Red Dog (movie)

Red Dog is a 2011 Australian comedy-drama family movie written by Daniel Taplitz, directed by Kriv Stenders and produced by Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan. It stars Koko as the title character, Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, and John Batchelor. The movie is based on the true story of Red Dog and uses the 2002 novel Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres as the primary source. At the 2011 Inside Film Awards, Red Dog was nominated in nine categories and won seven, including best feature movie. The movie was also nominated for seven AACTA Awards and won for Best Movie. The movie was theatrically released on 4 August 2011 by Roadshow Film Distributors.

The movie was followed by a prequel, Red Dog: True Blue released in 2016, and a spin-off documentary Koko: A Red Dog Story released in 2019.

Cast
 Koko as Red Dog
 Josh Lucas as John Grant
 Rachael Taylor as Nancy Grey
 John Batchelor as Peeto
 Noah Taylor as Jack Collins
 Keisha Castle-Hughes as Rosa
 Loene Carmen as Maureen Collins
 Luke Ford as Thomas
 Neil Pigot as Rick
 Rohan Nichol as Jocko
 Tiffany Lyndall-Knight as Patsy
 Costa Ronin as Dzambaski
 Eamon Farren as Dave
 Arthur Angel as Vanno

Cameos
 Bill Hunter as Jumbo Smelt
 The Snowdroppers as a band
 Louis de Bernières (author of the original novella) as a gas attendant

References

Category:2011 comedy-drama movies
Category:2010s family movies
Category:English-language movies
Category:Australian comedy movies
Category:Australian drama movies
Category:Australian family movies
Category:Movies about dogs
Category:Movies set in the 1970s
Category:Movies directed by Kriv Stenders