Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Page #7

Synopsis: Lonely, ageing bachelor Mr Hoppy lives in a London flat and has two loves in his life - his balcony garden and Mrs Silver, the widow in the flat below. Sadly Mrs Silver is too fond of her tortoise Alfie to respond. Noting that Mrs Silver is perturbed that Alfie never seems to grow Mr Hoppy hatches a plan to show her how much he cares. This involves buying dozens of tortoises of increasing sizes to gradually substitute for Alfire, leading Mrs Silver to believe that a Bedouin chant - Esio Trot - is making her pet grow. However he is rumbled when one of the tortoises escapes. And, with another, brash resident vying for Mrs Silver's affections, will Mr Hoppy find happiness with the woman he loves?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Director(s): Dearbhla Walsh
Actors: James Corden, Salo Gardner, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Cordery
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.0
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Year:
2015
88 min
582 Views

but I was once mugged in Maida Vale

underground station

by a Russian chap with a big knife

and our date was definitely

worse than that.

My goodness!

I just have a couple of other things

I want to say.

Parish notices, as it were.

Sure.

Er...

First, I think it's only fair to tell

you... Well, before you leave...

that, um...

ever since I first squeezed up to you

in the lift on my first day,

I've actually had

the most frightful crush on you.

- I beg your pardon?

- You heard me, Hoppy.

Did you never think

it was slightly odd

that we ended up in the lift together

quite so often?

Ooh!

Spring at last!

- Oh! Hello, Mr Hoppy!

- Oh...

Oh.

But then you went and tricked me.

I know, and I'm...

Mrs Silver, I'm more sorry

than you can possibly imagine.

- It ruined everything.

- I know.

But then...

there is an argument that a man

who would go to such terrible trouble

to make a woman's dreams come true...

Well... that man might be

very exceptional indeed.

So, the final thing I have to say,

I think it's the last...

...is that, in short,

the answer to your earlier question,

yes.

I will marry you.

If you still want me.

Thank you very much for asking.

Oh, Mrs Silver!

Thank you.

Well...

I think we can do better than that,

don't you?

How do you feel?

Taller.

Just kiss me once and kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

Haven't felt like this, my dear

Since can't remember when

It's been a long, long time

You'll never know how many dreams

I've dreamed about you

Or just how empty

they all seemed without you

So kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time...

Oh!

My rods! Are they OK?

My rods!

Yes, kiss me once, kiss me twice

Kiss me once again

It's been a long, long, long time

Haven't felt like this, my dear

Since can't remember when

It's been a long, long time

You'll never know how many dreams

I dream about you

Or just how empty

they all seemed without you

So, kiss me once

then kiss me twice

And kiss me once again

It's been a long, ba-ba-ba-boo time

Oh, yeah!

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Richard Curtis

Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born 8 November 1956) is a New Zealand-born English screenwriter, producer and film director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill, and Love Actually, as well as the hit sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley. He is also the co-founder of the British charity Comic Relief along with Lenny Henry. more…

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