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!! Movie: Red Dog !!
Date: Sat February 4 - 2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Amaroo On Mandalay - Nelly Bay
Classification: PG Duration: 93 mins
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Director: Kriv Stenders
Lead actor: Josh Lucas & Koko
Cast: Rachael Taylor, Noah Taylor, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Luke Ford, Rohan Nichol, Arthur Angel.
Language: English Country: Australia
The film is based on a true story, irresistibly embellished by many an outback myth that grew around it. There's a fair bit of the popular book by British writer Louis de Bernieres in there too.
The start point is one which has launched many a yarn along similar lines: this guy walks into a bar. It is late at night, more than 30 years ago, in the small West Australian mining outpost of Dampier. A long-haul trucker (Luke Ford) has just lobbed in town, and has a thirst to be quenched.
However, the atmosphere is not so convivial down at the pub. The weary traveller has arrived amid a crisis that has cast a pall across the whole of Dampier. Red Dog is crook. Really crook. Someone has badly baited the little copper-hued kelpie cross, a legitimate living legend of the entire Pilbara region.
The worried look on the face of the publican (Noah Taylor) says it all. The poisoned pooch may not make it through the night. In the hours that follow, people flock to the hotel from far and wide. All have a tale to tell about how they came to know Red Dog. It is lucky that truckie is a good listener. For the mighty Red Dog has crammed a lot of living into his 10 years as an itinerant resident of Dampier.
And herein lies the simple charm of the film. With the narration torch continually passed around the front bar, the unique character and noble spirit of Red Dog (played in remarkably expressive fashion by a talented canine named Koko) burns brightly throughout. …
The likes of The Castle, Kenny and Strictly Ballroom clearly remain our finest home-made feel-gooders from the past decade or two. It is not over-estimating the appeal of Red Dog to state it could go close to being mentioned in the same breath in the near future.
Review by: Leigh Paatsch, Herald Sun
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Director: Kriv Stenders
Lead actor: Josh Lucas & Koko
Cast: Rachael Taylor, Noah Taylor, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Luke Ford, Rohan Nichol, Arthur Angel.
Language: English Country: Australia
The film is based on a true story, irresistibly embellished by many an outback myth that grew around it. There's a fair bit of the popular book by British writer Louis de Bernieres in there too.
The start point is one which has launched many a yarn along similar lines: this guy walks into a bar. It is late at night, more than 30 years ago, in the small West Australian mining outpost of Dampier. A long-haul trucker (Luke Ford) has just lobbed in town, and has a thirst to be quenched.
However, the atmosphere is not so convivial down at the pub. The weary traveller has arrived amid a crisis that has cast a pall across the whole of Dampier. Red Dog is crook. Really crook. Someone has badly baited the little copper-hued kelpie cross, a legitimate living legend of the entire Pilbara region.
The worried look on the face of the publican (Noah Taylor) says it all. The poisoned pooch may not make it through the night. In the hours that follow, people flock to the hotel from far and wide. All have a tale to tell about how they came to know Red Dog. It is lucky that truckie is a good listener. For the mighty Red Dog has crammed a lot of living into his 10 years as an itinerant resident of Dampier.
And herein lies the simple charm of the film. With the narration torch continually passed around the front bar, the unique character and noble spirit of Red Dog (played in remarkably expressive fashion by a talented canine named Koko) burns brightly throughout. …
The likes of The Castle, Kenny and Strictly Ballroom clearly remain our finest home-made feel-gooders from the past decade or two. It is not over-estimating the appeal of Red Dog to state it could go close to being mentioned in the same breath in the near future.
Review by: Leigh Paatsch, Herald Sun
Screening at: The Endeavour Room, All Seasons (Next to reception)
61 Mandalay Ave Nelly Bay.
Refreshments: Available at The Terrace Restaurant & Bar
(Cocktail Hour 5-6pm, dinner available from 6-8pm)
Screening: First Saturday of the Month
Movie starts at: 8pm - Please be early so we may start PROMPTLY
Admission: Adults $10.00 Conc. $8.00 Members Free
61 Mandalay Ave Nelly Bay.
Refreshments: Available at The Terrace Restaurant & Bar
(Cocktail Hour 5-6pm, dinner available from 6-8pm)
Screening: First Saturday of the Month
Movie starts at: 8pm - Please be early so we may start PROMPTLY
Admission: Adults $10.00 Conc. $8.00 Members Free
Annual MIFS Membership: $50.00 & Concession: $40.00
Annual membership includes admission for one calendar year (12/13 screenings) & discount to the Film Festival (March each year). Half-yearly also available.
Annual membership includes admission for one calendar year (12/13 screenings) & discount to the Film Festival (March each year). Half-yearly also available.