Hamilton Mattress

Starring: David Thewlis, Henry Goodman Director: Barry Purves Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 5th April, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Animated, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Hamilton Mattress is a cheering half-hour of stop-frame animation featuring Sludger, an awkward aardvark with amazing rhythmical ability. As he searches the dusty land for ants with his down-at-heel aardvark companions, Sludger dreams of bettering himself & of wearing important trousers. His big chance comes when his talent for drumming is spotted by Feldwick, caterpillar-cum-agent. Before he can say anty, aardvark for all things good, Sludger finds himself in Beak City where birds rule the roost & beaks are beautiful. Feldwick & Sludger, the latter now transformed into drummer extraordinaire, Hamilton Mattress, a name he takes from a billboard advertisement, must overcome avian prejudice & discover the true meaning of friendship if they are to survive & get to wear the trousers of Sludgers dreams.

Hamilton Mattress is the first in a trilogy of films produced by Christopher Moll whose other credits include the Wallace & Gromit adventure The Wrong Trousers & it will be interesting to see where the characters go next. This light modern fable may not have the mass appeal of Wallace & Gromit but with its infectious dance rhythms & unassuming aardvark hero, the tale is sure to be a hit with the whole family. As the advertisement says: everyone loves a Hamilton Mattress. , Helen Baker

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

An Interview With the Writers
Behind the Scenes Features
Deleted Shots
Two Audio Commentaries
Trailers
Weblink
5:1 Track Option

David Thewlis is a British actor. David Thewlis was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. He studied at the Guildhall School of Drama in London. His first major film role was as the rambling street philosopher Johnny in Naked, for which he was named Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics, the London Critics Circle, the Evening Standard & the Cannes Film Festival. The same year he appeared on television as the sexual predator James Jackson in Prime Suspect 3, opposite Helen Mirren & Ciaran Hinds. Through the 1990s, Thewlis appeared in a variety of films, mostly fantasy & period, including Restoration, Dragonheart & Seven Years in Tibet, opposite Brad Pitt. He was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Divorcing Jack & played Clov in a television film of Samuel Beckett s Endgame. Notable appearances also include Bernardo Bertolucci s Besieged & Paul McGuigan s Gangster No. 1, opposite Malcolm McDowell. Posters Of The Island Of Dr Moreau

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