• Director(s)

    Michael Forlong

  • Production Year

    1980

  • Genre(s)

    Children, Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    55m

  • Cast

    Leigh Gotch, Wendy Cook, Linda Frith

Film

High Rise Donkey

very mild threat

HIGH RISE DONKEY is a 1980 short comedy drama film in which three young siblings hide a donkey in their high rise block of flats in order to protect it from a pair of bumbling criminals. …

HIGH RISE DONKEY is a 1980 short comedy drama film in which three young siblings hide a donkey in their high rise block of flats in order to protect it from a pair of bumbling criminals.

threat and horror
A washing machine falls on top of an elderly man in a scrap yard, trapping him underneath; a group of children quickly come to his rescue, however, and the man makes a full recovery. In other scenes children worry that a stray dog will be put down if they can’t find a good home for it, but the situation is resolved reassuringly.
additional issues
A boy burps to cover the sound of his secret pet frog croaking. There is a brief outdated sequence in which a fairground employee puts on a false accent to perform the role of a ‘gypsy fortune teller’.

  • Director(s)

    Michael Forlong

  • Production Year

    1980

  • Genre(s)

    Children, Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    55m

  • Cast

    Leigh Gotch, Wendy Cook, Linda Frith

Classified Date:
10/12/1979
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Children's Film Foundation
very mild threat
Classified Date:
03/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
threat and horror
A washing machine falls on top of an elderly man in a scrap yard, trapping him underneath; a group of children quickly come to his rescue, however, and the man makes a full recovery. In other scenes children worry that a stray dog will be put down if they can’t find a good home for it, but the situation is resolved reassuringly.
additional issues
A boy burps to cover the sound of his secret pet frog croaking. There is a brief outdated sequence in which a fairground employee puts on a false accent to perform the role of a ‘gypsy fortune teller’.

  • Classified date

    03/04/2023

  • Language

    English