Danny the Champion of the World - Roald Dahl (1989) DVD Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane, Samuel Irons, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Lionel Jeffries and Jean Marsh

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Danny the Champion of the World - Roald Dahl (1989) DVD Approx. 94 min., plus 20 min “Behind The Scenes” video (Playable in the US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Color, Shown in original a spect ratio 1.33.1 Beautifully restored print. Gorgeous picture and sound. With optional English subtitles (for HoH). Starring: Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane, Samuel Irons, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Lionel Jeffries, Jean Marsh, Jimmy Nail, Ronald Pickup and John Woodvine. Based on the 1975 novel “Danny the Champion of the World” by Roald Dahl. Screenplay by John Goldsmith. Directed by Gavin Millar. Includes a wonderful "Behind the Scenes" with interviews and more. Somewhere in England in autumn 1955, widowed veteran William Smith and his son, Danny (real life father and son Jeremy Irons and Samuel Irons), live an idyllic life together. But their property happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer named Victor Hazell (Robbie Coltrane) wants to buy. When Hazell won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto them, they decide to get even with him and his pheasant-shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family traditions. Based on the 1975 novel “Danny the Champion of the World” by Roald Dahl. Show more