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| Directed by | Samuel Fuller |
| Produced by | Jon Davison |
| Written by | Romain Gary (novel) Samuel Fuller and Curtis Hanson (screenplay) |
| Starring | Kristy McNichol Paul Winfield Burl Ives Jameson Parker Samuel Fuller Paul Bartel Dick Miller Lynne Moody |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Editing by | Bernard Gribble |
| Distributed by |  Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  July 7, 1982 |
| Running time | 84 min. See Samuel Fuller (Mayflower physician for the Mayflower doctor Jon Davison is a Film producer. His producing credits include RoboCop (1987 RoboCop 2 (1990 Starship Troopers Romain Gary ( May 8 1914 – December 2 1980) was a French Novelist, Film director, World War II See Samuel Fuller (Mayflower physician for the Mayflower doctor Curtis Lee Hanson (born March 24 1945) is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker Christina Ann "Kristy" McNichol (born September 11, 1962 in Los Angeles California) is a two-time Emmy Award -winning actress who has Paul Edward Winfield ( May 22, 1939 &ndash March 7, 2004) was an Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives ( 14 June 1909 &ndash 14 April 1995) was an Academy Award winning American actor and acclaimed Francis Jameson Parker Jr (b November 18, 1947, Baltimore Maryland) is an American Actor, best known as the co-star of the See Samuel Fuller (Mayflower physician for the Mayflower doctor Paul Bartel ( August 6, 1938 &ndash May 13, 2000) was an American Actor, Writer and director. Richard "Dick" Miller (born December 25, 1928) is an American Character actor who has appeared in many films particularly those produced by Lynne Moody (born 1950 Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress who has made many appearances in Television. Ennio Morricone OMRI (born November 10, 1928) is an acclaimed Italian Academy Award -winning composer Bruce Surtees ( 27 July 1937, Los Angeles, California USA is an Academy Award and Emmy Award nominated American Bernard Gribble ( May 15 1927 &mdash September 15 2004) was a British film editor who between 1948 and 2003 worked on nearly a hundred theatrical Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8,000,000 (estimated) |
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White Dog (1982) is a drama movie directed by Samuel Fuller, featuring Paul Winfield, Kristy McNichol, Jameson Parker, and Burl Ives, that went unreleased for years because of its theme and subject: that racism is taught and learned, not innate. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) See Samuel Fuller (Mayflower physician for the Mayflower doctor Paul Edward Winfield ( May 22, 1939 &ndash March 7, 2004) was an Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated Christina Ann "Kristy" McNichol (born September 11, 1962 in Los Angeles California) is a two-time Emmy Award -winning actress who has Francis Jameson Parker Jr (b November 18, 1947, Baltimore Maryland) is an American Actor, best known as the co-star of the Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives ( 14 June 1909 &ndash 14 April 1995) was an Academy Award winning American actor and acclaimed The film’s score was provided by Ennio Morricone. Ennio Morricone OMRI (born November 10, 1928) is an acclaimed Italian Academy Award -winning composer
Loosely based on a 1970 French novel by Romain Gary, the plot of the film centres on an unmarried woman (McNichol) who takes in a stray white German Shepherd dog for her protection. Romain Gary ( May 8 1914 – December 2 1980) was a French Novelist, Film director, World War II The German Shepherd Dog ( GSD) (Deutscher Schäferhund is a breed of large-sized dog that originates from Germany. What she does not know is that a white racist trained it to attack Black people on sight. Faced with either having the dog killed or retrained, she takes it to a Black dog trainer (Winfield), who undertakes the dog’s re-education as a personal challenge. Some people feared that White Dog would be a celebration of the racist attacks, and hence was very controversial.
As of 2007, the film has never been available on a legally licensed home video version in America. The Criterion Collection will release an edition of White Dog in 2008. The Criterion Collection is a Privately held company that distributes "authoritative" consumer versions of "important classic and contemporary films" [1] The release date is unknown.
External links
- White Dog at the Internet Movie Database
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