Portobello Pictures
"Blow the trumpets, beat the drums for the best British family film since The Railway Children nearly twenty years ago."
The Daily Mail
"Thank God for a children's film that parents, or indeed anybody, really can enjoy."
The Guardian
DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD is based on Roald Dahl's bestselling adventure story about nine-year-old Danny and his father - the best dad a boy ever had!
Danny Smith lives an idyllic life in a gypsy caravan at the back of his Dad's garage but all this looks set to change when evil landowner Victor Hazell and his henchmen enter their lives.
Something must be done to stop Hazell's wicked plot to buy their garage and it is Danny who comes up with a brilliant plan that will make him DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.
Year of release: 1989
Director: Gavin Millar
Screenwriter: John Goldsmith
Adapted from the book by Roald Dahl
Producer: Eric Abraham
Principal Cast: Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane, Samuel Irons, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Jimmy Nail, Ronald Pickup, Jean Marsh, Lionel Jeffries