‘The Amazing Maurice’ is the first animated feature film to be based on a Terry Pratchett novel – ‘The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents’.
The film tells the tale of Maurice, a large talking cat, who travels from town to town offering to solve their sudden rat problem. He unveils Keith, a young boy who can play the pipe quite well, and the rats march out of town to the relief of the townsfolk. Maurice and the money received from the grateful town suddenly disappear and he reappears a suitable distance away to count the money with Keith and the rats! But these are no ordinary rats – they talk and wear clothes and dream of an island paradise where rats and humans live together in peace. All goes well with their ‘rat scam’ until they reach the town of Bad Blintz, where they meet a book obsessed girl, Malicia, who leads them on an adventure to solve the mystery of her town.
Director: Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann (co-director)
Writer: Terry Rossio (screenplay), Terry Pratchett (author), Toby Genkel (additional material)
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton, Hugh Bonneville, David Tennant, Ariyon Bakare, Rob Brydon.
Running time: 1hr 33mins
Certificate: PG
EVENT DETAILS
Sun 22 Jan
Doors: 2pm
Film: 2.30pm
TICKETS
Adults: £3.50
Under 16’s: £3.50
Doors open 30 minutes before film starts. There will be no trailers, films starts promptly at advertised time.
Accessibility: Hearing Loop? YES Audio Description? NO