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Flushed Away

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Flushed Away is a 2006 British-American computer-animated adventure comedy film, representing a collaboration between Aardman Animations and DreamWorks Animation. The narrative follows Roddy St. James, a pampered pet rat in London who is accidentally flushed down the toilet into the city's bustling sewer system. The 3D computer graphics were specifically engineered to replicate the visual texture and stop-motion charm of Aardman's traditional claymation works.

It was the final Aardman project distributed by DreamWorks before their partnership ended.

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Who made the animated movie Flushed Away?

Flushed Away is a 2006 computer-animated comedy film representing a collaboration between Aardman Animations and DreamWorks Animation. It was notably Aardman's first entirely computer-animated feature film, moving away from their usual stop-motion claymation style.

What is the plot of Flushed Away?

The story follows Roddy St. James, a pampered pet rat living in a luxury London apartment. He is accidentally flushed down the toilet into a bustling sewer city, where he must adapt to the gritty underground world to find his way home.

Who voices the characters in Flushed Away?

The film features the voice talents of Hugh Jackman as Roddy and Kate Winslet as Rita, the street-smart scavenger rat. The villainous Toad is voiced by Ian McKellen.

Why does Flushed Away look different from other Aardman movies?

Although Aardman originally intended to use their signature stop-motion claymation, the production team realized that depicting flowing water using that technique would be too difficult. Therefore, they chose to use CGI to animate the film digitally while retaining the clay-like character designs.

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