I love me some doggies.
In advance of a story I've written about some of my favorite movie dogs whose proper names (if they have them) do not appear in or above the titles of the films in which they are featured, I present a wee quiz. No, these dogs are not marquee names (except, maybe, for the brilliant wire-haired fox terrier at right who co-starred with Nick and Nora and Archie Leach). Some are bit players, but all make indelible marks on the screen. You know what they say: There are no small dogs, just... something like that.
Several of the following dogs I was unable to mention in the story, which I will link to when it goes live. In the meantime, can you identify the pooches pictured after the jump?
Ready. Set. Go.
IDs and the full story next week. Who are some underdogs close to your heart?
Where's Hooch?
Yay Marc Antony!
I'm way more of a cat person than a dog person, but even I couldn't resist the dog in Down and Out In Beverly Hills.
2. Max's dog, from The Road Warrior
4. The dog looking at the body of Rug Daniels in Miller's Crossing
12. The dog chasing Moss in No Country for Old Men
Two more just occurred:
3. Haven't seen the film yet, but is that the dog from Wendy & Lucy?
5. The dog from Sam Fuller's White Dog?
And Max's dog (from #2) is easily my favorite.
I don't think the Road Warrior dog was ever named was he? And was he in the first Mad Max? I'm sure there was a dog but I can't recall what it was. Yay Marc Antony, indeed. The greatest silent actor ever. Sorry, Jim, I know how you love you some Buster. But facts is facts.
Max's dog was named "Dog", no joke. Probably an homage to the Man with No Name.
The second to last one, for some reason, jogs my memory of "Independence Day" though I could have sworn I had repressed that experience.
The last one, of course, is from a film that you and I have waxed rhapsodic about, Jim. All I will sing is: "How much is that doggy in the window? Arf Arf!"
1. The Wolf from Red Hot Riding Hood?
8. I don't know, but don't forget about these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgQNx_aRZgk&feature=related
10. Charlie Dog
13. the dog from Los Olvidados
14. Marc Antony with Pussyfot
17. Will Smith's dog from Independence Day (jumping clear from alien napalm)
Don't forget Irene Dunne and Cary Grant's dog from The Awful Truth.
1. Tex Avery Wolf
2. "Dog" from the Road Warrior
3. From Signs?
4. From Miller's Crossing
5. White Dog (Samuel Fuller)
6. Sparky
7.
8. Beatrice (from Best in Show)
9. Puffy (There's Something About Mary)
...Eh, I'm tired.
But the last two are from Independence Day and Pink Flamingos.
Hooray!
Thank you so much for putting WHITE DOG on here. It is such an overlooked film. I caught accidentally when I was a pre-teen, and it is so much more intelligent than it seems.
Without looking at the other comments, and keeping in mind that I'm not a very good caniphile (yet):
Asta from "The Thin Man" (in title)
1. Definitely Tex Avery--is this the wolf from Red Hot Riding Hood? When you say "dog," do you mean canis familiaris or the entire canine genus?
3. I'm probably wrong, but this MIGHT be the moment in "Million Dollar Baby" where Hillary Swank sees the dog in the nearby car and shares a privileged moment with him (I remember you calling attention to this in your piece on MDB, too). But I don't recall the breed of the dog, and I thought the scene took place at a gas station? I'm horrible at this.
6. Sparky, Stan's gay dog from the "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" episode of "South Park." And voiced by George Clooney!
9. This might be very wrong, but is this the dog from "As Good As It Gets", pulling at Jack Nicholson's leg? (Clearly, it's been a while since I've seen even my theoretical movies.)
10. Obviously Looney Tunes, but I can't quite place him. He's mischievous and is constantly trying to outsmart those around him, but I can't remember what character he's paired with. Maybe Daffy? Certainly, he's not to be confused with the myriad of other Looney Tunes dogs (like Barnyard Dog of the Foghorn Leghorn skits). Something tells me he's a Chuck Jones, maybe a one-off.
11. I'm probably wrong, but the quality of the print suggests really early film, say pre-1940's; Cary Grant and Irene Dunne's dog in "The Awful Truth" plays a prominent role (and I could see him in an intimate setting like some bedsheets). I don't remember what breed he is though, so this might be very wrong.
12. "No Country for Old Men"--the dog pursuing Llwellen, and the one that he shoots immediately out of the water.
13. I think I've seen this still before, and I think it's from one of the Bunuel films I've yet to see. L'age d'or maybe?
14. This one is definitely Chuck Jones. "Feed the Kitty." The cat is called Pussyfoot but I don't remember the dog's name. One of Jones' best, and some of his most memorable character creations. (Of course, there's a much more famous Chuck Jones canine, but he's not a c. familiaris. Isn't Wile E. Coyote, hubris or no, the ultimate underdog, doomed to failure no matter what he does?)
Oh, now that people mention it I do remember that "Independence Day" moment. Better than anything else in the movie. Animals aren't as good at being vapid as people.
I know #8: it's Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock's dog from BEST IN SHOW.
And, of course, #18 is the dog that supplies Divine with a memorable climactic snack in PINK FLAMINGOS.
That first one is called "Northwest Hounded Police," one of my all-time favorites. (Note the prison stripes. He's on the run from diligent mountie Droopy.) There's a bit towards the beginning with a solo violin on the soundtrack "reading" a Burma-Shave-style series of signs that still makes me spit milk even after seeing the thing a dozen times.
13- A dog named Canelo, from Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel.
The actor in half dissolve is Roberto Cobo.
The dog in Independence Day is my only favorable memory of that film.
And, everyone who knew that 'No Country for Old Men' would be featured here, raise your hand! (truly a great scene)
How about this one:
http://retrocrush.buzznet.com/scary/80.html
That still creeps me out....
The last one is from Pink Flamingoes. Am i right??
11. Flike from Umberto D.
The late Moose is not featured here, but that's OK, because he has a blog entry all to his own on Scanners, and with a photo taken by Jim to boot.
I can't place number 7. Anyone? Bueller?
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By the way, my favourite moment of Independence Day is Bill Pullman's awesome speech.
Most have already been mentioned, but I got:
2. The Road Warrior
6. South Park
8. Best in Show
9. There's Something About Mary - "That's an awful lot of speed for such a small pooch. You sure it won't kill him?" " I never said that."
11. No Country For Old Men- pretty good flick, have you seen it Jim?
15. Stand By Me- "Chomper, sic balls".
16. Independence Day- Amazing how it did so much business considering everyone seems to despise it now.
Two more quick thoughts:
The lighting in the NCFOM scene is so unique, I might have recognized it just from a shot of the water. How DO they do that?
And I didn't immediately recognize the dog from Umberto D, but what a great film. Full of small brilliant moments. No movie I can think of demonstrates as well the bond between man and "his best fiend".
Thanks as always Jim for the great blog.
Of course I meant " his best FRIEND". I like dogs, was that a Freudian typo?
Including the killer dog from White Dog is pretty awesome.