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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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