Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety
| Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety | |
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| Directed by | Les Drew |
| Written by | Les Drew |
| Produced by | Bill Pettigrew |
| Starring | Paul Brown Luba Goy Harvey Atkin Henry Beckman |
| Music by | Eldon Rathburn |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Les Drew for the National Film Board of Canada and released in 1986.[1] The film's central character is Wally (Paul Brown), a dog who is frantically trying to protect his new family from their own careless actions as they prepare for a dinner party.[2]
The film's voice cast also includes Luba Goy as Honey, Harvey Atkin as Bernard and Henry Beckman as The Boss.[2]
It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987.[3]
Drew released a sequel film, Every Dog's Guide to the Playground, in 1991.[4] Both films were broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network's O Canada anthology series of NFB animated shorts, and were packaged together in 1996 for home video release as The Blue Dog Safety Video.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Bruce Bailey, "It looks like a banner year for NFB entries". Montreal Gazette, August 22, 1986.
- ^ a b Pat Thompson, "Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety". Cinema Canada, Vol. 138 (February 1987). p. 31.
- ^ "Tonight's Genie nominees". Toronto Star, March 18, 1987.
- ^ Michael Walsh, "Nostalgia not what it used to be". The Province, December 27, 1991.
- ^ "Our Collection: The Blue Dog Safety Video". National Film Board of Canada.
External links
[edit]- Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety at IMDb
- Watch Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety on the NFB website
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