The Shaggy Dog | |
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Directed by | Dennis Dugan |
Written by | Felix Salten Bill Walsh Lillie Hayward Tim Doyle |
Produced by | Scott Immergut Irwin Marcus Les Mayfield Joseph B. Wallenstein George Zaloom |
Starring | Ed Begley Jr. Sharon Lawrence Jon Polito James Cromwell Jeremy Sisto |
Cinematography | Russ T. Alsobrook |
Edited by | Jeff Gourson |
Distributed by | ZM Productions, Walt Disney Television |
Release date | 12 November 1994 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Language | English |
The Shaggy Dog is a 1994 remake of the original 1959 film and the first remake of that film before the newest 2006 remake. It was released as a television movie.
Preteen Moochie Daniels just wants a dog, but his dad, Daniel, is allergic to canines, like Bundles, the shabby sheep dog of neighbor Charlie Mulvihill who secretly trained his pet to help him steal jewels. Mooch's big brother Wilbert 'Wilby' is smart, shy and a promising inventor, but hopelessly clumsy when it comes to girls, and is jealous of his slick mate Trey who has no problems. Desperate Wilby resorts to a spell from the ring of Lucrezia Borgia (he accidentally got from dad's museum of curiosities), which magically turns him into Bundles and back at uncontrollable times. This is how he also knows that the diamond on loan in his father's museum is Charlie's next target, but who would believe his story?
The film currently holds a rating of 5.1 on imdb.com