Firehouse Dog (2007)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Todd Holland

Writers (WGA):

Claire-Dee Lim (written by) &
Mike Werb (written by) ...

Release Date:

4 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Hollywood's Coolest Dog Just Got Hotter

Plot:

Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid (Hutcherson) to get the station back on its feet.

Plot Keywords:

Firehouse | Father Son Relationship | Farting Scene | Female Fireman | Skateboarding

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Josh Hutcherson	...	Shane Fahey
Bruce Greenwood	...	Connor Fahey
Bill Nunn	...	Joe Musto
Scotch Ellis Loring	...	Lionel Bradford
Mayte Garcia	...	Pep Clemente
Teddy Sears	...	Terence Kahn
Arwen	...	Rexxx / Dewey the Dog
Frodo	...	Rexxx / Dewey the Dog
Rohan	...	Rexxx / Dewey the Dog
Stryder	...	Rexxx / Dewey the Dog
Steven Culp	...	Zachary Hayden
Dash Mihok	...	Trey Falcon
Bree Turner	...	Liz Knowles
Hannah Lochner	...	Jasmine "J.J." Presley
Claudette Mink	...	Captain Jessie Presley

Also Known As:

Le chien de la caserne (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for sequences of action peril, some mild crude humor and language.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Ireland:PG | USA:PG (certificate #42566) | Sweden:7 | Canada:G (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario/Quebec) | UK:PG | South Africa:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Germany:6 | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:Atp | Venezuela:PG-13 | Norway:7 (DVD rating) | Norway:A (TV rating) | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

Trivia:

The dogs featured in the pictures at the end of the movie (during the credits) were winners of a photo/essay contest hosted by www.dogster.com. Members had to submit a photo of their dog along with an essay explaining why their dog is a hero.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the Medel ceremony there are brown leaves all over the red carpet. In the long shot facing the stage there are no leaves.

Quotes:

Shane Fahey: I know your name is Rexxx, with like a lot of x's, but you'll always be Dewey to me.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs 10 (1979)

Soundtrack:

The Envy

Foolish but some good things inside

I really had a lot of expectations when I went to see this movie knowing Josh Hutcherson plays the leading role and it also has Joanna Bennett in it, one of my favorite actresses of the Fassbinder era, and also Bruce Greenwood, arguably one of the titans of English language theater. Normally, when expectations run high, the disappointment is big, but this movie really did deliver! The story is intense and very well scripted, acting is superb by the entire cast to the tiniest role. Director Todd Holland,(TV's "Malcolm in the Middle" ), delivered a true masterpiece. If the flatulence omitted it would have been a very enjoyable movie with a positive message. Josh Hutcherson who has to carry his movie does it in a sovereign manner! Photography by Victor Hammer is amazing, this is a benchmark achievement and gives a new dimension to what is normally labeled as "Heimatfilm". The landscape, the mountains and hills of Upper Hollywood are photographed in a way that they always reflect the mood of the characters, thus enhancing the story and transport it on a superimposed visual level. Same goes for the music by Jeff Cardoni. They all add up the enhance the increasingly unsettling atmosphere on the remote firehouse and draw you in this story of love, longing, and utter betrayal. Of course, there was another of those idiotic wolf attacks. I have not seen a movie as good as this one in quite a while! Enough with the wolf attacks! I rated it 10 out of 10!