The Wind in the Willows (1996 film) The Wind in the Willows (1996 film) The Wind in the Willows (released in the United States as Mr Toad's Wild Ride) is a 1996 British children's comedy film written and directed by Terry Jones, and produced by Jake Eberts and John Goldstone. The film stars Steve Coogan, Eric Idle and Terry Jones. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 18 October 1996. The film is based on Kenneth Grahame's novel "The Wind in the Willows". Mole's underground home is destroyed when the meadow above is bulldozed by the Weasels. Mr Toad, had sold the land to finance
Scottish literature in the nineteenth century Barrie (1860–1937), best known for his creation of Peter Pan, which helped develop the genre of fantasy. Also important in the development of fantasy was the work of George MacDonald (1824–1905) whose produced children's novels, including "The Princess and the Goblin" (1872) and "At the Back of the North Wind" (1872), realistic novels of Scottish life, but also "Phantastes: A Fairie Romance for Men and Women" (1858) and later "Lilith: A Romance" (1895), which would be an important influence on the work of both C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Scottish "national drama" emerged in the early 1800s,