Lassie

Director: Charles Sturridge Charles Sturridge

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/19/2019
UPC:	0191329095379
Original Release:	2005
Rating:	PG
Source:	Universal Studios
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00

Special Features

Animal Planet at the movies; on the set of Lassie; Cast and Crew Interviews; Behind the Scenes; Animal Auditions; Deleted Scenes; Outtakes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Peter O'Toole	The Duke
Samantha Morton	Sarah Carraclough
John Lynch	Sam Carraclough
Peter Dinklage	Rowlie
Jonathan Mason	Joe Carraclough
Hester Odgers	Cilla
Ken Drury	Campbell
Gregor Fisher	Mapes
Edward Fox	Hulton
Robert Hardy	Mr. Justice Murray
Celyn Jones	Snickers
Jamie Lee	Tom
Nicholas Lyndhurst	Buckle
Kelly Macdonald	Jeanie
Steve Pemberton	Edward Hynes
Brian Pettifer	O'Donnell
Jemma Redgrave	Daisy
John Standing	French
Angela Thorne	Dr. Gull
Peter Wight	Dr. Jarrett
Gerry O'Brien	Watson
Eamonn Hunt	Alf Patterson
Jim Roche	Miner
Paul Meade	Policeman
Terence Orr	Butler
Alec Heggie	Truck Driver
Finlay Welsh	Scottish Policeman
Gabrielle Lloyd	Miss Branson
Susie Lambe	Martha
May Veale Smith	Mother
Samantha McShane	Nell
Samatha McShane	Nell
Robert Carr	McBane
Christine Ozanne	Martron
Dermot Ward	Court Usher
Alan Stanford	Defence Barrister
David Parnell	Sergeant of the Court
Peter Halliday	Vicar
Ian Mercer	Yorkshire Policeman
Ian Hart	Actor
Adrian Johnston	Composer

Technical Credits

Charles Sturridge

Charles Sturridge	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Ed Guiney	Producer
Francesca Barra	Producer
Steve Christian	Executive Producer,Producer
Eric Ellenbogen	Executive Producer,Producer
Louise Goodsill	Executive Producer,Producer
Ralph Kamp	Executive Producer,Producer
Andrew Lowe	Executive Producer,Producer
Doug Schwalbe	Executive Producer,Producer
Samuel Hadida	Producer,Producer
Peter Blayney	Sound Effects
Dominick Hewitt	Stunts
Selwyn Roberts	Producer
Chris Allies	Producer
Team FX	Special Effects
Earth Wind Fire FX	Special Effects
Celestia Fox	Casting
Mervyn Moore	Sound/Sound Designer