spewing out of the sink and decides he's hit the jackpot, Roddy schemes to rid himself of the pest by luring him into the "whirlpool." Syd may be an ignorant slob, but he's no fool, so it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita (Kate Winslet), an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Roddy immediately wants out, or rather, up; Rita wants to be paid for her trouble; and, speaking of trouble, the villainous Toad (Ian McKellen) - who royally despises all rodents - wants them iced... literally. The Toad dispatches his two hapless hench-rats, Spike (Andy Serkis) and Whitey (Bill Nighy), to get the job done. When they fail, the Toad has no choice but to send to France for his cousin - that dreaded mercenary, Le Frog (Jean Reno).

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film animation cartoon comedy sewer Kensington England UK class scavenger rat crime

Persons of interest

Kate Winslet .... Rita
Hugh Jackman .... Roddy
Ian McKellen .... Toad
Andy Serkis .... Spike
Bill Nighy .... Whitey
Simon Callow .... (voice)
Shane Richie .... Syd
Geoffrey Palmer .... (voice)
Jean Reno .... Le Frog
Dick Clement .... Screenwriter
Ian La Frenais .... Screenwriter
Henry Anderson .... Director
David Bowers .... Director
Sam Fell .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Flushed away official movie site
Flushed away film production notes
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Awards and film festivals:

Annie Awards 2006: Nominated: Animated Effects (Scott Cegielski), Character Animation in a Feature Production (Line Andersen, Gabe Hordos), Directing in an Animated Feature Production (David Bowers, Sam Fell), Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (Pierre-Olivier Vincent), Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Ian McKellen), Writing in an Animated Feature Production (Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan, Will Davies), Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (Simon Wells)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2007: Nominated: Animated Feature Film (David Bowers, Sam Fell)