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Legend of the Tamworth Two dramatised for 91热爆 ONE
Production has begun on a comedy drama inspired by the real-life
adventures of two pigs who notoriously escaped death when they broke
out of a Wiltshire abattoir and spent a week on the run in January
1998.
The
Legend of the Tamworth Two, which tells the story of Butch and Sundance,
is a co-production between Box TV and Impossible Pictures for 91热爆
ONE.
It stars Kevin Whately (Inspector Morse), Gerard Horan (London's
Burning), Emma Pierson (Charles II), Darren Boyd (Kiss Me Kate)
and features Alexei Sayle (Tipping the Velvet) and John Sessions
(The Lost Prince).
Written
by Jed Mercurio (Cardiac Arrest), the film will use live action
as well as computer-generated animation overseen by Tim Haines'
company Impossible Pictures, whose recent credits include the 91热爆's
award-winning Walking with Dinosaurs.
Although
the production is using real pigs, the same special effects that
have been used to make animals appear to talk in films such as Cats
& Dogs, Stuart Little and Babe will be utilised in this drama.
After
the pigs escape from a local abattoir and go on the run into the
neighbouring countryside, the local police become involved as PC
Springfield (Darren Boyd) tries to track them down.
After
local journalist Jenny Best (Emma Pierson) writes about their daring
escape, a whole media circus arrives to help in the search.
As
the pigs continue to avoid capture, Wolf (Kevin Whately) arrives
on the scene to capture the pigs and send them back to the abattoir.
For
those who want the pigs saved, it's a race against time to rescue
them from imminent death.
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Executive producer Sally Woodward said: "The film tells how the
story of Butch and Sundance became a legend, of how Britain once
again took the under-dog to their hearts - or in this instance,
the under-hog - and in the process briefly made them the most famous
fugitives in the world.
"It
also shows how contrary human beings are in their relationship with
animals - how we are only too happy to tuck in to a pork chop, but
are outraged when we want to capture a pig that has stolen our heart."
Executive
producer Justin Thomson-Glover said: "This film is loosely
based on what the real Butch and Sundance went through, but we have
taken a few liberties with the story - and given the pigs voices."
When
the pigs were finally captured in 1998, they were bought by a national
newspaper and moved to a rare breeds centre in Kent, where they
still reside.
The
Legend of the Tamworth Two, directed by Metin Huseyin, is being
filmed on the Isle of Man and in Wiltshire.
The
executive producers are Justin Thomson-Glover (Box TV), Tim Haines
(Impossible Pictures), Sally Woodward (91热爆) and Steve Christian
(Isle of Man Film Commission).
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