The Wind in the Willows (1987 film) that he has changed for better. However, it is implied that, as with all his previous interests, he will somehow take his newfound interest in philanthropy too far. The Wind in the Willows (1987 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 1987 American animated musical television film directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. It is an adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame. Set in a pastoral version of England, the film focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters (Moley, Ratty, Mr. Toad, and Mr. Badger) and contains themes of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie.
The Wind in the Willows the animal characters in his book do – as the book says, "simply messing about in boats" – and expanding the bedtime stories he had earlier told his son Alastair into a manuscript for the book. The novel was in its 31st printing when playwright A. A. Milne adapted part of it for the stage as "Toad of Toad Hall" in 1929. 1946 saw the first of several film adaptions. In 2003, "The Wind in the Willows" was listed at number 16 in the BBC's survey The Big Read. More than a century after its original publication, it was adapted