Misty Island Rescue
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Misty Island Rescue is a 2010 animated film and feature spin-off of the TV series, Thomas and Friends. The film is a follow up, not a direct sequel (though it does feature some of the same characters) to Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 British/American film based on the well-known TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and the United States TV series Shining Time Station. The film was co-produced by Gullane Entertainment and the Isle of Man Film Commission. It was written, produced...

and a sequel to Calling All Engines
Calling All Engines
Calling All Engines is a straight-to-DVD film, and a feature spin-off of the TV series, Thomas and Friends. The film is a follow up to Thomas and the Magic Railroad. It is not a direct sequel, but features some of the same characters...

, The Great Discovery
The Great Discovery
The Great Discovery is a 2008 film and feature spin-off of the TV series, Thomas and Friends. The film is a follow up, not a direct sequel to Thomas and the Magic Railroad and a sequel to Calling All Engines! The DVD was released on September 9 2008 in the United States and October 6 2008 in the...

and Hero of the Rails
Hero of the Rails
Hero of the Rails is a 2009 animated film and feature spin-off of the TV series, Thomas and Friends. The film is a follow up, not a direct sequel to Thomas and the Magic Railroad and a sequel to Calling All Engines! and The Great Discovery...

. The film's CGI animation is by Nitrogen Studios Canada Inc. The film features the voice of Ben Small and Martin Sherman as Thomas the Tank Engine for the UK and US respectively. The film celebrates 65 years of Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. He became the most popular character in the series, and the accompanying television spin-off series, Thomas and Friends.Thomas is a tank engine, painted blue...

.

Plot

The film opens on the building of Sodor's new Search and Rescue Center, which will serve as the base operations for Harold, Rocky, and a new lifeboat named Captain. Rare wood called "Jobi wood" has arrived from Hiro's homeland to be used in completing the Center. All of the engines are excited about this and want to help deliver the wood to the Search and Rescue Center. Diesel is determined to show how useful he is, so he decides to take the Jobi Wood to the Search and Rescue Center himself and races down the line with it. Thomas notices that Diesel is going too fast and chases after him. Diesel ends up dangling from an unfinished bridge. The Jobi wood ends up falling off the unfinished bridge into the river below. Diesel is rescued by Thomas, but now, there's no wood to build the Search and Rescue Center.

For his heroic rescue, Thomas is given the job of heading to the mainland to find more Jobi Wood. He is told that there is no more room on the steam boat and that he must wait for the next boat, but Thomas notices a raft being dragged behind the boat and asks if he can be carried on the raft. Thomas says goodbye to the other engines at Brendam Docks and sets off across the sea to the mainland. That night, the coupling on the raft breaks and Thomas is left floating all alone at sea. The next day, Thomas gets stranded on a mysterious island known as Misty Island. Thomas decides to explore the island, which is filled with rickety tracks, secret hideouts, and old bridges.

Upon exploring this mysterious island, Thomas discovers that the island has its own rail system and meets three strange engines named Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand, known as the "Logging Locos". The Logging Locos explain to Thomas that they were sent to the island after causing trouble on the mainland. Thomas also discovers that Jobi trees grow on Misty Island and there is logging equipment to load it for him. With help from his new friends, Thomas tries to find his way back to Sodor and uncovers more of the island's mysteries, including a tunnel connecting Misty Island with Sodor. Meanwhile, out at sea, Harold and Captain are searching for Thomas.

Thomas decides to take the Logging Locos with him and haul a load of Jobi wood to Sodor by way of the tunnel. However, the tunnel collapses, trapping the engines. Thomas then tries the smoke signals that Salty had told him about. The smoke signals are spotted by Percy, and he gives the news to the Fat Controller, who sails with Edward, Gordon, and James to Misty Island in hopes of finding Thomas. Meanwhile, Percy and Whiff go through the tunnel eventually reaching the blockade. The two engines break through the blockade and find Thomas and his new friends. Percy, Whiff, Thomas, and the Logging Locos all return to Sodor. Thomas then sails back to Misty Island to find Edward, Gordon, James, and the Fat Controller.

Once Thomas, the Fat Controller and the other engines are back on Sodor, Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand are all restored at the Sodor Steamworks. The Logging Locos help the other engines build the Search and Rescue Center. Soon the Search and Rescue Center opens and the Misty Island Tunnel is restored.

In the final scene after the credits, Diesel 10 rolls up to the edge of a cliff, glares down at the engines laughing with their new friends at the Search and Rescue Center, and remarks that they will be laughing on the other sides of their boilers soon. This scene is a sneak preview of the next "Thomas and Friends" special, "Day of the Diesels".

Recurring

  • Thomas
    Thomas the Tank Engine
    Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. He became the most popular character in the series, and the accompanying television spin-off series, Thomas and Friends.Thomas is a tank engine, painted blue...

  • Edward
    Edward the Blue Engine
    Edward the Blue Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic steam locomotive from The Railway Series children's books by the Rev W. Awdry, and the related TV Series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. He is a blue 4-4-0 tender engine with red stripes, about the same size as James the Red Engine, and has...

  • Henry
    Henry the Green Engine
    Henry the Green Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic 4-6-0 steam locomotive from The Railway Series books written by the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry, and the spin-off children's television series, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.Henry lives on the fictitious...

  • Gordon
    Gordon the Big Engine
    Gordon the Big Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic tender locomotive in The Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry. Gordon is painted blue and carries the number 4. Gordon views himself as the most important engine because he is the biggest and he pulls the Express...

  • James
    James the Red Engine
    James the Red Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic tender locomotive from The Railway Series children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry, and the spin-off TV series Thomas and Friends. James is a mixed-traffic engine, which means he is just as capable of pulling coaches as trucks...

  • Percy
    Percy the Small Engine
    Percy the Small Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic steam engine from The Railway Series of children's books written by the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry...

  • Emily
  • Whiff
  • Hiro
  • Victor
  • Diesel
  • Diesel 10
  • Salty
  • Rocky
  • Kevin
  • Harold
    Harold the Helicopter
    Harold the Helicopter is a character in the Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry and Christopher Awdry and the television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends....

  • Cranky
  • Sir Topham Hatt
  • The docks manager
  • Toby
    Toby the Tram Engine
    Toby the Tram Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic tram engine in The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry and his son, Christopher; he also appears in the spin-off television series Thomas and Friends...

     (does not speak)
  • Spencer (does not speak)
  • The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (do not speak)
  • Rosie (cameo)
  • Stanley (cameo)
  • Mavis (cameo)
  • Bertie
    Bertie the Bus
    Bertie the Bus is a small red bus character from The Railway Series books by the Rev. W Awdry and who also appears in the spin-off children's television series Thomas and Friends.-Book character:...

     (cameo)
  • Butch (cameo)
  • Lady Hatt (cameo)
  • Sodor Brass Band (cameo)
  • Farmer McColl (cameo)
  • Farmer Trotter (cameo)
  • The Bird Watcher (cameo)
  • The Teacher (cameo)

Mr Percival may have appeared at the opening of the Misty Island Tunnel and Search and Rescue Centre but it is not mentioned if it was him or not.

Voices

USA:
  • Michael Brandon
    Michael Brandon
    Michael Brandon is an American actor who resides in the United Kingdom and United States.-Life and career:Brandon was born Michael Feldman in Brooklyn, New York to Miriam and Sol Feldman...

     as the Narrator, Diesel
  • Martin Sherman
    Martin Sherman
    Martin Sherman is an American dramatist and screenwriter, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Bent , which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust...

     as Thomas, Toby
  • Kerry Shale
    Kerry Shale
    Kerry Shale is a UK-based actor, writer and voice-over artist. He is married to Suzanne Shale, a former Oxford University law don, now a specialist in the field of medical ethics.-Theatre:...

     as Sir Topham Hatt, Bash, Dash, Harold, Gordon, James, Henry, Kevin
  • William Hope
    William Hope (actor)
    William "Bill" Hope is a Canadian stage, film, television and voice actor.-Career:Most of Hope's stage work has been leading roles in a wide variety of regional, touring and West End theatres in England....

     as Percy, Whiff, Edward
  • Keith Wickham
    Keith Wickham
    Keith Wickham is a British actor, comedian and voice actor.He is well known for voicing Changed Daily in The Secret Show, Mr. Small, and Mr. Tall in The Mr. Men Show , Corneil in Corneil & Bernie , Mr...

     as Captain, Salty
  • Jules de Jongh
    Jules de Jongh
    Jules de Jongh , born in California, United States is an American voice actress, singer, television and radio presenter...

     as Emily
  • Glenn Wrage as Ferdinand, Cranky, Rocky
  • Matt Wilkinson
    Matt Wilkinson
    Matt Wilkinson is a British actor, writer and film director.Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he has appeared in theatre, film and television, including Alan Bennet's The Wind in the Willows , Shackleton and V for Vendetta .-Works:Wilkinson is also a voice artist known for his...

     as Diesel 10
  • David Bedella
    David Bedella
    David Bedella is an American TV and musical stage actor, perhaps best known for his Olivier award winning role in the controversial Jerry Springer - The Opera...

     as Victor
  • Togo Igawa
    Togo Igawa
    , born in Tokyo on 26 September 1946, is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television.In recent years he has had roles in major motion pictures such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai, and Sunshine...

     as Hiro


UK:
  • Michael Angelis
    Michael Angelis
    Michael Angelis is an English actor and voice actor.Michael Angelis was one of the stars of the famous 1982 BBC drama serial Boys from the Black Stuff and another Alan Bleasedale drama G.B.H.. He also starred in comedies such as Luv and The Liver Birds, in which he appeared between series 5 and 9...

     as the Narrator
  • Ben Small
    Ben Small
    Benjamin Small , is a British character actor and voice actor.Small provided the voice of Thomas in the later episodes of the children's television series Thomas and Friends....

     as Thomas, Ferdinand, Toby
  • Keith Wickham
    Keith Wickham
    Keith Wickham is a British actor, comedian and voice actor.He is well known for voicing Changed Daily in The Secret Show, Mr. Small, and Mr. Tall in The Mr. Men Show , Corneil in Corneil & Bernie , Mr...

     as Sir Topham Hatt, Percy, Dash, Captain, Harold, Salty, Whiff, Edward, Gordon, James, Henry
  • Matt Wilkinson
    Matt Wilkinson
    Matt Wilkinson is a British actor, writer and film director.Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he has appeared in theatre, film and television, including Alan Bennet's The Wind in the Willows , Shackleton and V for Vendetta .-Works:Wilkinson is also a voice artist known for his...

     as Bash, Diesel 10, Cranky, Victor, Kevin, Rocky
  • Teresa Gallagher
    Teresa Gallagher
    -Career:Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in The Bill, for her appearances on radio in No Commitments, Salem's Lot and Memorials to the Missing, and the voices of Emily, Mavis, Rosie, Duchess of Boxford and other female characters from the first CGI Thomas and Friends Special Hero of...

     as Emily
  • Kerry Shale
    Kerry Shale
    Kerry Shale is a UK-based actor, writer and voice-over artist. He is married to Suzanne Shale, a former Oxford University law don, now a specialist in the field of medical ethics.-Theatre:...

     as Diesel
  • Togo Igawa
    Togo Igawa
    , born in Tokyo on 26 September 1946, is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television.In recent years he has had roles in major motion pictures such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai, and Sunshine...

     as Hiro

Release

The film was given a limited theatrical release on 3 July 2010 in the US and on 2 October 2010, exclusive to Vue Cinemas in the UK. The DVD and Blu-Ray was released in the US on 7 September 2010 and in the UK on 11 October 2010.
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