First published: 11 April 2022 @ 6:00 pm
Red Dog – Red Dog (2011)
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In the movie Red Dog (2011), the main character is a dog named Red Dog. Red Dog is an Australian Cattle Dog who lived with a man named Ben whose father had just died.
Red Dog had traveled across Australia with Ben when he was young and after he grew up, Ben left him at a farm in Western Australia where he stayed for many years until his death in 1979.
After his death, people started to believe that Red Dog was not an ordinary animal because there were stories about him saving lives and being involved in other events that led to good things happening for people.
The movie is based on these stories which were collected by John Holmes and Ken Wignall over several years and published as the book Red Dog by Holmes and Wignall in 2005.
The movie was produced by Working Title Films and directed by Daniel Taplitz from an original screenplay written by Daniel Taplitz and Gary Young. The main character is played by Josh Lucas and the dog was played by a trained Australian Cattle Dog named Koko.
Titan – Beethoven (1992)
In the movie Beethoven (1992), the main character is a dog named Titan. Beethoven is a movie series that is based on a series of family-friendly films that were produced between 1992 and 2000.
The movies are about a St. Bernard dog named Beethoven who travels with his family to different places in America while making friends with other animals along the way.
The first movie in the series was released in 1992 and it was directed by Brian Levant from an original screenplay written by Michael Charles Smith and Leslie Dixon.
The story of this movie begins when an unruly Saint Bernard dog who belongs to a college professor gets out of his backyard one day and causes havoc all over town! He even ends up going to jail for breaking into someone’s house!
After he gets out of jail, he meets some new friends, one of which is a St. Bernard puppy named Newton whom he becomes very close with during their time together in college.
In 1996, another sequel called Beethoven’s 2nd was released which followed Newton as he and his family move to California.
Beethoven is also a great series for children to watch because it’s about the journey of a dog and his family and it shows that there are many adventures in life that we can have with our families.
Conclusion: These movies all portray animals as heroes in their own right, but they also show how people who care for animals can be heroic, too.
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