Paramount Home Media
Distribution will be bringing animation filmmaker Mike Disa’s Postman
Pat: The Movie to the domestic market place as a DVD product offering
on Sept. 23.
This former animator
for Disney has worked in the industry from the ground up — animator for such
films as Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Treasure
Planet — and then made the move to direction with the animated short
film The Origin of Stitch and the feature-length Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil.
With Postman
Pat: The Movie he takes on
the world of stop motion … and he absolutely nails it. It’s a Brit-flick (think: Wallace
and Gromit) with an American director, but you would never know it!
Postman Pat (voice by
Stephen Mangan — Billy Elliot, Confetti, Rush, etc.) of a village
in England is against the wall when he doesn’t receive the bonus he had hoped
for. He was going to use the proceeds to
take his wife Sara (Susan Duerden is the voice actress) on a long overdue trip
to Italy, but he has come up with a plan, with the help of his son, to rectify
this little shortcoming.
The solution is
deceptively simple. He will win the TV
talent showcase, You’re the One, hosted by Simon Cowbell (voiced by Robin Atkin
Downes), and all will be right with the world since the grand prize is (drum
roll please) … a trip to Italy!!!
Simple is and simple
does, right? If that were the case we
wouldn’t have much of a story or, for that matter, any reason to enjoy Postman
Pat: The Movie. Instead, the
popular Brit-series featuring Postman Pat — who goes feature-length here —
jumps into a full-bore competition that begins to gnaw at his steadfast
values. Mean while, his daily task of
delivering the mail is taken up by a Postman Pat robot, whose programming
leaves quite a bit to be desired!!
Just how much is that
trip to Italy worth … that’s the question!
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