Wind in the Willows. Rankin/Bass (1987) Pt. 3

[crazystein65]

the wildwood is possessed by the thing in Exorsest

[gsa14]

The Wild Woods scene terrifies me... to this day!

[MichaelDinaswirled]

I HAVE BEEN DIEING TO SEE THIS AND HEAR MR. TOAD'S SONG!! C O N C E I T E D!

[wham13456]

wheres the Wind in the Willows 1996 cartoon

[oXxXTemariXxXo]

When I was little the only thing that used to really scare me at the Wild Wood scene was the red eyes glowing from the hole... It still kind of makes my skin crawl, especially with all the growling/yelling.. What is in that hole? I don't really want to find out!

[hyperz4ya]

Watching the Wild Wood scene at 4 in the morning creeped me out...i dont think ill EVER be ok with it xD

[gadgets4ever]

those are some fucked up trees :/

[42whatelse]

The Wild Woods scene is like different from Rankin and Bass's J.R.R. Tolkien's classics The Hobbit and The Return of the King RCV poster drawing. And it's look like the witches forest. Memorable for Halloween!

[Inkrunner12]

who pronounces "advertisement" like that?

[huntress1863]

@Inkrunner12 All the people from England say "advertisement" that way, which is funny since Roddy McDowall was from England himself.

[moodybluesgurl]

@Inkrunner12 The British. Your should hear how they pronounce privacy amongst other words.

[lilcoffeebandit]

the wild wood scene was really memorable! I was always so scared, with the music and tree faces...

[MITOGEN]

Great song at 3:16 :)

[wayne62682]

The Wild Wood scene is, and always will be, creepy as hell.

[PersianWater]

What a kick ass song!!!!

"If he puffs up more, he's gonna explo-ode!

[djwash5]

OH, NOOOOO!!!!!! He's at it again!!

[boffinme80]

Sorry, but NO ONE beats David Jason as Toad. He's perfect! Same with Peter Sallis/Ian Carmichael as Ratty and Richard Pearson as Mole.

I don't like the American accents in this. No offense to Americans but it just doesn't go with Wind in the Willows at all. The whole thing is in Britain.

The way the characters are portrayed are like upper class British citizens and they have southern drawls. It just sounds ridiculous!

Why isn't anyone else pointing this out??

[BorisFangirl]

@boffinme80 No offence taken. I agree with you, that British accents suit the characters more.

[42whatelse]

This people in Rankin and Bass' The Wind in the Willows are really amaze me as I had in my head. And this trains of steam locomotive are from germany and England of 1830s, 1840s, and even 1850s. And the song of Mr. Toad was a jazzy golden hit to me. Spell filling. And just rich.

[85agapanthusgal]

LOL I get SOOOOO tickled when Toad makes those funny car noises! I tried making those noises, too, but always wind up laughing! SOOOOO hilarious! LOL

[neonpurple]

god i loved this when i was a kid

[slink132001]

holy hell, This probably gave me waking nightmares as a kid.

[Bannar]

GET OUT OF HERE, YOU FOOL!!!

[alaskawildrosemarie]

Wow. Never saw this version before! My favorite is the stop animation one... so cute!

[therainbowranger84]

@alaskawildrosemarie I've seen it during the intro to the pbs show "long ago and far away" with James Earl Jones.

[88Featured]

Thank you for this. I remember I had it on video but I've lost it. Nostalgia :)

[hellokitty777able]

I love the colors and animation. It makes me feel warm and cozy inside.

[piloneman]

I heard of different version but this one I grew up watching and I can't really do without except for this one because it hold so many good memories for me as a kid. And I don't care what people say, theres no other version like it. I just wish they would put it ON DVD ALREADY!!!!

[burnzgotshot]

The wildwood scene is fantastic. I used to be scared of it as a kid but watching it now I can apreciate it more by the way its done.

cheers for posting.

[hellokitty777able]

I used to be scared of it too. I was like 10. my brother was 6.

[Kyriasin]

I actually really love the wildwood. I watched this movie when I was about 5 years old and I was transfixed and used to watch it over again and again. I was a weird child but my sister saw and ran out of the room screaming so I guess it does scare someone in the family. I dunno this forest inspired a scary forest in one of my stories. I live the wildwood and always have. it rocks.

[Immy690]

i love it again doin wind in the willows at my school for a play. I'm Mole!

[moodybluesgurl]

yes, the wildwood scene used to scare me too, i'd usually hide under the blanket until that was over when i was little.

[Raptormon132]

@moodybluesgurl

Well if the Wildwood was real, it definitely wouldn't be the place for the faint-hearted to go.

[Alcairo02]

@moodybluesgurl

Same here.

[DConS81]

Roddy McDowall always has a certain quality in the way he plays animated characters...he just gives them such a....politeness, gentleness and charisma....I loved how he did Samwise in "Return of the King" too

[pixargod]

I prefer the live action version of the return of the king!

[JodiSeer]

I love Ratty's various outfits throughout the movie. Also great cheers for the late Roddy McDowall for really bringing Ratty's character to life in his voice acting. The animation for the "wind" I always liked. The Wildwood scene is well done in giving the scares like a sequence from the Evil Dead. "JOIN US..."

[JA268]

@JodiSeer The button-up house-coat is cute! And I agree with you on Roddy

[LeoArctica]

one thing, i have alwaysed wondered what those blue creatures where when the rabbit ran past and chased moley?

[secretlypsychotic]

Why my friend, they are R.O.U.S's!

(Rodents of Unusual Size)...ah, got to love The Princess Bride!

No, seriously, they're rats.

[LeoArctica]

ahhhh i see ^^ ty much ^^ one burden gone millions to go XD

[BorisFangirl]

@secretlypsychotic OMG! I love the Princess Bride. :)

[mahuglas]

@LeoArctica i believe they are what is commonly referred to as rat-wolf vampire bats

[therainbowranger84]

@LeoArctica I just saw blue birds with the blue R.O.U.S.

[LeoArctica]

@therainbowranger84 hehe XD

[NightDragon2383]

HAHA, I was looking for this movie, and after reading the other 2 comments I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one that got the bejeezus scared out of them as a kid by the wildwood scenes! When you're 4 years old and all of the sudden the movie goes from nice and happy to scary as hell thanx to those goddamn trees, that sticks with you for life! LOL

[LeoArctica]

too true XD

[LeoArctica]

ahhhh i see ^^ ty much ^^ one burden gone millions to go XD

[LilbunUWiz]

I know, me too! Though it's always funny how the movies that scared us in our younger years we tend to just love.

[LeoArctica]

the wild wood when i was little alwasyed scared me XD

[Konfuusio]

The music in this movie is something you won't forget. Classic and rock, just a great combination of memorable tunes. And the wildwood scene scared the crap outta me when I was a kid! O_O