He's a millionaire, isn't he? I'm going to see this Captain Lancaster! A 1989 film version of Danny, the Champion of the World starred Jeremy Irons as Danny's dad. : Danny, the Champion of the World is a 1975 children's book by Roald Dahl. Danny describes being caned by his teacher, Captain Lancaster, for cheating in an exam. Peter Serafinowicz provides the English language audiobook recording. I'm sorry, Danny. The local policeman, Sergeant Enoch Samways, later receives word from Hazell that William has been poaching on his land and goes over to question him. After having successfully captured 120 pheasants from Hazell's Wood, Danny and his father take a taxi (driven by a fellow poacher) to the local vicarage, where they hide the pheasants. : William Smith William Smith They also discuss possibly attempting to poach trout from a local stream. Who did this, Danny? A Region 2 DVD was released in 2005 by Warner Bros.. When the headmaster, Mr. Snoddy (Lionel Jeffries), who is secretly rather fond of gin even during school hours, catches him caning Danny after another student whispered to him during class, he gives Lancaster a severe reprimand and tells him he will personally see that he is "out on his ear" if there is ever a repetition of his action; as he had made it clear to him on his appointment that corporal punishment was not permitted in the school. The officers stop and turn around to pursue him after realising that the car was being driven by an underage driver. William tells Danny a bedtime story sequence of a "Big Friendly Giant" who captures good dreams and blows them into children's bedrooms at night. : : Danny They are, however, convinced that William was the man who had fallen into the pit. [about Victor Hazell]  | : Meanwhile, Danny has started a new term at school, with a new schoolmaster, Captain Lancaster (Ronald Pickup), a strict disciplinarian who practices corporal punishment and detests lateness and cheating. As Mr. Hazell leaves disgraced, the pheasants wake up completely and fly away in the opposite direction from Hazell's property. Your old grandfather had a backside like a pin cushion. Danny drives to the property and finds his father in a trap, incapacitated by a broken ankle. Dad, please don't! I think he is. : Well, he's what we used to call a spiv in the war. [hugging him]  : Danny wakes up during the night, detects his absence (he had promised to be back three hours before), and decides to go and look for him. It'll make him stop and think before he lays a hand on a child again, I guarantee that! It's one man on his own. No one can have everything they want. But, you see... my wife died when he was four months old. : : : Already famous round here, am I? Danny A fine-looking girl. Angry and frustrated, Hazell drives off, amid jests from the locals, and loses the respect of his shooting party due to the lack of pheasants to shoot. William Smith Release Dates Samways. | Technical Specs, [sympathetically, looking at the picture]. William Smith Danny William Smith : It'll only make everything worse! He attempts to buy the Smiths' land, but William turns down his offers. Danny It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, and tells of a father and son who conspire to thwart a local businessman's plans to buy their land by poaching his game pheasants. He puts them in pens and the keepers feed them like... like pets. I think I should warn you, I always get what I want. : | While the rest of us were off fighting, he was busy making money out of everybody else's misery. He escapes by climbing a wall; Lancaster attempts to pursue him, ripping his trousers in the process, and is caught in the act by Mr Snoddy. Just because you've got a bit of money, you think you have the right to... Victor Hazell Because he buys them as chicks. You've always taught me to fight my own battles. Danny Danny hits upon the idea of using sleeping pills, given to William by Doc Spencer (Cyril Cusack) for his broken ankle, to put the pheasants to sleep. William Smith I'm warning you, Smith - you trespass on my land again, you're gonna get shot! I'm all angry inside and when people get like that then it just... comes out. In 1955, William Smith (Jeremy Irons), a widower, lives with his nine-year-old son, Danny (Samuel Irons), in a vardo behind the filling station and garage where he works in the English countryside. I can. And the pheasants have a chance, it's not easy to catch a pheasant. You've always said. Shortly thereafter, Danny wakes at 2:10 am to find his father hasn't returned from his latest poaching venture on the property of the local beer magnate, Mr Hazell. What's the matter with your hand? : It was released to Region 2 DVD in 2006. 1h 39min | Adventure, Drama, Family | TV Movie 29 April 1989. During the commotion, Mr. Hazell arrives and confronts Danny, his father and Doc Spencer. They wouldn't shoot you, would they? Danny's plan goes off without a hitch; soon, the garage is filled with sleeping pheasants, whilst the villagers look on in amazement.

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