Rating: PG
Genre:
Children's/Family
Theatrical Release: 12/16/2005(UK),
Release Date: 11/14/2006
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Genius Entertainment
Everyone's favorite collie returns to the screen -- and to her native home back in Britain -- in director
Charles Sturridge's faithful adaptation of author
Eric Knight's sentimental kid and canine novel
Lassie Come Home. When
Lassie saves a fox from the hunting hounds of the duke of Rudling (
Peter O'Toole), the captivated nobleman becomes obsessed with the idea of purchasing the collie for his adoring granddaughter
Cilla (
Hester Odgers). Unfortunately for
Rudling, the pooch already has a loving family in the form of kindly miner
Sam Carraclough (
John Lynch), his wife,
Sarah (
Samantha Morton), and their young son,
Joe (
Jonathan Mason). When
Sam is laid off from his job, however, he is forced to sell the loyal dog to the duke in order to put food on the family table. Incensed at the dog's repeated attempts to escape and seek out her original loving family, the villainous duke charges kennel-keeper
Eddie Hynes (
Steve Pemberton) with the task of teaching
Lassie how to stay as World War II looms ever more heavy on the horizon. When the dogs of war finally stop barking and start biting,
Rudling beats a hasty retreat to the safety of northern Scotland with both the child and the canine. Realizing that her newfound companion is far from the people she cares about most,
Cilla later helps her ever-loyal four-legged friend escape from the family's heavily fortified compound so that she may begin the 500-mile journey back home to Yorkshire.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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