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Valiant is a 2005 British-Indian-French-German-American computer animated comedy drama action animal film directed by Kelly Asbury, produced by Frederik Du Chau and David McNally and written by Gary Chapman.

The film features the voices of Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ben Kingsley, Sam Elliott, Geoffrey Rush, Joanna Lumley, Jim Broadbent, Julie Andrews, John Leguizamo, Rupert Everett, Richard E. Grant, David Koechner, Steve Buscemi, Joe Pantoliano, Will Arnett, Olivia Williams, Mickey Rourke, Jon Favreau, Nicolas Cage, John Hurt, Snoop Dogg, Liam Neeson and Pip Torrens.

The film was distributed by UTV Motion Pictures in India, the first animated CG film in India, along with Dharma Productions and Walt Disney Pictures and Vanguard Animation in the USA and Entertainment Film Distributors in the international countries including UK, France and Germany. The film was released in India on September 4, 2005. Unlike Hindi spoken, it has Indian subtitles with the characters speaking English. Also the film was released in the UK cinemas on March 25, 2005 and USA cinemas on August 19, 2005. The film was made by VCL Tata Elxsi who made Roadside Romeo.

Cast

 * Ewan McGregor as Valiant, a woodland homing pigeon.
 * Ricky Gervais as Bugsy, a fat smelley pigeon.
 * Tim Curry as General Van Talon, a general pigeon
 * Jim Broadbent as Sergeant, a sergeant
 * Michael Clarke Duncan as Big Bull, a Spanish bull.
 * Ben Kingsley as Sir Claudé, a wise golden eagle.
 * Hugh Laurie as Gutsy, an eagle.
 * Sam Elliott as Old Eagle, an eagle.
 * Willem Dafoe as Sal, a crow.
 * Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, a brown pelican.
 * Joanna Lumley as Rosie, a poodle.
 * Bill Nighy as John, a white mouse.
 * Julie Andrews as Anne, a female hen.
 * John Leguizamo as Jamie, a lizard.
 * Rupert Everett as Scar, an vulture.
 * Richard E. Grant as Bradley, an ostrich.
 * David Koechner as Dag, a coyote.
 * Steve Buscemi as Freddy, a badger.
 * Joe Pantoliano as Samy, a flamingo
 * Will Arnett as Vlad, a vulture
 * Olivia Williams as Victoria, Valiant's love interest.
 * Mickey Rourke as Kendall, a seagull.
 * Jon Favreau as Riley, a beaver.
 * Nicolas Cage as Sparky, a mole.
 * John Hurt as Rusty, a dog.
 * Snoop Dogg as Snowball, a rabbit.
 * Liam Neeson as Phango, a leopard.
 * Pip Torrens as Lofty, a pigeon.
 * Bob Hoskins as Harry, a hen.
 * Bruce Spence as Claw, a vulture and Scars minion.
 * Eric Bana as Scratch, a vulture and Scars second minion.
 * Cheech Marin as Mertis, a vulture and Scars third minion.
 * Jim Cummings as Bob, a vulture and Scars fourth minion and Peter, a rooster.
 * Danny Mann as Serge, a duck.
 * John Ratzenberger as Billy, a turkey.
 * John Cleese as Mercury, a pigeon.
 * Matthew W. Taylor as Deni, a duck and Buddy, a blue North American porcupine.
 * Eugene Levy as Willy, a pig.
 * Catherine O'Hara as Sarah, a pig.
 * Nathan Gamble, Shane Baumel, Sami Kirkpatrick and Madison Davenport as The four little piggies.
 * Rowan Atkinson as Steve, a goose.
 * Edie McClurg as Ashley, a goose and Steve's wife.
 * Rik Mayall as Cuffingk, a homeland pigeon.
 * Dan Roberts as Tailfeather, a pigeon.
 * Brian Lonsdale as Toughwood, a tough pigeon.
 * Michael Schlingmann as Underlingk, a pigeon
 * Sharon Hargon as Charles de Girl, a white mouse.
 * Buckley Collum as Rollo, a small pigeon.
 * Sean Samuels as Jacques, a french pigeon.
 * Tara Strong as little chicks.

Production
In 2003, Valiant was in production in Britain in December 2003 after Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo was released in cinemas in the UK.

Ewan McGregor voices the title character while Geoffrey Rush, Ben Kingsley, Jim Broadbent, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bob Hoskins, Rupert Everett, Richard E. Grant, John Hurt and Ricky Gervais will lend their voices.

In April 2004, David Koechner, Joe Pantoliano, Olivia Williams, Nicolas Cage, Liam Neeson, Julie Andrews, Sam Eliott, Joanna Lumley, Eric Bana, John Leguizamo, Bruce Spence, Jon Favreau, Pip Torrens and Willem Dafoe joined the cast of the film. Snoop Dogg and Mickey Rourke also joined the film in July 2004.

Leguizamo had voiced previously in Ice Age when he voices Sid. Everett and Andrews previously worked together in Shrek 2 while Lumley and Broadbent worked on The Magic Roundabout.

Frederick Du Chau joined the film when previously worked on Racing Stripes. David McNally worked on this film when he also previously worked on Kangaroo Jack.

The dedication at the end of the film are Pixar animator Joe Ranft who later in second dedication in Disney/Pixar's Cars.

Animation
The animation thought "If you think it's Nemo with feathers, then you're wrong. If you also think that The Circle Of Life meets Seabiscuit and The Magic Roundabout meets Shrek 2, than the film is dark, bloody, dangerous, exciting and awesome but family and funny yet this one.". VCL Tata Elxsi done this animation by scanning designs.

Release Dates
March 25, 2005 (UK)

August 19, 2005 (USA)

September 4, 2005 (India)

December 2, 2005 (Germany)

March 10, 2006 (Australia)

May 26, 2006 (Spain)

Trivia

 * When the film was released in India, the dubbed versions that were spoken in Hindi, Valiant is voiced by Saif Ali Khan, Victoria is voiced by Kareena Kapoor, Phango is voiced by Jaaved Jaaferi and Bugsy is voiced by Boman Irani. The distributors were releasing in both Hindi and English dubs.
 * For 120 minutes, it the longest first animated feature film to date.
 * This was Mickey Rourke's first theatrical animatied film.
 * Rupert Everett and Julie Andrews previously starred in Shrek 2 in 2004 along with John Cleese.
 * Geoffrey Rush, Willem Dafoe, Eric Bana and Bruce Spence previously starred in Finding Nemo in 2003.