Dean Spanley (2008)

Directed by

Toa Fraser

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dignified clergyman reveals his past life as a dog after drinking rare Hungarian wine. A son tries to help his grieving father by arranging meetings with the dean.

whimsicalwarmslow-pacedintrospectivegentleplayfulnostalgicmildly quirky

What happens

Dean Spanley is a 2008 New Zealand/British comedy drama film, with fantastic elements, directed by Fijian New Zealander Toa Fraser. Set in Edwardian England, the film is based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's 1936 novella My Talks with Dean Spanley. It stars Sam Neill as the Dean, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole as Fisk Junior and Fisk Senior respectively and Bryan Brown as Wrather. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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