The Plague Dogs (1982)

Directed by

Martin Rosen

Genre

drama film, adventure film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 293 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two dogs escape from a British research laboratory where they were subjected to experiments. They struggle to survive in the wild while authorities hunt them.

bleaktensemelancholicslow-burnemotionally distressingvisually starksuspensefulpoignant

What happens

The Plague Dogs is a 1982 adult animated adventure drama film written, produced and directed by Martin Rosen based on the 1977 novel by Richard Adams. The film's story is centred 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). Rosen previously adapted Watership Down, also based on 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 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 United Artists and MGM. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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