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Red Dog is a 2011 Australian comedy-drama family film written by Daniel Taplitz, directed by Kriv Stenders and produced by Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan. It stars Koko as the title character, Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, and John Batchelor. The film is based on the true story of Red Dog and uses the novel Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres as the primary source.[3] At the 2011 Inside Film Awards, Red Dog was nominated in nine categories and won seven, including best feature film. The film was also nominated for seven AACTA Awards and won for Best Film. The film was theatrically released on 4 August 2011 by Roadshow Film Distributors. The film was followed by a prequel, Red Dog: True Blue released in 2016, and a spin-off documentary Koko: A Red Dog Story released in 2019.

It is based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master. Red Dog (c. 1971 – 21 November 1979) was a Kelpie/cattle dog cross who was well known for his travels through Western Australia's Pilbara region. There is a statue in his memory in Dampier, which is one of the towns to which he often returned. Red Dog is believed to have been born in the town of Paraburdoo in 1971 and had a variety of names to those who knew him, including: Bluey, Tally Ho, and Dog of the Northwest. Soon after Red's death in 1979, Australian author Nancy Gillespie wrote and compiled anecdotes and poetry written by several people of the Pilbara region for her book Red Dog as did Beverly Duckett in her 1993 book Red Dog: The Pilbara Wanderer. Red Dog's statue has caught the attention of a number of people passing through Dampier including British author Louis de Bernières, who was inspired to write Red Dog, a book loosely based on Red's legend. A four-wheel-drive club has been named in his honour.

The movie is a proper mix of emotion and fact which is presented to the audience as a folk lore from the mouths of good old fashioned country side people. Even though there are some flaws it is well balanced by the amazing performance by the cast as well as the story. The way the directory presented the story , considering the fact that it was directed in 2011, caught my attention. He was able to immerse us into the story for the 92 minutes. I almost felt like I am part of that group and I could feel them too. The characters in the movie were really interesting and you could feel a Genuity in them. Even though it wont be as emotional as hachiko , it will be the second best. But in my opinion this is a winner compared to hachiko if you are considering the entire story. And the cinematography of this movie is amazing as it really showcase the dryness of Pilbara as well as the lifestyle of those people with a maximum precision. To be honest this is not a movie that talk just about a dog, but about how a dog became part of group of people who are extremely disalike and how he influenced them to create a strong bond of family among them. Just like they say at the end of the movie "Somebody that represent Pilbara in all of us and I say ....... that somebody ........ dammit .....is a dog" , the movie showed us why it is so....

Release date : August 4, 2011

Running time : 92 minutes

Director: Kriv Stenders

Pros : Cast, No over pouring emotions, Story telling , Cinematography

Cons : cliches here and there

Trailer : https://youtu.be/GTExiWzvJlo

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