The Snail and the Whale

"How I long to sail!" said the tiny snail.

6.620200h 26mReleased
Animation
Family
TV Movie

Overview

A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Snail and the Whale is the much loved classic that shows us a restless young snail who has ambitions to travel the world. The other snails think she should stay put, but she puts out a call for a “Lift wanted around the world”. Eventually her call is answered by a great big grey-blue humpback whale! She sets off with him across the seas. On their journey the snail and the whale discover towering icebergs and far-off lands, fiery mountains and golden sands. The snail is delighted by the wonderful world around her, until she realises how small it makes her feel.

StatusReleased
Release Date2020-10-21
Runtime0h 26m
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom

Videos

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Trailer
Meet The Snail And The Whale!💦| Official Trailer | Gruffalo World: Snail & The Whale

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CinemaSerf

Dec 28, 2024

7/10

Did you know that a group of snails is called a 'flock". Well it is in Julia Donaldson rhyming world and one of a group who live rather mundanely on an harbour rock dreams of going out to sea and exploring the world. Using it's very own snail-trail, it writes a message that attracts an enormous humpback whale who invites this tiny little gastropod

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