Revolting Rhymes (2016)

Revolting Rhymes is a 2016 British-German computer-animated TV anthology film based on the 1982 book of the same name written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Retelling and intertwining five of the six poems from the book, the two-part film was produced by Magic Light Pictures and is narrated by Dominic West. The films were created in Berlin (Magic Light Pictures Berlin) and Cape Town (Triggerfish Animation Studios). The first part of the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
The voice cast for Revolting Rhymes includes Dominic West, Rob Brydon, Bertie Carvel, David Walliams, Tamsin Greig, Rose Leslie, Dolly Heavey, Gemma Chan, Eden Muckle, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Bel Powley, Dylan Issberner, and Amelie Forester-Evans.
Revolting Rhymes was released on DVD in the United Kingdom and Ireland on February 6, 2017 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Entertainment One, and in the United States on August 15, 2017 by PBS Home Entertainment.
== Images ==
File:Revolting Rhymes 2016 UK DVD cover V1.jpeg|UK/Ireland DVD cover (front)
File:Revolting Rhymes 2016 UK DVD cover V2.png|UK/Ireland DVD cover (spine)
File:Revolting Rhymes 2016 UK DVD cover V3.jpeg|UK/Ireland DVD cover (back)
File:Revolting Rhymes 2016 UK DVD disc label.png|UK/Ireland DVD disc label
File:Revolting Rhymes 2016 US DVD cover.png|US DVD cover
== Storyline ==
=== Plot ===
Revolting Rhymes is an animated anthology film based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
=== Genres ===
* Animation
* Comedy
* Drama
* Fantasy
=== Home Media Rating ===
* PG (Ireland)
* PG (UK)
== Details ==
=== Country of origin ===
* United Kingdom
=== Category Number ===
* EO52088D (UK / Ireland) (DVD)
=== Home Media Release Dates ===
* February 6, 2017 (UK) (DVD)
* February 6, 2017 (Ireland) (DVD)
* August 15, 2017 (US) (DVD)
== Company Credits ==
=== Production Companies ===
* BBC Worldwide
* BBC One
* PBS
* Magic Light Pictures
* Triggerfish Animation Studios
=== Distributors ===
* Entertainment One (2017) (UK) (DVD) (through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
* Entertainment One (2017) (Ireland) (DVD) (through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2017) (UK) (DVD) (through)
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2017) (Ireland) (DVD) (through)
* PBS Home Entertainment (2017) (US) (DVD)
== Technical Specs ==
=== Aspect Ratio ===
* 16:9
== Trivia ==
* This is the first computer-animated feature film produced by Magic Light Pictures, a company mainly known for producing animated short films, mainly ones based on books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, such as The Gruffalo (2009), The Gruffalo's Child (2011), Room on the Broom (2012), and Stick Man (2016).
* This is the first Magic Light Pictures animated film overall to be initially released on home media by Entertainment One to have its distribution be handled by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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