Red Dog (movie)

Red Dog is a 2011 Australian comedy-drama family movie 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 movie is based on the true story of Red Dog and uses the 2002 novel Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres as the primary source.^[2] At the 2011 Inside Film Awards, Red Dog was nominated in nine categories and won seven, including best feature movie. The movie was also nominated for seven AACTA Awards and won for Best Movie. The movie was theatrically released on 4 August 2011 by Roadshow Film Distributors.

Red Dog
Directed by	Kriv Stenders
Written by	Daniel Taplitz
Based on	Red Dog by Louis de Bernières
Produced by	Julie Ryan Nelson Woss
Starring	Koko Josh Lucas Rachael Taylor John Batchelor
Cinematography	Geoffrey Hall
Edited by	Jill Bilcock
Music by	Cezary Skubiszewski
Production companies	Woss Group Film Productions Screen Australia Endymion Films Essential Entertainment ScreenWest The South Australian Film Corporation
Distributed by	Roadshow Film Distributors
Release date	4 August 2011 (2011-08-04) (Australia)
Running time	92 minutes[1]
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$A8.5 million
Box office	A$21 million

The movie 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.

Cast

• Koko as Red Dog
• Josh Lucas as John Grant
• Rachael Taylor as Nancy Grey
• John Batchelor as Peeto
• Noah Taylor as Jack Collins
• Keisha Castle-Hughes as Rosa
• Loene Carmen as Maureen Collins
• Luke Ford as Thomas
• Neil Pigot as Rick
• Rohan Nichol as Jocko
• Tiffany Lyndall-Knight as Patsy
• Costa Ronin as Dzambaski
• Eamon Farren as Dave
• Arthur Angel as Vanno

Cameos

• Bill Hunter as Jumbo Smelt
• The Snowdroppers as a band
• Louis de Bernières (author of the original novella) as a gas attendant

References

1. https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/red-dog-2012
2. Webb, Carolyn (1 August 2011). "Real magic of Red Dog, alias Koko, comes from within and can't be trained". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 August 2011.