What comedy film is inspired by the book by Gary Paulsen, Snow Dogs or Blank Check?
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Snow Dogs Snow Dogs is a 2002 American Northern adventure comedy film directed by Brian Levant, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and James Coburn. The film was released in the United States on January 18, 2002 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is inspired by the book "" by Gary Paulsen.
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Blank Check (film) Blank Check is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Rupert Wainwright and starring Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, Miguel Ferrer, James Rebhorn, Tone Lōc, Jayne Atkinson and Michael Lerner. It was released on February 11, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures.
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Shelby (film) Shelby is a 2014 Canadian Christmas comedy film directed by Brian K. Roberts and starring John Paul Ruttan, Chevy Chase, Tom Arnold and Rob Schneider as the voice of the titular dog.
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Pauly Shore Stands Alone Pauly Shore Stands Alone is a 2014 comedy documentary film about Pauly Shore. It was produced by Peter Clune and Joey Vigour, edited by Joey Vigour and Troy Takaki, and directed by Shore himself. It premiered at the 2014 Woodstock Film Festival and was later released on Showtime in December 2014. The film follows actor and comedian Pauly Shore on a cold midwestern tour of small comedy venues in Wisconsin and Minnesota as he interacts with fans and deals with health issues and the realities of mortality.
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The Plague Dogs (film) The Plague Dogs is a 1982 British-American adult animated epic adventure thriller film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The film was written, directed and produced by Martin Rosen, who also directed "Watership Down", the film adaptation of 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 rated PG-13 by the MPAA for heavy animal cruelty themes, violent imagery, and emotionally distressing scenes. "The Plague Dogs" is the second non-family oriented MGM animated film after the "Lupin the Third" film "The Castle of Cagliostro".
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Two Curious Puppies Two Curious Puppies are two "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" characters. The two dogs have no names and are not one of the well-known Looney Tunes characters. They first appeared in "Dog Gone Modern" in 1939, closely followed by "Prest-O Change-O" and "The Curious Puppy". They then appeared in "Stage Fright" (1940), "Snow Time for Comedy" (1941), "Dog Tired" (1942). Their final appearance was a cameo in "".
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Checkmate (short film) Checkmate is a short drama film written by Eugenia Caruso and directed by Jason Bradbury. The film was executively produced by Susanna Cappellaro and Amy Gilliam and produced by Tim Mogridge and Giles Maunsell. Alexander Shulgin, who composed the score, also co-produced the film. The costumes, curated by stylist Davey Sutton, are by Ulyana Sergeenko and the archive of Ann Demeulemeester.
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Lenny the Wonder Dog Lenny the Wonder Dog is a 2004 American comedy film about the eponymous dog, Lenny, directed by Oren Goldman from a screenplay written by Michael Winslow, and filmed on locations in Florida. The cast included many prominent actors and celebrities such as Craig Ferguson and Andy Richter as the voice of Lenny. The movie had television release in Europe and after video release received generally poor reviews.
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Drop Dead Gorgeous (film) Drop Dead Gorgeous is a 1999 American black comedy film directed by Michael Patrick Jann and starring Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, Allison Janney, Denise Richards, Brittany Murphy, and Amy Adams in her film debut. Shot in a mockumentary format, it follows the contestants in a beauty pageant called the "Sarah Rose Cosmetics Mount Rose American Teen Princess Pageant", held in the small fictional town of Mount Rose, Minnesota, in which various contestants die in suspicious ways.
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The Comedy The Comedy is a 2012 metamodern film directed and co-written by Rick Alverson, and starring Tim Heidecker. Supporting actors include Eric Wareheim (Tim and Eric), James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), and Gregg Turkington (better known as Neil Hamburger). The film was premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and screened within such festivals as Maryland Film Festival 2012. The film was distributed by Tribeca Film and was slated for theatrical release on November 9, 2012 and nationwide On Demand starting October 24, 2012.
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Cattle Call "National Lampoon Presents Cattle Call" is a 2006 National Lampoon comedy film written and directed by Martin Guigui, and starring Thomas Ian Nicholas and Jenny Mollen. It was Chelsea Handler's first feature film debut, and includes cameo appearances from Paul Mazursky and Jonathan Winters. The R-rated film was released via DVD on May 13, 2008 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
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Snowball (Animal Farm) Snowball is a character in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". He is largely based on Leon Trotsky and describes how he led the opposition against Joseph Stalin (Napoleon), though he also includes elements of Vladimir Lenin. He is shown as a pink pig on the movie poster for the 1999 film "Animal Farm", being voiced by Kelsey Grammer.
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The Cookcamp The Cookcamp is a novel by Gary Paulsen. The story is about a boy who is sent to the north to live with his grandmother because of his parents being occupied with World War II. It was published on March 1, 1991 by Scholastic.
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Shameless (2008 film) Shameless (), is a 2008 Czech comedy film directed by Jan Hřebejk. Following their collaborations on "A Novel for Women" and "The Holiday Makers", Czech filmmaker Hřebejk and author Michal Viewegh reunited for "Shameless", a comic romp based on Viewegh’s bestselling "Tales of Marriage and Sex".
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My Life in Dog Years My Life in Dog Years is a non-fiction book for children written by the American author Gary Paulsen, together with his wife, Ruth Wright Paulsen. It was published first by Delacorte Press in 1997.
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Dogsong Dogsong is a 1985 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen and is a Newbery Honor Book winner.
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National Lampoon's Bag Boy National Lampoon's Bag Boy is a 2007 comedy film directed by Mort Nathan, starring Dennis Farina, Paul Campbell and Marika Dominczyk. The plot involves a teenager who enters the competitive world of grocery store bagging.
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The River (Paulsen novel) The River, also known as The Return and Hatchet: The Return , is a 1991 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen. It is the second installment in the "Hatchet" series, but chronologically the third with "Brian's Winter" serving as an alternative second book.
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Dr. Dolittle (film) Dr. Dolittle is a 1998 American fantasy comedy film directed by Betty Thomas, written by Larry Levin and Nat Mauldin, and starring Eddie Murphy in the titular role. The film was inspired by the series of children's stories of the same name by Hugh Lofting, but used no material from any of the novels; the main connection is the name and a doctor who can speak to animals, although the pushmi-pullyu, a much-loved feature of the books, notably makes a very brief appearance in a couple of scenes.
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Honk, the Moose Honk, the Moose is a children's book by Phil Stong. It tells the story of a moose who takes over a small town which causes an uproar when three young boys try to save the moose and make it through the cold Minnesota winter. The book, illustrated by Kurt Wiese, was first published in 1935, and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1936. In 1970, it won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was listed in Cattermole's "100 Best Children's Books of the 20th Century". Based on a true story from Biwabik, Minnesota, it effectively describes the lives of Finnish immigrants there.
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Bored of the Rings Bored of the Rings is a parody of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". This short novel was written by Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney, who later founded "National Lampoon". It was published in 1969 by Signet for the "Harvard Lampoon". In 2013, an audio version was produced by Orion Audiobooks, narrated by Rupert Degas.
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Frankenhooker Frankenhooker is a 1990 American black comedy horror directed by Frank Henenlotter. Very loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein", the film stars James Lorinz as medical school drop-out Jeffrey Franken and former Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen as the title character (who wears a fatsuit in the beginning of the film).