Wind in the Willows (1996) (9/9) (END)

[96marzie]

I grew up with this film TERRY JONES IS AMAZING!

[lunaticonthegrass111]

I notice the names John Goldstone and John du Prez in the credits. Both of them worked with the Pythons on 'Life of Brian' and 'The Meaning of Life'. There's another Python connection for you!

[Churchcantor]

Rat is nothing like my rat, Yoda. For one thing, Yoda doesn't talk much, HMMMMN?

[realityexplorations]

its mad its stupid/ but its a lovely story i love it

[golddemona]

I thought this movie was really enjoyable. ^_^

I really liked all the Monty Python actors in it. =)

I actually found this one while looking for the 1987 animated version.

[verkaforever]

Rat makes me laugh when his whiskers go funny, especially at the end. How many times did his whiskers do that in the movie? I lost count.

[mrgoodygoodygumdrop]

How fucking far did he fly?! lol

[verkaforever]

@mrgoodygoodygumdrop Good question. Seems Toad discovered something he was good at- I think this ending is happier than the book.

[mrgoodygoodygumdrop]

@verkaforever I never read the books, my grandmother showed me this when i was 5. I remembered it and so i went looking for it again, but i study aerospace and aviation studies, so that last part made me smile, combined with that good song ^ ^

[verkaforever]

@mrgoodygoodygumdrop In the book, Toad turns over a new leaf, and stops having crazes. I think the ending where he finds a craze he is good at is much happier. The last part also made me smile- especially when he Sun said "Careful, Toad".

[mrgoodygoodygumdrop]

@verkaforever hahaha thanks for a nice reply for once. Most assholes on here just trol on everything

[jeanclaudejunior]

1:21 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1!

[Farfeb]

I mean the 50's version.

[Farfeb]

Blowing up Toad Hall didn't happen in the Disney version.

[verkaforever]

"That's the last time I ever try to help that....that...." Sure it is.

[Cryer24597]

"Tennineeightsevensixfivefourt­hreetwo  OOOONNNNEEEEE!"

[erikals2]

@Cryer24597 followed by huge fireballs - betcha the Chief Weasel's last words (not on camera) were: 'WTF?'

[LaskaSkywalker]

Thank you for uploading this! =)

[that1weirdkid27]

Eric Idle was the perfect person to cast as Ratty. <3

[Edenzmonkz]

@that1weirdkid27 that is so true

[RosefulEvelyns]

That. Was. Awesome. I will not soon forget this.

[derkrazyhaus]

Thank you so much for uploading all this! It was fantastic to see it again! I'd totally forgotten Badger was the crazy Merlin from 'Excalibur'...

[Clivepom]

If anybody knows the correct name for the caps that Ratty wears can you please let me know? I love them. Cheers.

[berbagod1994]

@Clivepom flat caps?

[armadafanforever]

AHHHHHHHH!!!! THEY WERE DOING SO GOOD!!!! WHY'D THEY HAVE TO PUT THAT SONG AT THE END?!?!?! WHY????!!!!!!!

[TheTomReid]

@armadafanforever Because it's a great song

[sraphael]

I will always love this film! Will never ever get over it. I love how this involved nearly all the Pythons without it having the Python brand.... I feel like the ending song is like a tribute to the Python friendship and this film was a celebration of that :) I love how they had new faces too, especially Steve Coogan. He absolutely NAILED the role of Mole and the casting was so damn perfect! No future re-make will ever duplicate the brilliance of this film xx

[ChucklevisionmanII]

@sraphael You are so right. If I tried to watch the 80's version it bores me. This was my favourite film as a child and will always be one of my favourites. No other adaptation will never beat it!

[WireMosasaur]

I say, who were the couple at 4:00 ? Hedgehogs?

[CrazyDiscotheque]

Such a great, silly movie. Thanks for uploading. :D

[126Oli]

ha British to the core, absolutely everything English... and then the American song at the end.

[Artprincess247]

that was a nice film

[tellymad649]

Hang on, is this a Monty Python sketch or something, cos half of them are in this?

[FandPrulethesky]

@tellymad649 Nope. It was made by the Python Terry Jones. The others are just in the film!

[Litrid]

I enjoyed it Mole was my fav character.

[123penguinsrock]

>w< SO ADORABLE !

[CanadianWarMachine]

Nostalgia Critic said that it isn't worth checking out because it was so silly. Yet I think that it is a pretty decent movie.

[Rashuanu]

I love the song at the end! And the movie was great!

[boxedguilt]

Loved it! Even though it changed seasons within two days and the bit with the explosives made not the slightest bit of sense, you can't complain when the cast is as awesome as they were :']

[Vstar4me]

I love it, Toad should have behaved and stayed out of debt!! His impulsive personality caused such a story!

[Bouncerpenguin]

I can't find the end song Miracle of friends. I have been searching for it for a long time now, but haven't found it yet. could anyone upload only the end song? I can only find the other songs on youtube, the end song is the only one missing (excuse my bad English)

[Powersophie1]

It's better than the animated version

[RaptorLuv]

@Powersophie1 yeah but in a way it matched up as well...like cartoon people i loved it

[Oblivionfolk]

That's Eric Idle playing Rat. Good choice.

[TailsTheSilverFox]

What is the song at the end called, I've looked everywhere for it but haven't found it.

[JesuisEmmaa]

@TailsTheSilverFox It's called Miracle of Friends. Look on wikipedia

[ChucklevisionmanII]

@TailsTheSilverFox it is called Miracle of Friends but unforunately none of the songs were ever available on cd but I am in the process of seeing if i can isolate the music on dvd and upload it for all fans.

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

What puzzles me is how they Chief Weasel managed to blow the factory up. OK, they switched the labels on the barrels, but the weasels would still have had to wire them up!

[Xeromoth]

@Inkyminkyzizwoz  I thought the same but at the same time it's a kids film, not to be patronising to them but it doesn't always have to make sense

[251000Master]

@Inkyminkyzizwoz rat switched the wires when they were infiltrating the hall

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@251000Master That would make sense!

[mxgross]

7:37 It looks like Toad and his plane fell into the ocean. That animal will never learn.

[annikee59]

What a lovely allegory of our times. A profound, simple story. Thanks for posting.

[PTSmash]

it just occurred to me, wouldn't it have been funny if when the Chief Weasel was up there waiting with the detonator and Toad called up to him he shouted:

"Hello, daffy Monsieur Toad who has the brain of a duck, you know! So us weasels outwit you yet again! You thought you could out clever us weasels with your silly knees-bent, running about, and bouncing behaviors!"

Then, of course, he BLOWS himself up!

[sordello51]

I never heard of this film before 2 days ago! I was Linked to the "Secret of Survival" video buy a member of another fleet in a game I play. He said we should adopt it as our fleet anthem. :lol: Our fleet is called the Wild Weasels! I loved the video and finally watched the whole film! wonderful interpretation of :The Wind and the Willows" !!! BTW - I love the weasels - Pound for pound they are baddest animals on Earth!

[owain2222]

the weasels and chief weasel were so awsome and evil

shame i didnt watch this movie sooner cos i definently would have put them on my top 20 movie villains list at number 18 for the weasels and 11 for the chief weasel.

[XxM00nSHADExX]

@owain2222

Haha, I think Clarence was the baddest out of the weasels, he being to smartest and most controlling. Had the weasels won, he probably would have taken over. Alas, the weasels survived at the end, didn't they? Their still may be hope.....

[R015Terrell]

This really stayed true to the spirit and even much of the plot of the book, I was pleased :D The characters were just like I imagine them

[Cpt50Caliber]

FUCK me, this weasel takes his time

[DarkTeddiursa]

This is a lovely film. I usuaully get a bit annoyed during musicals but thank god the songs were short. I loved this.

[ekrin008]

Mole was absolutely adorable!

[Sapphonouveau]

Thanks for uploading - I'd only ever heard of this film, and it's wonderful to actually see it. It's actually a really good film! Shame it isn't more well known.

[mxgross]

I liked when Badger said "That's the last time I ever try to help that...that..." and it sounded like he was going to say "worthless animal."

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Mind you, at least Toad didn't crash this time!

[SaritaWolf]

Thanks for posting this! Steve Coogan and Eric Idle are two of my favorite actors and they were pretty adorable here lol... and Badger was pretty dang epic. |D

I remember seeing a play of this at a school somewhere. But for the life of me all I can remember is Mr. Toad running from a weasel and then pointing and shouting "Look! A distraction!"

[Mousegirl1122]

Rat is so cute!

[Edenzmonkz]

@Mousegirl1122 sooooo true

[ctdsnark]

In the lobby of the art-house theater where I was fortunate to see this,they'd posted an article about how Terry Jones was unable to find a major studio to distribute this in the U.S.,including Disney-----they bought "Big Indian,Little City" but passed on THIS?-----imagine my surprise when I first saw "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" in the family section at Blockbuster!!!

[blobhead77]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

my schools doing a musical of this

[Abracamoron]

WoW, that was a pretty good movie. I like the animated version a lot, but this one is good as well

[jurgemaister]

Brilliant! BRILLIANT! I suddently remembered a whole lot of stuff from my childhood. But, what is that last song called? The ending theme. Sends shivers down my spine, it does. The good kind of shivers.

[norgeskuespiller19]

wonderful movie! i enjoyed it! wonderful acting by steve!

[betao567]

This is such a great movie^^

I just wonder what happened to all the Weasels... oo

Well, the Chief of course blew himself up oO

[Zapperzappy]

Rat, Mole and Badger took the weasels out when Toad was stopping the chief weasel.

[betao567]

But then the chief died QQ

[moleyrulez05]

Lol, no singing Toad.

[beeswaxer]

you were right it really was nice thanks alot for posting