Underplayed Gems

The Little Engine That Could (1991)

The Little Engine That Could poster
Directed by
Dave Edwards
Genre
children's film, family film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
27 min
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A little train engine tries to prove she can haul a heavy load over a mountain. She faces doubts from others but keeps trying.

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What happens

The Little Engine That Could is a 1991 animated adventure-film for children directed by Dave Edwards and co-produced by Edwards and Mike Young, animated at Kalato Animation in Wales and co-financed by Universal Pictures through their MCA/Universal Home Video arm and the S4C, Wales' dedicated Welsh-language channel. It did première on January 1, 1991, in the United Kingdom, and on April 2, 1991, in Ireland. It was released on VHS in the United States on November 22, 1991, by MCA/Universal Home Video, and it was also syndicated in the United States on broadcast television as an Easter special in March/April in 1993. The film features the voice talents of Kath Soucie and Frank Welker. It is based on the 1930 book of the same name, by Watty Piper (specifically based on the 1976 illustrations by Ruth Sanderson). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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