Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986)

1h 11m
Running Time

April 9, 1986
Release Date

Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986)

1h 11m
Running Time

April 9, 1986
Release Date

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Plot.

Featuring the characters from Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats" (New Zealands most beloved local cartoon strip), questions to be answered include: Will Wal Footrot win the affections of Cheeky Hobson over the sleazy Spit Murphy? Will the Dog win the affections of the lovely Jess? Will Wal make a good impression on the selectors at Saturday's rugby match? Can Rangi and Pongo save Cooch's prize stag from the depths of Blackwater Station, home of the Murphys, their vicious dogs and deadly croco-pigs? All this and more will be answered as the small town of Raupo comes to life on the big screen.

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dog · 
farm · 
musical · 
love · 
farming · 
rugby · 
river · 
backwoods · 
rat · 
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Details.

Release Date
April 9, 1986

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 11m

Content Rating
PG

Box Office
$1,500,000

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Wiki.

Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (stylised as Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale) is a 1986 New Zealand animated comedy film based on cartoonist Murray Ball's comic strip Footrot Flats about a New Zealand farmer and his border collie sheepdog. The film was written by Ball and Tom Scott, directed by Ball, and produced by John Barnett and Pat Cox, with music by Dave Dobbyn. The voice cast includes leading New Zealand actors John Clarke, Peter Rowley, Rawiri Paratene, Fiona Samuel and Billy T. James. It was New Zealand's first feature-length animated film. The film was released in November 1986 in New Zealand by Kerridge-Odeon, and opened in Australia on 9 April 1987. Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale grossed $2,500,000 at the New Zealand box office (making it one of the most successful local films of the 1980s).

In Australia, it grossed $4,317,000 which is equivalent to $11 million in 2016.

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