Title: White Dog
Release Date: 1982-01-01
Genres: Drama
High essence:
"At Noah's Ark, the dog meets its match in a devoted animal trainer named Keys (Paul Winfield), who goes about the task of reprogramming the dog with scientific precision."Medium essence:
Janet Maslin:- -hunting dogs in World War II, into the story of a young actress named Julie Sawyer (Kristy McNichol) who one dark night finds what she thinks is a lovable pet.
- At Noah's Ark, the dog meets its match in a devoted animal trainer named Keys (Paul Winfield), who goes about the task of reprogramming the dog with scientific precision.
- The screenplay for White Dog, by Mr Fuller and Curtis Hanson, contains much more in this B-chestnut vein.
Low essence:
Janet Maslin:- White Dog is based on a Life magazine story by Romain Gary, about a dog trained by white bigots to attack blacks (an image Mr Gary later used as the title of his book about his marriage to Jean Seberg).
- -hunting dogs in World War II, into the story of a young actress named Julie Sawyer (Kristy McNichol) who one dark night finds what she thinks is a lovable pet.
- Mr Fuller's command of stark, spooky imagery is sufficiently intense to make even the visit to the vet's office an exercise in the bizarre.
- Over time, it becomes apparent to both Julie and the audience that her white German shepherd has a vicious streak that is activated in the presence of any black person the dog happens to see.
- I tell you what, use our panther -- he's safe, and he knows every camera angle, the center's director (Burl Ives) is heard saying over the telephone.
- At Noah's Ark, the dog meets its match in a devoted animal trainer named Keys (Paul Winfield), who goes about the task of reprogramming the dog with scientific precision.
- The screenplay for White Dog, by Mr Fuller and Curtis Hanson, contains much more in this B-chestnut vein.
Source:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CEEDE163EF931A25754C0A967958260&partner=Rotten Tomatoes