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The Shaggy Dog (1994 film)

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The Shaggy Dog
Genre
  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Fantasy
Based onThe Hound of Florence by Felix Salten
Screenplay by Bill Walsh & Lillie Hayward
Written byTim Doyle
Directed byDennis Dugan
StarringScott Weinger
Ed Begley Jr.
Sharon Lawrence
Jon Polito
James Cromwell
Jeremy Sisto
Les Mayfield
Music byDenis M. Hannigan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersScott Immergut
Les Mayfield
George Zaloom
ProducerJoseph B. Wallenstein
CinematographyRuss T. Alsobrook
EditorJeff Gourson
Running time96 minutes
Production companiesZM Productions
Walt Disney Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseNovember 12, 1994 (1994-11-12)

The Shaggy Dog is a 1994 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film and a remake of the 1959 film of the same name produced by Walt Disney Television that premiered on November 12, 1994 as an ABC Family Movie.[1] It is the first in a series of four remakes of Disney live-action films produced for broadcast on ABC during the 1994–95 television season.[2]

Plot

Preteen Martin "Moochie" Daniels just wants a dog, but his dad, Ron, is allergic to canines, like Bundles, the Old English Sheepdog of New neighbor Charlie Mulvihill who secretly trained his pet to help him steal jewels. Mooch's big brother Wilbur "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 cast a spell on himself (he accidentally got from dad's museum of curiosities), which magically transform him into Bundles the Shaggy Dog. back and forward transformation 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?

Cast

References

  1. ^ Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 41, 500. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
  2. ^ Lomartire, Paul (November 12, 1994). "'Shaggy Dog' is fun for the whole family". The Nashville Tennesseean. p. 39. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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