Valiant is a 2005 British computer-animated film produced by Vanguard Animation and Odyssey Entertainment, and released by Entertainment Film Distributors in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2005 and by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on August 19, 2005. Set in May of the year 1944, it tells the story of a group of war pigeons during World War II. Reviews of Valiant were mixed and largely poor. The film is based on a story by Jordan Katz, George Webster, and George Melrod, and inspired by true stories of hundreds of pigeons that helped the soldiers in the war. At the end of the film,... it says that of the 54 Dickin Medals awarded to animals, 32 of them went to pigeons. In May 1944, 5 years since the declaration of World War II, three Royal Homing Pigeon Service war pigeons are flying across the English Channel with the White Cliffs of Dover in sight, carrying vital messages to Great Britain. Despite the poor weather conditions the pigeons have nearly reached their destination. They are, however, suddenly ambushed and attacked by a German enemy falcon called General Von Talon; two of the pigeons are instantly killed, yet the third is taken as a prisoner of war.
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| Release date: | March 25, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Gary Chapman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 76 Minutes |
| Producer: | John H. Williams |
| Screenplay by: | Jordan Katz |
| Estimated budget: | $40,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Adventure, Animation |