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.

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.

A Red Dog named red dog is raised in a Australian puppy mill . They barely have anything to survive on and they eat ears of corn in order to survive. Red Dog spends his time looking at the fields instead of pulling the wagons with the donkey like his father wants him to. One night, the puppy mill catches fire from a faulty wire and while the puppies make it out, little junior, one of the donkeys that red dog had made friends with, does not survive. The family is forced to move to a nearby local I've been in order for survival, and red dog struggles to get along well with Maisie, a collie.

One night, Maisie goes looking for sheep that had wscaped, and red dog follows her, wanting to help. However, they end up getting lost and while arguing, Maisie falls into the rainwater conduit after the path between her collapses. Red dog jumps into savw her, but cannot swim, and the two are swept away. Red dog grabs onto a branch to hang on to, but Maisie refuses to let go of the rock that she is hanging on, because there is a waterfall. Red dog begs her to let go of the rock to carry her to the calmer waters, and she reluctantly agreed, letting go. Red Dog lets himself fall down the waterfall and the two land and calmer Waters. After they survived, they return home, where the family meets them.

The dogs are finally giving meat from a butcher and while they eat, red dog attempts to take Maisy to see how fun A dog's Life can really be. They end up scaring the chickens and it accidentally kill one, making the chicken farmer feel angry. He attempts to beat red dog, but masie is struck with poisonous blow darts growing very ill. A very heartbroken Red Dog takes her to the hospital, but she died before they can get there. Red dog is so miserable he refuses to trust any humans, let alone the butcher that provides food for his family. Chicken farmer, feeling remorseful for killing Maisy by accident, decides to adopt the family come up with red dog cannot be adopted because he is different than the others. His mother, knowing that cannot have more than some dogs gives him a caller where he can be safe in his father tells him to go find a life where someone can accept him for being read, and red dog agrees and tearfully leaves his family.

After traveling for a time, he is adopted by an owner named john, who surprises for family on thanksgiving. Red dog is happy to be with his new family, staying for 4 months while growing up into a slightly older dog, until John takes him out for a ride on his motorcycle to go to a casino. At the casino, Red Dog is roped into joining a game of swindling but refuses, learning of Hamersley Iron. He attempts to go there only to accidentally make the men who was about to win a casino gambling game lose after being exposed for cheating. Angers, the man attacks him, but John manages to save him only to be embarrassed. Angered, he takes red dog home. However, they encounter a kangaroo and John gets into an accident dying while Red Dog barely survives, but has a badly crippled leg. The family is heartbroken and red dog leaves, believing the entire thing is his fault.

Red Dog begins to go tired and hungry, drinking wine out of a puddle to survive. This makes him even more thicker until he encounters the kangaroo, who puts him in his pouch. Red dog knows he was the one who killed John is his motorcycle accident and frequently lashes out in anger but often refusing to right in the pouch and sleep in it during rain storm travels. However, the kangaroo manages to save him from Rippy, a evil kangaroo. After being saved, Red Dog forgives the kangaroo and lives happily with him for 6 months and Australia until he has lost the ability to speak and only speaks in the kangaroo language. Some poacher come nearby and the mother of the kangaroos tries to fight them off, only to be killed when she is caught in several snares that the poachers have set up for herfall. Red Dog is heartbroken and despite the kangaroo saying it was not his fault, he leaves and tears and lashes out to the sky what else do they want to take from him.

The kangaroo carries him in his pouch and the continued traveling Australia until they encounter a casino. They sneak into there and begin drinking wine in order to survive but Red Dog accidentally eats a fermented peach and ends up getting sick, fainting. When he wakes up, everyone in the casino has left and the kangaroo have also left him behind. Frustrated, Red Dog exits the casino and continue wandering on his own. He encounters a razorback stuck in a trap and frees him. Red dog is captured by Rippy, who wants revenge after the kangaroo had fought him earlier, and had bitten the kangaroo's leg, making him feel weak and no longer hopping. Emraged, red dog attacked him and they get into a battle of leading to them tumbling into a river. Red dog begins to drown while Ruippy is washed away.

Sometime later from a red dog awakens in, a nearby local Australian hospital, having been found after he washed up two days later. At first, Red Dog remembers when the humans had not helped Maisy when he was heading to the hospital, but the human to show him the kangaroo, who has a bandage delay. The kangaroo apologizes for leaving him, saying that he wanted to take him along, but had to find help to see that he was not doing good. He was attacked by Ruby and ended up losing his leg, and crawled many miles to find an Australian hospital, and later found Red Dog who's washed up on shore. the two leave the hospital together. Red Dog learns how to catch buzzardsand later encounters his family, who has been put up for adoption. They want him to live with them again, but he says he's not found his own purpose and have to explain what happened to john. The family is done adopted and his father wants him to come along but red dog says that he still has not found his purpose, and the two of them share a tearful goodbye.

In winter, there is no food and red dog forced to give up his own stockpile of buzzards in order to give it to vultures, who have been circling endlessly for the food. Red Dog finally encounters a river and some fish that has been untouched and eat them from only to encounter red cat, who begins insulting John. Red dog ends up getting his half his ear chewed off and well managing to defeat red cat, he is weak and bleeding. He is found by a fisherman who takes him in and heals him. The kangaroo has gotten old and despite Red Dog feeding him one last buzzard that was left by the vultures he is too weak to eat and too weak to swallow. Red Dog is heartbroken to see that his one animal friend the kangaroo stuff he wants to see. Red Dog refuses to let him give up and tries to carry him to the fisherman; the fisherman is gone. the the kangaroo falls off a cliff and the horrified red dog goes looking for him, only to find him dead of old age. Red dog is devastated again and begins crying over his beloved friend.

Later, red dog has grown up into an adult dog, and is now looking for another home after losing the kangaroo. As he continues traveling, he finally gets to Hamersley Iron, but it is not the place he remembers it was when he was youngerHe decides to leave only for some of the dogs to convince him to stay, promising that they give good food from a great beds, and great shades. However, there is little food, only gruel, and the caretakers do not allow dogs and insult red dog, calling him old. Red dog bites one of the owners when they hit his tail and it's taken to the Australian pound. He manages to escape by chewing the bars continuously and throwing some of the little hard kibble straight towards the locks, managing for the lock to fall off. He brings some of the dogs and they escape need a scraggly old man and begins to growl only for the man to call him down and take him back. Red dog is welcome back and is treated more better.

Sometime later, red dog has made friends at the place including having one that looks just like him, little dog. The two of them become mates and expect to have puppies, but red dog is growing old. Little dog unfortunately can't have puppies, making Red Dog feel heartbroken. To cheer him up, the dogs offered to take him to his favorite place, William Damp. red dog is taken there and frequently goes there, to the displeasure of one of the older dogs, Ripe. ripw is not happy when he learns of how red dog lost John and says that was his owner, but he was abandoned after Thanksgiving because they couldn't have more than just two dogs. Red dog comforts him before he can jump off a cliff. at first, he is happy, until he begins to grow sick and old. Little dog tells him that he will be fine, but red doc says that he won't. While attempting to go see his family, who are now living at the shelter, he ends up falling and breaking his leg extremely hard. He's found that night by caretakers and they take him to the Australian hospital. Red dog makes a dent for the first time while his leg is being treated.

After a long while, red dog grows into a very old dog, but it's still very sick. The dogs tell him that where was john, and very weak from the Red Dog managed to say that he doesn't know where he is. They bring him to a grave, and he finally recognized he did come and looking at one last time and saying that he found his purpose before he is carried away. Little dog tells him what does he want to do and red dog stares at the stars, saying that what he wants to do, have a better life in the rainbow bridge. He then tells Maisy as he lays down, making another dent, that no matter what happens, Always be together. The next morning, the dogs can't find Red Dog and go looking for him, where a tearful and sobbing Ripe alerts them to red dogwho has passed away peacefully after being a very sick. The dogs are heartbroken, especially little dog.

Sometime later in 1984, Red dog's family is in separate families together and now live better lives. Father dog goes to see his son at his spot where he died, announcing that you just wants him to know, he is proud of him. as he leaves, a statue of red dog is seen.

• 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