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Aug 7, 2017 · It was into this experimental milieu that a series of short films that used all-dog casts was produced between 1929 and 1931. Professionally trained canines were the stars of the “all-barkie ...
- Balto
- The Great Alone
- Togo
- Eight Below
- Iron Will
- Kayla
- The Call of The Wild
- White Fang
- Snow Buddies
- On Deadly Ground
Old but evergreen, Balto is an animated movie inspired by the true story of a Siberian Husky of the same name who helped save children in Nome, a remote village in Alaska. He did this by transporting antidotes to them. This happened in 1925 and is called the serum run. In the movie, Balto is a half-husky and half-wolf who became an outcast because ...
The Great Alone is a documentary film covering the comeback of a dog sled racer named Lance Mackey. The movie takes down a path of a man who was born into racing. The documentary shows us the childhood of Mackey, from his mother who raced while pregnant to his father who he considered a hero. We get to witness his struggles as a youth as well as hi...
Like its predecessor, Togo is based on the serum run of 1925 and the diphtheria epidemic. It also highlights the struggles of pet parenting. In early 20th century Alaska, a man named Seppala and his wife Constance get a Siberian Husky pup in their house. The pup’s frail looks make Seppala skeptical, but Constance protects the baby pooch. The latter...
Set in the freezing continent of Antarctica, Eight Below is a survival movie that centers on friendship and loyalty between a man and his dogs. While many movies show dogs as the givers of loyalty and humans as the sole recipients, this movie flips the narrative. Jerry Shephard who works for a science foundation in Antarctica accompanies a professo...
Also old but thrilling, Iron Will is an adventure movie that would make you hold tight to your popcorn. It is based on a true racing event that was held in 1917. The race began at Winnipeg in Manitoba and ended at Saint Paul in Minnesota. After losing his father in a tragic drowning incident, a young man named Will finds himself laden with the resp...
Kayla is a tale of childhood troubles, friendships, and a sled dog race. While it has a slow start, it draws you into the action as the storyline unveils. It has all the elements of a family movie. Sam Mackenzie is the young protagonist in the movie, and he is in a situation most kids don’t want to be. The mysterious disappearance of his father cha...
This is a recent movie but adapted from a legendary book of the same title (The Call of the Wild) by Jack London. The protagonist is a giant Bernese Mountain Dog named Buck who had trouble knocking at his doorstep despite his gentleness. The quiet life of Buck and his master Judge Miller is disrupted when Buck gets dognapped and finds himself on a ...
Also adapted from a book by Jack London, White Fang is a popular sled dog movie you’d often hear in a discussion that concerns Hollywood and pooches. The friendship between humans and dogs is aptly portrayed in this adventure drama. White Fang is a wolfdog who lost his mom as a pup after the latter’s pack stalks some humans and gets into a scuffle ...
Set in the fictional town of Ferntiuktuk in Alaska, Snow Buddies is part of the Air Buddies series which features a Golden Retriever named Buddy. In case you’re wondering why a movie about a Golden Retriever is on a list of sled dog movies, the canine character Shashta is the qualifying factor. Shashta is a Siberian Husky whose prepubescent owner, ...
On Deadly Ground is slightly different from other movies on this list as sledding (and sled dogs) isn’t the main focus in the plot. However, because sled dogs played a role in the movie, it deserves a place on our sled dog movies list. The protagonist is a firefighter named Forrest Taft who challenges his former boss Micheal Jennings over environme...
Arguably the best dog movie ever, this is one of the few films on this list in which the dogs talk--somehow all the anthropomorphism doesn't stop them from evoking real dogs, thanks to the genius of the Disney animators. If you watch the DVD, don't miss the extras, which include a scene that was scrapped from the finished film--only surviving as recorded dialogue and sketches--in which Tramp ...
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The Shaggy Dog is a 1959 American fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1923 novel The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten. Directed by Charles Barton from a screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Bill Walsh, the film stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore ...
May 13, 2024 · In this article, we will uncover 35 fascinating facts about White Dog, from its inception to its impact on cinema and society. So let’s dive in and explore the behind-the-scenes details, controversies, and enduring significance of this remarkable film.
In Los Angeles, the unemployed young actress Julie Sawyer hits a white German Sheppard while driving though the hills during the night. She brings the dog to the veterinary and keeps the animal in her house on the hills. Julie takes a picture of the dog and distributes fliers with her boyfriend seeking out the owner. When a burglar and rapist breaks in her house, the dog protects Julie and she ...
Mar 30, 2020 · White Dog originated with the nonfiction story Chien blanc, penned by French novelist Romain Gary and published in 1970, segments of which appeared in Life magazine.
