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Overview
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Release Date:
1 September 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
More Than A Hero. A Legend.
Plot:
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home. full summary | add synopsis
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Lassie
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Dog
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Scottish Highlands
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Dogcatcher
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Christmas
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1 win
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4 nominations
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Wonderful tale of a dog and its strong bond to a young boy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter O'Toole | ... | The Duke |
 | Samantha Morton | ... | Sarah Carraclough |
 | John Lynch | ... | Sam Carraclough |
 | Peter Dinklage | ... | Rowlie |
| Gerry O'Brien | ... | Watson |
| Steve Pemberton | ... | Hynes |
| Eamonn Hunt | ... | Alf Patterson |
| Edward Fox | ... | Hulton |
| Jim Roche | ... | Miner |
| John Standing | ... | French |
| Gregor Fisher | ... | Mapes |
| Jonathan Mason | ... | Joe Carraclough |
| Brian Pettifer | ... | O'Donnell |
| Paul Meade | ... | Policeman |
| Jamie Lee | ... | Tom |
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Rated PG for some mild violent content and language.
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Runtime:
100 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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UK:PG |
Ireland:PG |
Australia:PG |
Iceland:L |
Finland:K-7 |
Portugal:M/6 |
Sweden:Btl |
Singapore:PG |
USA:PG |
Peru:PT
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One thread that connects all the Lassie projects is Lassie herself. Every one of the long string of Lassie productions has featured a collie directly descended from the original canine star, a dog named Pal. The new film was made with 8-year-old Lassie the ninth, and three other non-related collies, whose biggest challenge were in scenes swimming across Loch Ness on her way home. "They weren't bred to be water dogs, who have more webbing between their feet and more fat on their body to insulate them for the water," said trainer Carol Riggins, who has steered the Lassie stable through Lassies seven, eight and nine. "Collies don't have that. When you put them in the water, as soon as they get wet to the skin you have to take them out and you have to blow dry them before you can do the rest of the scene. When they get in the water they get cold and their muscles don't work as well."
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Anachronisms: The steam train has a British Railways logo on the tender, but British Railways didn't come into existence until after the war, certainly not before or during the war, the period in which the film is set.
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Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2006-09-02)" (2006)
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The worst thing that can be said about this excellent film is that it is a "family movie" as that term may turn off many cinema buffs from seeing a film that is first rate from practically all aspects. It is brilliantly directed by Charles Sturridge ("Brideshead Revisited") and features several cream of the crop actors starting with the marvelous Peter O'Toole. It is also a superb adaptation of Eric Knight's wartime novel, "Lassie Come Home." (Unfortunately, the viewer would not know this until the end of the credits.) The photography is absolutely breathtaking with scenes of the Scottish Highlands that I haven't seen equaled. There is also a grittiness and realism to the film that was impossible to capture in a 1943 version filmed on the back lots of MGM. Rather than a mere remake, this film is classic in its own right and deserves a wider audience than I suspect it has found thus far. High fives all the way.