Paws (film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Karl Zwicky |
| Produced by | Rebel Penfold-Russell Andrena Finlay Vicki Watson |
| Written by |
Harry Cripps Karl Zwicky |
| Starring |
Billy Connolly (voice) Nathan Cavaleri Emilie François Sandy Gore Heath Ledger |
| Music by | Mario Millo |
| Cinematography | Geoff Burton |
| Edited by | Nicholas Holmes |
| Distributed by | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
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Release date
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25 September 1997 (Australia), 15 February 1998 (UK) |
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Running time
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83 minutes |
| Country | Australia / UK |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £137,731 (UK, opening weekend) A$455,171 (Australia) |
Paws is an independent 1997 Australian family film that was released on 25 September 1997 in Australia and filmed in Sydney, New South Wales.
The film stars 15-year-old guitarist Nathan Cavaleri who has adventures with PC - a talking Jack Russell Terrier (voiced by comedian Billy Connolly). The dog is computer literate- skills acquired from his former master allowing him to create a computer program that translates his words into English, with Zac subsequently designing a portable version that can be 'concealed' in a bow tie- and the pair must a stop a valuable disk from falling into bad hands.
Alex, a computer programmer from a cold place far away, receives a visit from an intruder named Anja but before she broke in he wrote an important message to a colleague named Susie and transferred it to a floppy disk giving it to his dog PC. He hid PC just before Anja breaks in, with her dog Sebelius, and murders him and PC left following his master's order to give the disk to Susie.
PC reached Susie's neighbourhood but is hit by a car and is taken in by the family of 14 year old Zac (the film's narrator) who had recently moved to Sydney from Melbourne with his mother Amy, step father Stephen and his younger sister Binky. Zac thought the disk was one of his and kept it. PC used Zac's computer to make a translation programme that could translate his barking into plain English. Zac is then introduced to Susie and her English daughter Samantha who live next door and they recognise PC but then they learn of Alex's death with the dog becoming the responsibility of the neighbouring families. After demonstrating the translation software to Zac he gave PC a new voice with a Scottish accent and installed the software onto a palmtop computer with a microphone in a bow tie so he could talk away from the desktop.
Zac's relationship with PC is strained and after a spate of incidents the dog decided to tell him the truth. PC was originally from Iceland where Alex wrote computer programmes and he was married to Anja who was his assistant but she never loved him. Anja stole Alex's programmes and at least a million dollars from them. Alex found the money and fled with it to Australia with PC to hide from Anja but she still found him.
Zac found the floppy disk which had a clue on where to find information on where to find the money. Zac went with PC and Sammy to Alex's flat and completed the crossword puzzle to see a video of Alex saying "A note to follow so" then a picture of a pea-like object. After singing Do-Re-Mi they figure that the password is LAP then they see another video of Alex this time saying "Well done. The rest is in and under your nose. Bonne Chance". Anja arrives and threatens them with a dagger so Zac deletes the file to stop her but she kidnaps PC.
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