Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4124 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-11-02
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

DVD Description
For the first time ever, all three Robbie the Reindeer films are brought together on DVD, along with some exciting and exclusive extras!

Hooves of Fire – Robbie must fulfil his destiny to run the race of his life and take on his father’s sworn enemy... if he can get out of bed on time.

Legend of the Lost Tribe – Robbie is on a quest to discover a lost tribe of Viking warriors – facing deadly traps, dastardly foes and an angry girlfriend along the way.

Close Encounters of the Herd Kind - Robbie and Donner's wedding is interrupted when Donner is kidnapped by aliens. Robbie saves the day again though with the help of his friends and an alien crystal.

Featuring a motley crew of loveable, antlered and downright bizarre characters brought to life in state-of-the-art model animation and voiced by a stellar cast of talent including Ardal O’Hanlon, Jane Horrocks, Steve Coogan, Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Ricky Tomlinson, Jeff Goldblum, Rhys Ifans, the League of Gentlemen, Jean Alexander, Sean Hughes, Alistair McGowan, Rob Brydon, Tony Anscombe, Ricky Gervais, Robbie Williams, Nathalie Imbruglia, Alistair McGowan, Sir David Attenborough, Keira Knightley, Gillian Anderson, Russell Brand, Ozzy Osbourne, Sophie Ellis Bextor.

Extras: Hooves of Fire
Behind the Scenes
Animated Storyboards
Director’s Commentary

Legend of the Lost Tribe
Behind the Scenes
Timelapse footage
Director Interview
Director’s Commentary

Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Behind the Scenes

Customer Reviews

Enjoy all three episodes of Robbie's adventures.
Robbie the Reindeer's adventures are not quite up to the Aardman standard (although some Aardman staff were involved), but then again that would be nearly impossible. They are fun though with a broad style of humour that works on two levels for both kids and adults. The stories, characters, and animation are deliberately more manic and slapdash than Wallace and Gromit, but there's plenty going on with considerable attention to detail, meaning these short films can be watched repeatedly, and something new always crops up.

Hooves of Fire follows Robbie's attempts to beat his arch-enemy Blitzen at the Reindeer games. It's fast moving, but there's not much of a story. That's rectified in the Legend of the Lost Tribe, a fun tale in which Blitzen again seeks to best Robbie with the aid of a tribe of short Vikings. The final episode is Close Encounters of the Herd Kind, which perhaps overdoes the aliens aspect of the story, but gains plenty of fun from Robbie's wedding plans.

The jokes come quickly and the voices present a staggering array of comic talent such as Ardal O'Hanlon, Jane Horrocks, Steve Coogan, Ade Edmondson... the list is endless. The huge amount of effort and skill that has gone into these films is clear, so this dvd is great value.