The Shaggy Dog (1994 film)

*The Shaggy Dog*
The Shaggy Dog
	Promotional image
Genre	Fantasy; Comedy;
Based on	The Shaggy Dog; by Bill Walsh; Lillie Hayward; ; Characters from The Hound of Florence; by Felix Salten; ;
Teleplay by	Bill Walsh; Lillie Hayward; Tim Doyle; ;
Directed by	Dennis Dugan
Starring	Scott Weinger; Ed Begley Jr.; ;
Music by	Denis M. Hannigan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Scott Immergut; Les Mayfield; George Zaloom; ;
Producer	Joseph B. Wallenstein
Cinematography	Russ T. Alsobrook
Editor	Jeff Gourson
Running time	96 minutes
Production company	ZM Productions; Walt Disney Television; ;
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 12, 1994

The Shaggy Dog is a 1994 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film and a remake of the 1959 film of the same name produced by Walt Disney Television that premiered on November 12, 1994 as an ABC Family Movie.^[1] It is the first in a series of four remakes of Disney live-action films produced for broadcast on ABC during the 1994–95 television season, the other three being The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Escape to Witch Mountain, and Freaky Friday.^[2]

Plot

Preteen Martin "Moochie" Daniels just wants a dog, but his dad, Ron, is allergic to canines, like Bundles, the Old English Sheepdog of New neighbor Charlie Mulvihill & his niece Francesca, who secretly trained his pet to help him steal jewels. Mooch's big brother Wilbur "Wilby" is smart, shy and a promising inventor, but hopelessly clumsy when it comes to girls, and is jealous of his slick mate Trey who has no problems. Desperate Wilby cast a spell on himself (he accidentally got from dad's museum of curiosities), which magically transform him into Bundles the Shaggy Dog. He would have back and forward transformations at uncontrollable times. This is how he also knows that the diamond on loan in his father's museum is Charlie's next target.

Cast

Scott Weinger as Wilbur "Wilby" Daniels/The Shaggy Dog
Ed Begley Jr. as Ronald "Ron" Daniels
Sharon Lawrence as Monica Daniels
Jordan Warkol as Martin "Moochie" Daniels
Jon Polito as Detective Al
James Cromwell as Charlie "the Robber" Mulvihill
Jeremy Sisto as Trey Miller
Sarah Lassez as Francesca
Natasha Gregson Wagner as Allison
Bobby Slayton as Coach Evans
Rick Ducommun as Officer Kelly
David Pasquesi as Officer Hanson

References

^ Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 41, 500. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
^ Lomartire, Paul (November 12, 1994). "'Shaggy Dog' is fun for the whole family". The Nashville Tennessean. p. 39. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

External links

The Shaggy Dog at IMDb

[1] Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 41, 500. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.

[2] Lomartire, Paul (November 12, 1994). "'Shaggy Dog' is fun for the whole family". The Nashville Tennessean. p. 39. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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v t e Felix Salten's The Hound of Florence (1923)
Films	The Shaggy Dog (1959) The Shaggy D.A. (1976) The Shaggy Dog (2006)
Television	The Return of the Shaggy Dog (1987) The Shaggy Dog (1994)