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Owd Bob
Recently orphaned David must move to the Isle of Man to live with his grandfather, Adam, who's a sheep farmer. Both long for the end of the summer, having nothing in common but their love for dogs, notably Adam's precious champion sheepdog Bob. David strikes a friendship with Maggie, the sassy daughter of friendly neighbor Keith Moore, but Adam hates that family on account of an old canine competition-related tragedy. Other neighbors suspect Bob and the Moore's dog of the recent series of nocturnal sheep-kills.
| Release : | 1998 |
| Rating : | 6.3 |
| Studio : | Fries/Schultz Film Group, Isle of Man Film Commission, Kingsborough Greenlight Pictures, |
| Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
| Cast : | James Cromwell Colm Meaney Jemima Rooper John Benfield Anthony Booth |
| Genre : | Family |
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A Masterpiece!
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
The main conflict in the book seems to have been softened for its expected family audience. At the heart of the book is the terrible anger and devastation felt by old Adam McAdam over the death of his wife. Adam takes out his anger on his son, who seeks solace with the neighboring family, the Moores. Without Adam's bitterness, there is no story. I received this book when I was a child and much too young to understand the conflicts in it. Only when I reread it as an adult, did I get the full value of it. It's too bad that a good film, for grownups hasn't ever been made of it. Forget the details of whether or not the dogs' behavior is realistic. Give us a believable character struggling with the pain of a disappointed, cheated life.
I happened to watch OWD BOB on TV last night and I was very glad to find out that it's an English movie after I was convinced that the girl Maggie has very English accent( London accent actually). I had lived in England for three years and it's a shame that I didn't visit Isle of Man. The scene in the movie was beautiful and peaceful. It reminds me of Isle of Skye which I visited this summer. The movie was about quiet countryside life but it didn't bore me. James Cromwell was brilliant as an old withdrawn farmer. I thought the character was in his sixties, but I found out on internet that he's only 57 when the film was made.I don't think the movie has shown much about the dog Owd BOB. It's more about the relationship between the grandfather and grandson, and people's feeling about each other. The movie doesn't have much dialogue, but we could feel what they were thinking. The movie has some little mistakes, but generally it's a good touching film that make me think.I wish that I would go back to UK and visit the island one day.
Well, I haven't read the book. And my feeling is that the movie never lives up to the book anyway. It can't. It's a movie. But I still enjoyed it very much for what it was. The performances were good all around, and it was poignant. If you're looking for just a good interpersonal relationship type movie that's short and sweet, this is it.
I have just received this film on DVD from the USA, This is a warm hearted film about his a boy who has come to the Isle of Man to live with his grandfather.The film is set in the north of the Isle of Man and the views it shows will bring back memories of those that have left the island. The film is very well acted by all that took part.I recommend this a first class family film.
