Shaggy Dog, The
- Languages
- English
- Release Date
- Monday July 24 2006
- Advisory
- Universal, suitable for all.
- Region
- Region 2
- Year
- 2006
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- Director
- Brian Robbins
- Cast
- Tim Allen, Jan Devereaux, Kristin Davis, Danny Glover, Jane Curtin, Shawn Pyfrom, Jeanette Brox, Kevin Cooney, Robert Downey Jr., Janine Edwards, Mark Robert Ellis, Spencer Breslin, Philip Baker Hall, Jesse Heiman
- DVD Synopsis
- Directed by Brian Robbins (VARSITY BLUES, THE PERFECT SCORE), this updated spin on THE SHAGGY DOG and THE SHAGGY D.A. features Tim Allen as Dave Douglas, a Deputy District Attorney who spends way too much time at the office and way too little time with his family. His son, Joe (Spencer Breslin), feels completely misunderstood, and his wife, Rachel (Kristin Davis), feels like a single parent. To make matters worse, his teenage daughter, Carly (Zena Gray), considers Douglas the enemy because he is representing a pharmaceutical company, Grant and Strickland, in their case against her social studies teacher, who is accused of burning down their lab to protest animal testing. Douglas' life changes in an instant when animal-loving Carly brings home a friendly shaggy dog that bites the dog-disliking D.A. What Douglas doesn't know is that the dog has a secret. This Tibetan wonder dog is 300 years old, as smart as a human, and as playful as a pup. Soon, Douglas is exhibiting canine tendencies himself - a heightened sense of smell, a tendency to growl at opposing counsel in court, and an overwhelming urge to defend his front yard. His full transformation to a dog allows him rare insight into what his family really thinks and feels, and gives Douglas the opportunity to decide what is truly important. To further complicate matters, Grant and Strickland - the very company Douglas is representing - are certain that the dog that bit him holds the secret to the Fountain of Youth, and are determined to learn what it is. Robert Downey, Jr. stars as Dr. Kozak, Grant and Strickland's evil mastermind, and Philip Baker Hall plays head honcho Strickland. Jane Curtin and Danny Glover are also featured.
- Distributor
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Technicolor Distribution Services
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