Lassie is set on the eve of World War II in a Yorkshire mining town. After falling on hard times, the Carraclough family is forced to sell Lassie (Lassie), their beloved dog, to the Duke of Rudling (Peter O'Toole). When Lassie finds herself transported 800 kilometres away to live in the Duke's remote castle on the northern coast of Scotland, she is determined to defy the odds and return to her home. So begins an incredible adventure, set against a stunning series of British landscapes, that sees Lassie facing dangers natural and human and finding help in unexpected places as she makes her way across the country, to reach home in time for Christmas. This re-telling of the classic story promises all the love, trust and heroism a family audience could ask for.
Special Agent Matti
Lassie is light family entertainment with just enough of that black British sensibility thrown in to make it worth watching. If it weren't a classic tale then I wouldn't bother to take the kiddies to see it but it does have the added virtue of being not-American.
PG (Mild themes)
100 minutes (1:40 hours)
Film: 9 March 2006 - Victoria
Film: 6 April 2006 - Queensland
Film: 13 April 2006 - National