Valiant is a 2005 computer-animated film. Set in May of the year 1944, it tells the story of a group of war pigeons during World War II. The film was produced by John H. Williams and co-produced by Vanguard Animation and Odyssey Entertainment. Reviews toward 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 soldie...
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Valiant is a 2005 computer-animated film. Set in May of the year 1944, it tells the story of a group of war pigeons during World War II. The film was produced by John H. Williams and co-produced by Vanguard Animation and Odyssey Entertainment. Reviews toward 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. The film took two years to complete and used more than 200 animators from 16 countries.
The film begins over the English Channel, where three RHPS pigeons are flying across during a big storm. However, they are suddenly ambuhed and attacked by falcons, apparently the enemies of the pigeons, ending the scene with a feather falling into the water. A delivery pigeon then tells Wing Commander Gutsy of the RHPS about the...
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