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Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails

2009 · 61 min

A gentle, sunny adventure where friendly engines pull together to help a stranded newcomer, with mild peril and a warm, reassuring finish.

Genres
Family, Animation, Adventure
Tagline
The most heroic tale of the year!
Overview
One summer, Thomas comes across an old abandoned engine called Hiro. Desperately in need of repair, Hiro faces the Smelters Yard, so Thomas and his friends must work together to save poor Hiro from this fate.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • found family
  • loyalty
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour4
Realism2
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

In this series

Thomas & Friends Collection

  1. Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!Movie · 2006
  2. Thomas & Friends: The Great DiscoveryMovie · 2008
  3. Thomas & Friends: Hero of the RailsMovie · 2009 This title
  4. Thomas & Friends: Misty Island RescueMovie · 2010
  5. Thomas & Friends: Day of the DieselsMovie · 2011
  6. Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain MysteryMovie · 2012
  7. Thomas & Friends: King of the RailwayMovie · 2013
  8. Thomas & Friends: Tale of the BraveMovie · 2014
  9. Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The MovieMovie · 2015
  10. Thomas & Friends: The Great RaceMovie · 2016
  11. Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond SodorMovie · 2017
  12. Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The MovieMovie · 2018

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Genres
family, animation, adventure
Directed by
Greg Tiernan, Jeff Bailey
Written by
Sharon Miller
Starring
Michael Angelis, Ben Small, Keith Wickham, Teresa Gallagher, Matt Wilkinson, Togo Igawa
Music
Robert Hartshorne
Runtime
61 min
Country
Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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