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The Velveteen Rabbit

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The Velveteen Rabbit

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The beloved children's book penned by Margery Williams, which celebrates the power of unconditional love, is brought vividly to life in a magical 40-minute journey of self-discovery combining live action and animation. Seven-year-old William (Phoenix Laroche) receives a toy animal for Christmas that becomes his lifelong friend and favourite companion. This Velveteen Rabbit (voiced by Alex Lawther) sparks William's imagination and introduces the boy to colourful characters on two and four legs including Wise Horse (Helena Bonham Carter), Playroom Fairy (Nicola Coughlan) and Lion (Clive Rowe). Jennifer Perrott and Rick Thiele direct the live action and animates sequences respectively, working from a script penned by Tom Bidwell

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Jack Seale

The Toy Story movies owe a lot to The Velveteen Rabbit, a 1921 novel by Margery Williams about a toy that can speak to other toys but longs to be seen as “real” by its owner. The story’s now been given a sturdy, reverential new dramatisation.

One Christmas, young William (Phoenix Laroche) receives a velveteen rabbit (voiced by Alex Lawther) that gets to meet the other toys in the playroom — a voluble crew voiced by Helena Bonham Carter, Lois Chimimba and Paterson Joseph, among others. Stop-motion-style animation and cartoons are mixed nimbly with live action.

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rolenameDirectorJennifer PerrottDirectorRick ThieleWriterTom Bidwell

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2023-11-22

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English

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