Flushed Away is a 2006 animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG and Aardman Features. The film was directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan, and Will Davies. The film stars the voices of Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Shane Richie, Bill Nighy, Andy Serkis, and Jean Reno. In the film, a fancy rat named Roddy St. James (Jackman) is flushed down the toilet in his Kensington apartment and befriends a scavenger named Rita Malone (Winslet) in order to go home.