“We’re
all going on a Cowboy Holiday,
No more building for a week or two!”
In this fourth feature-length special, Bob
the Builder and his pals saddle
up for a holiday in the Wild West. The gang make
tracks for The Double
R Ranch, home to Rio Rogers, her horse dollar
and her trusty Pick-up
truck Jackeroo. They’ve come to learn some
good old-fashioned cowboy
skills, but inevitably, events lead them down
more constructive avenues.
The constructions in question belong to Cactus
Creek, a prospector town
founded by Rio’s Great Great Granddaddy Rusty
Rogers. Alas, the place
is a mere ghost town nowadays, having been
abandonned when the gold
ran out. Rio has her heart set on fixing it
up, and there’s even a rumour of
a stash of gold hidden somewhere near town
– though she’s not set eyes
on it. Why, it’s probably just another Tall Story
to sit alongside the ones
she just loves to tell her visitors. And she
also loves a singsong. Which is
great for Bob, Wendy and the machines, because
they all get on down
to a spot of line-dancing at every oppurtunity…
But back on our trail again, it’s poor hapless
Muck the Bulldozer who
kickstarts the construction work, when he
inadvertently collapses much
of Cactus Creek. The gang simply can’t leave
the place in such a state,
so they swap their stetsuns for hard hats
and set about the place.
Meanwhile, there’s Muck. He’s been dreaming
of a Western adventure,
but all he’s done is destroy the town. And
now he’s destroyed a rickety
old bridge too, and it’s all going wrong.
Bob sends him away to clear
out an old barn. Only this barn contains a
secret; a tunnel leading to a
mine shaft and a hair-raising rollecrcoaster
ride on a mine cart down,
down, down to Rusty Rogers’ treasure!
Yee-ha! – “Built to be Wild” is a cracking
little film that’s impossible not
to like. Rowdy Rio Rogers is voiced with real
gusto by pop legend Suzi
Quatro. She throws her all into the songs and those
taller-than-tall tales,
and hearthrob Donny Osmond is equally-sparky
as Jackeroo.
Okay, so the plot doesn’t go anywhere new, but
the widescreen Western
action incorporates an array of incidental details and
events to make you
smile. Look at the way high-falutin’ Rio slaps her
thigh when she’s excited,
and how she casually tunes her guitar before she
sings for the gang. Look
at the dust trails that are kicked up around
the town, whenever a critter
gallops through frame. There are dune bugs,
vultures and rattlesnakes poking
around the canyons and buttes. And that fantastic,
helter-skeltering mine
sequence is worth the price of admission on its
own…
Woah, woah. Hold up. What’s all this talk
about admission fees?
That’s because “Built to be Wild”
broke new ground by premiering in
UK cinemas, on July 8th 2006. It played as
part of a “Family Bonanza”
film tour from HIT Entertainment, alongside
Angelina Ballerina’s film
“Angelina Sets Sail” and some Pingu shorts.
The package was an
Odeon chain exclusive and it toured around
the UK through to
August 6th. The UK DVD release didn’t follow until
November.
»
The film opens
with Muck having a cinemascope dream in which he’s
become Mucky Muck of the
West. That’s similar to the opening of the
previous film, “Snowed
Under”, in which Scoop’s the one dreaming.
Will a fifth film
begin with Rolly, or Lofty or Dizzy in a daydream…?
» Listen
out for the song “Cowboy Builders”, in which Bob and the
gang
rouse us with a tune
about their work in the West, rather than their
reputation in the
industry!
» And
look out, too, for a moonlit continuity error. You see, the moon is
full and round when
the gang settle down to a supper with Rio. But later
that same evening, as they
bed down for the night, it’s mysteriously
reduced to a crescent –
Ow-ooo!
Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild 2006 feature
“We’re
all going on a Cowboy Holiday,
No more building for a week or two!”
In this fourth feature-length special, Bob
the Builder and his pals saddle
up for a holiday in the Wild West. The gang make
tracks for The Double
R Ranch, home to Rio Rogers, her horse dollar
and her trusty Pick-up
truck Jackeroo. They’ve come to learn some
good old-fashioned cowboy
skills, but inevitably, events lead them down
more constructive avenues.
The constructions in question belong to Cactus
Creek, a prospector town
founded by Rio’s Great Great Granddaddy Rusty
Rogers. Alas, the place
is a mere ghost town nowadays, having been
abandonned when the gold
ran out. Rio has her heart set on fixing it
up, and there’s even a rumour of
a stash of gold hidden somewhere near town
– though she’s not set eyes
on it. Why, it’s probably just another Tall Story
to sit alongside the ones
she just loves to tell her visitors. And she
also loves a singsong. Which is
great for Bob, Wendy and the machines, because
they all get on down
to a spot of line-dancing at every oppurtunity…
But back on our trail again, it’s poor hapless
Muck the Bulldozer who
kickstarts the construction work, when he
inadvertently collapses much
of Cactus Creek. The gang simply can’t leave
the place in such a state,
so they swap their stetsuns for hard hats
and set about the place.
Meanwhile, there’s Muck. He’s been dreaming
of a Western adventure,
but all he’s done is destroy the town. And
now he’s destroyed a rickety
old bridge too, and it’s all going wrong.
Bob sends him away to clear
out an old barn. Only this barn contains a
secret; a tunnel leading to a
mine shaft and a hair-raising rollecrcoaster
ride on a mine cart down,
down, down to Rusty Rogers’ treasure!
Yee-ha! – “Built to be Wild” is a cracking
little film that’s impossible not
to like. Rowdy Rio Rogers is voiced with real
gusto by pop legend Suzi
Quatro. She throws her all into the songs and those
taller-than-tall tales,
and hearthrob Donny Osmond is equally-sparky
as Jackeroo.
Okay, so the plot doesn’t go anywhere new, but
the widescreen Western
action incorporates an array of incidental details and
events to make you
smile. Look at the way high-falutin’ Rio slaps her
thigh when she’s excited,
and how she casually tunes her guitar before she
sings for the gang. Look
at the dust trails that are kicked up around
the town, whenever a critter
gallops through frame. There are dune bugs,
vultures and rattlesnakes poking
around the canyons and buttes. And that fantastic,
helter-skeltering mine
sequence is worth the price of admission on its
own…
Woah, woah. Hold up. What’s all this talk
about admission fees?
That’s because “Built to be Wild”
broke new ground by premiering in
UK cinemas, on July 8th 2006. It played as
part of a “Family Bonanza”
film tour from HIT Entertainment, alongside
Angelina Ballerina’s film
“Angelina Sets Sail” and some Pingu shorts.
The package was an
Odeon chain exclusive and it toured around
the UK through to
August 6th. The UK DVD release didn’t follow until
November.
»
The film opens
with Muck having a cinemascope dream in which he’s
become Mucky Muck of the
West. That’s similar to the opening of the
previous film, “Snowed
Under”, in which Scoop’s the one dreaming.
Will a fifth film
begin with Rolly, or Lofty or Dizzy in a daydream…?
» Listen
out for the song “Cowboy Builders”, in which Bob and the
gang
rouse us with a tune
about their work in the West, rather than their
reputation in the
industry!
» And
look out, too, for a moonlit continuity error. You see, the moon is
full and round when
the gang settle down to a supper with Rio. But later
that same evening, as they
bed down for the night, it’s mysteriously
reduced to a crescent –
Ow-ooo!