The Borrowers (1997) DVD Csenő manók / Directed by Peter Hewitt / Starring: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie

UPC 5999542180040

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio: English 5.1,  Hungarian 2.0

Subtitle: Hungarian

Runtime: 84 minutes

English Summary:

The Borrowers is a 1997 British–American independent live-action fantasy comedy film loosely based on the children's novel The Borrowers by author Mary Norton and starring John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie and Bradley Pierce. In 1998, it was nominated for Best British Film in the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards, but lost to Gary Oldman's film Nil by Mouth.

Young Pete Lender (Bradley Pierce) is setting up traps around his house, explaining to his parents that things in their house are being stolen, despite his parents believing they are simply misplaced. However, it turns out that a family of tiny people ("Borrowers"), are living in the house, borrowing stuff without being seen. Pod Clock (Jim Broadbent) and his children, Arrietty (Flora Newbigin) and Peagreen (Tom Felton), make their way through the kitchen to "borrow" the radio's battery.

Arrietty, while treating herself with some ice cream in the freezer, is accidentally shut inside just as the Lenders return. Pod manages to rescue Arietty, but jams the ice cube tube in the process and is forced to leave one of his gadgets behind, which is found by Mr. Lender. Meanwhile, the will of Mrs. Lender's aunt Mrs. Allabaster is the only proof that the house rightfully belongs to the family, yet their lawyer Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) cannot find it and has already made plans to demolish their house in order to build condominiums on the land, and the Lenders have until Saturday to move away.

Hungarian Summary:

Pöttömnyi méretű albérlők (manók) és a rendes méretű főbérlők (emberek) közö- sen küzdenek egy (valóban) minden hájjal megkent gonosz pénzemberrel. A gaz szeretné kiűzni a házból a szimpatikus lakókat, hogy rátegye mancsát az érté- kes ingatlanra. A hajsza egy titokzatos végrendelet után folyik, amely megmen- tené hőseinket a kilakoltatástól. A pénzember utóbb felfedezi a manók létét, s leszámolásra készül, úgyhogy valóban sietni kell a siker érdekében.

Cast / Szereplők:

• John Goodman as Ocious P. Potter, a crooked lawyer who seeks to destroy the Lender family's house.
• Jim Broadbent as Pod Clock, the patriarch of the Clock family.
• Mark Williams as Exterminator Jeff, an exterminator who helps Potter.
• Hugh Laurie as Officer Oliver Steady, a police officer who becomes suspicious of Potter's motives.
• Bradley Pierce as Pete Lender, a boy who befriends the Clock family.
• Celia Imrie as Homily Clock, the matriarch of the Clock family.
• Flora Newbigin as Arrietty Clock, the daughter of Pod and Homily.
• Tom Felton as Peagreen Clock, the son of Pod and Homily.
• Raymond Pickard as Spud Spiller, an "outie" Borrower.
• Ruby Wax as Town Hall Clerk
• Aden Gillett as Joe Lender, the father of Pete Lender.
• Doon Mackichan as Victoria Lender, the mother of Pete Lender.
• Bob Goody as Minty Branch
• Alex Winter as TV Gangster