The Plague Dogs (1982)
October 21, 1982Release Date
The Plague Dogs (1982)
October 21, 1982Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
John Hurt
Snitter
Christopher Benjamin
Rowf
James Bolam
The Tod
Nigel Hawthorne
Dr. Boycott
Warren Mitchell
Tyson
Judy Geeson
Pekinese (voice)
Patrick Stewart
Major (voice)
Bernard Hepton
Stephen Powell
Brian Stirner
Laboratory Assistant (voice)
Brian Stirner
Laboratory Assistant
Penelope Lee
Lynn Driver
Geoffrey Matthews
Farmer
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Farmer's Wife
John Bennett
Don (voice)
John Franklyn-Robbins
Williamson (voice)
Martin Rosen
Director
Bill Maynard
Editor (voice)
Richard Adams
Writer
Malcolm Terris
Robert (voice)
Rosemary Leach
Vera (voice)
Patrick Gleeson
Composer
Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Mark Berger
Sound Designer
Richard Harkness
Editor
Gordon Harrison
ProductionDesigner
Tim Holland
Sound Editor
John Nutt
Sound Editor
Brian Lintern
Sound Editor
Philip Alton
Sound Editor
Colin White
Animation Director
Tony Guy
Animation Director
Russ Hill
Sound Designer
Richard Harkness
Editor
Martyn Hall
Visual Effects Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 21, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$1,200,000
Box Office$423,000
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Wiki.
The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated adventure drama film, based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was written, directed and produced by Martin Rosen, who also directed Watership Down, the film adaptation of another novel by Adams. The Plague Dogs was produced by Nepenthe Productions; it was released by Embassy Pictures in the United States and by United Artists in the United Kingdom. The film was originally released unrated in the United States, but for its DVD release, was later re-rated PG-13 by the MPAA for mature themes such as animal cruelty, violent imagery, and emotionally distressing scenes. The Plague Dogs is the first non-family-oriented MGM animated film, and the first adult animated feature by the studio.
The film's story is centered on two dogs named Rowf and Snitter, who escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. In the process of telling the story, the film highlights the cruelty of performing vivisection and animal research for its own sake (though Rosen said that this was not an anti-vivisection film, but an adventure).