The Shaggy Dog | |
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Based on |
The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten Screenplay by Bill Walsh & Lillie Hayward |
Written by | Tim Doyle |
Directed by | Dennis Dugan |
Starring |
Scott Weinger Ed Begley Jr. Sharon Lawrence Jon Polito James Cromwell Jeremy Sisto Les Mayfield |
Music by | Denis M. Hannigan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Scott Immergut Les Mayfield George Zaloom |
Producer(s) | Joseph B. Wallenstein |
Cinematography | Russ T. Alsobrook |
Editor(s) | Jeff Gourson |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Production company(s) | Walt Disney Television |
Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | November 12, 1994 |
Chronology | |
Followed by | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes |
The Shaggy Dog is a 1994 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film and a remake of the 1959 film of the same name produced by Walt Disney Television which premiered on November 12, 1994 as part of The Wonderful World of Disney. It is the first in a series of four remakes of classic Disney films produced for broadcast on ABC during the 1994–95 television season.
Preteen Moochie Daniels just wants a dog, but his dad, Ron, is allergic to canines, like Bundles, the shabby sheep dog of neighbor Charlie Mulvihill who secretly trained his pet to help him steal jewels. Mooch's big brother Wilbert 'Wilby' is smart, shy and a promising inventor, but hopelessly clumsy when it comes to girls, and is jealous of his slick mate Trey who has no problems. Desperate Wilby cast a spell on himself (he accidentally got from dad's museum of curiosities), which magically turns him into Bundles and back at uncontrollable times. This is how he also knows that the diamond on loan in his father's museum is Charlie's next target, but who would believe his story?