Tale of the Brave
| Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave | |
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| Directed by | Rob Silvestri |
| Produced by | Brian Lynch (Arc Productions) Robert Anderson (Arc Productions) Ian McCue (Hit Entertainment) Michael Carrington (Executive Producer) |
| Written by | Andrew Brenner |
| Starring |
Ben Small Martin Sherman Keith Wickham Kerry Shale Matt Wilkinson Teresa Gallagher Jules de Jongh Tim Whitnall Jonathan Broadbent Olivia Colman Clive Mantle David Menkin William Hope Mike Grady Glenn Wrage Steve Kynman |
| Narrated by | Mark Moraghan |
| Music by | Robert Hartshorne Peter Hartshorne |
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| Distributed by |
HIT Entertainment (UK) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (US) |
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Release date
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September 1, 2014 (UK) September 16, 2014 (US) October 1, 2014 (AUS) |
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Running time
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60 minutes (UK) 62 minutes (US) |
| Language | English |
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave is a 2014 direct-to-video CGI animated film of Thomas & Friends. The animation was provided by Arc Productions.
It stars Ben Small and Martin Sherman as Thomas the Tank Engine in the UK and the US respectively. Co-stars include Keith Wickham, Kerry Shale, Tim Whitnall and Teresa Gallagher. This is the last movie to have Ben Small and Martin Sherman in the voice cast.
A bridge on Thomas' Branch Line is closed for maintenance, so Thomas has to go and work at the Clay Pits. When he first arrives, he can see no one, but after catching sight of one of the twins, he chases them to the other side of the quarry. However, Bill and Ben are in the mood for pranks. They trick Thomas into being coupled to a line of trucks, which are already coupled to a new oil-burning engine named Timothy from the other direction. Thomas pulls the trucks forward, jerking Timothy backwards suddenly. As the twins run off laughing, Timothy warns Thomas to be careful as a storm closes in and the rain makes the clay cliffs unstable.
As Thomas is going along, a flash of lightning reveals what looks like giant footprints on the slope above, but a landslide has begun and Thomas cannot stay to investigate. Bill and Ben push Thomas to safety just in time.
The next morning, the Fat Controller gathers a few of his engines at the shunting yard for a very important meeting. They pay tribute to Bill and Ben, who rescued Thomas from the landslide at the clay pits; while he is praising them, Gordon and James mumble with disapproval. As the rest of the engines leave, Thomas and Percy are the only two left in the yard. Thomas explains the footprints to a curious Percy. The Fat Controller tells Thomas to go to the docks, but he is worried about the footprints.
Before Thomas goes to the docks, he returns to the Clay Pits to investigate the footprints, but is interrupted by a new steam shovel named Marion. She tells him not to go past the danger sign indicating the fallen clay walls, and he cannot investigate.
Thomas goes to the docks, where he meets Percy. Percy is still curious about the footprints, but Thomas still doesn't know what made them. Percy begins to worry that there may be a monster on Sodor. He leaves with a goods train as a fog rolls in, but while he is rolling along he sees a mysterious sloping object, which he believes to be a monster, approaching him. Percy is so scared that he reverses all the way back to the docks. He yells that there is a monster, startling Cranky, who drops a load of sandbags onto Thomas. The "monster" appears out of the fog, revealing himself to be a steam engine named Gerald, who has earned the nickname "Gator" due to his sloping water tank.
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