Underplayed Gems

Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins (2015)

Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins poster
Original title
Thomas and Friends: The Adventure Begins
Directed by
Don Spencer
Genre
family, animation
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
45 min
Rated
G
Rating
8.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Thomas the Tank Engine arrives on the island of Sodor and learns how to be a useful engine. He makes friends with other trains and tries to prove himself to Sir Topham Hatt.

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What happens

Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins is a 2015 British animated adventure comedy film and the eighth feature-length special in the British television series Thomas & Friends. The film was produced and distributed by HIT Entertainment with animation production by Canadian-based Arc Productions. The film functions as a prequel to the show, and a retelling of the first two books of The Railway Series; The Three Railway Engines (1945) and Thomas the Tank Engine (1946), as well as the first seven episodes of series 1. It was made to commemorate the 70th anniversary of The Railway Series, and was the first installment to officially adapt a story from The Railway Series since series 4. The film also saw John Hasler and Joseph May take over the voice role of Thomas the Tank Engine in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively. The film was first released direct-to-video on DVD in the United States on 3 March 2015 and in the United Kingdom on 27 July. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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