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This article was originally published on August 18, 2023.
It has been updated to include Snoop fromAnatomy of a Fall.
The list below collects historys top movie dogs, a motley (mutt-ley?)
(Beneath the conceptual flourishes lies the simple conclusion that he lost his bone.
Unlike people, he knows not what he does.)
Seems like a pretty good life.
(Just dont tell him if theres bad news.
Sweetly simple-minded, he will immediately yell BAD NEWS?!
for all to hear.)
He may be the only dog in the annals of the seventh art to leave viewers thinking phew!
If this film swathed in shades of gray has a moral center, its dependable Snoop.
And yes, He Sits.
He Scores is a terrific tagline.
Benji represents all that is good and noble in us dogs.
If you make fun of Benji, you ridicule all of dog culture!
Hes not totally wrong, either.
Benji goes to Greece!
Benji meets Chevy Chase and Omar Sharif!)
go a way toward backing him up.
The original plays it a little more reserved where the Hollywood version tugs harder on the heartstrings.
At least, thats what we tell ourselves to remain sane.
Like all of Andersons creations, these characters conceal heavy longing and regret beneath stolid exteriors.
Their profundity can fit into a two-inch figurine as easily as, say, Jason Schwartzman.
Cruella DeVil steals her scenes, but Pongo and Perdy form the moral core of this rollicking family affair.
Dug is constantly distracted by the shadow of a squirrel in the corner of his eye.
Hes unguarded with adulation and quick to despair whenever his person leaves his sight.
So what if dogs only possess the thoughtfulness we choose to see in them?
If so, Lassie made for an exceptional vessel.
will ring out in nightmares as long as moving pictures exist.
Every piece of their foundational fable has become indelible and Toto, too?
and Toto, too.
Gromit,The Wrong Trousers
Martin and Lewis.
Hes a good boy.
Yes, he is!
