The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005)

A girl who uses dogs to teach people about the true meaning of Christmas during the Depression.

Director:

Kieth Merrill

Writers:

Emma Kragen (book), Steven Paul Leiva (screen treatment),

Stars:

Jordan-Claire Green, Tom Kemp, Susan Wood

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jordan-Claire Green	...	Emma O'Conner
Tom Kemp	...	Douglas O'Conner
Susan Wood	...	Cathy Stevens
Adam Hicks	...	Mike Stevens
Jim Jackman	...	Melvin
Richard Riehle	...	Mayor Nobel Doyle
Roland Pelletier	...	Clerk-Sherriff
John Billingsley	...	Dogcatcher Doyle
Cathy Worthington	...	Woman in Furs
Bonita Friedericy	...	Aunt Delores
Dorothy Brodesser	...	Mabel
Michael Howard	...	Old Jake Charles
Mindy Sterling	...	Mrs. Walsh
Kapri Merrill	...	Mrs. Clancy
Eric Lutes	...	Coach Cullimore

Storyline

A girl who uses dogs to teach people about the true meaning of Christmas during the Depression.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | dog | puppy | child's point of view | school | 

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Genres:

Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 November 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

12 chiens de Noël

Filming Locations:

Bethel, Maine, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alchemist Productions, Ken Kragen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The sidecar motorcycle ridden by the dog catchers is a modified Rokon (prounounced "Rock On") motorcycle. It is a 2-wheel drive motorcycle.

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Crazy Credits

No animals were harmed in the making of this film... only producers.

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Soundtracks

"SNo"
Written by Shaun Johnson and Greg Banworth
Performed by Tonic Sol-Fa

User Reviews

dog gone BAD

This review is all over the place.

The film is seriously awful. I can't believe that anyone who didn't not the cast or live in the town could find this anything more.

I found it exploitive - it didn't exploit dogs directly but those who may chose to watch this because of the dogs. Who knew you could be more exploitive than Disney? Or have a final worse than the CBC? Maybe you, not me.

The acting was poor with the exception of "The Dog Lady", the quality of the filming was as poor and the dog fights were so unbelievably unrealistic (thankfully so) to make this nothing but turgid and make me nothing but angry.