Make a new best friend this Christmas and get your paws on this loveable family feature!
05/10/05
Based on a best-selling book and shot in the tradition of Beethoven and 101 Dalmatians this festive canine caper shows that miracles certainly do come in many shapes and sizes.
This live action film tells the story of 12-year-old Emma O’Conner (Jordan-Claire Green) during the depression of the 1930’s, who is sent to live with her Aunt Delores (Bonita Friedericy) in a small town called Doverville, where dogs are banned.
On arrival, Emma finds herself unwelcomed by Delores (who is really an old girlfriend of her father’s) and gets herself tied up in all sorts of trouble.
Emma joins the people and pooches of the town in a war with Mayor Doyle (Richard Riehle) and the town dog-catcher, ‘Dogcatcher Doyle’ (John Billingsley), and through plot twists and adventurous chases, succeeds in bringing everyone together through a spectacular finale by staging a play called “The 12 Dogs of Christmas”.
Find out the true meaning of Christmas…it’s Mutt…erly Magic!
NOTES TO EDITORS:
CAST:
Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers Trilogy) as Mrs Walsh
Jordan-Claire Green (School of Rock) as Emma O’Conner
John Billingsley (Out of Time, A Cinderella Story) as Dogcatcher Doyle
Bonita Friedericy (Christmas with the Kranks, House of Sand and Fog) as Aunt Delores
Richard Riehle (Beethoven’s 5th, Office Space) as Mayor Nobel Doyle < br>
THE BOOK AUTHOR:
The 12 Dogs of Christmas is based on a best-selling book by Emma Kragen, who wrote the text on the back of a restaurant placemat when she was just seven years old. On a whim her father sent it to a publisher he knew and Tommy Nelson Books found itself with a perennial best-seller which has sold 400,000 copies to date. Emma is now 15 years old and is continuing her studies with the long term goal of becoming a filmmaker.
THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
The film’s Executive Producer is Emma’s father, Ken Kragen, who apart from producing numerous film and television projects, has also successfully managed some of the world’s most important entertainers including Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Burt Reynolds and The Bee Gees. He was the creator of two of the most significant charity events in the 20th Century: “We Are The World” and “Hands Across America”. More recently he produced Cisco System’s “Net Aid”. For these accomplishments he was awarded the United Nations Peace Medal.
THE DIRECTOR:
Kieth Merrill is an award-winning filmmaker and two-time Academy Award Nominee, and Academy Award Winner. Kieth has made films with some of Hollywood’s most respected producers, including Saul Zaentz (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The English Patient) and Frank Marshall (Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Bourne Identity, Sixth Sense and Signs).
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
Production Stills
A video of over 40 photographs taken whilst filming, to give further behind-the-scenes insight.
Top Dog Fact File
An informative list of doggie facts specific to the 12 breeds of dogs that appear within the feature film.
Product Information
Release Date: 14 November 2005
Catalogue Numbers: DVD = AHEDVD3166
VHS = AHE2229
Certificate: U
Running Time: 107 minutes
Retail Price: DVD - £14.99
VHS - £12.99
This live action film tells the story of 12-year-old Emma O’Conner (Jordan-Claire Green) during the depression of the 1930’s, who is sent to live with her Aunt Delores (Bonita Friedericy) in a small town called Doverville, where dogs are banned.
On arrival, Emma finds herself unwelcomed by Delores (who is really an old girlfriend of her father’s) and gets herself tied up in all sorts of trouble.
Emma joins the people and pooches of the town in a war with Mayor Doyle (Richard Riehle) and the town dog-catcher, ‘Dogcatcher Doyle’ (John Billingsley), and through plot twists and adventurous chases, succeeds in bringing everyone together through a spectacular finale by staging a play called “The 12 Dogs of Christmas”.
Find out the true meaning of Christmas…it’s Mutt…erly Magic!
NOTES TO EDITORS:
CAST:
Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers Trilogy) as Mrs Walsh
Jordan-Claire Green (School of Rock) as Emma O’Conner
John Billingsley (Out of Time, A Cinderella Story) as Dogcatcher Doyle
Bonita Friedericy (Christmas with the Kranks, House of Sand and Fog) as Aunt Delores
Richard Riehle (Beethoven’s 5th, Office Space) as Mayor Nobel Doyle
THE BOOK AUTHOR:
The 12 Dogs of Christmas is based on a best-selling book by Emma Kragen, who wrote the text on the back of a restaurant placemat when she was just seven years old. On a whim her father sent it to a publisher he knew and Tommy Nelson Books found itself with a perennial best-seller which has sold 400,000 copies to date. Emma is now 15 years old and is continuing her studies with the long term goal of becoming a filmmaker.
THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
The film’s Executive Producer is Emma’s father, Ken Kragen, who apart from producing numerous film and television projects, has also successfully managed some of the world’s most important entertainers including Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Burt Reynolds and The Bee Gees. He was the creator of two of the most significant charity events in the 20th Century: “We Are The World” and “Hands Across America”. More recently he produced Cisco System’s “Net Aid”. For these accomplishments he was awarded the United Nations Peace Medal.
THE DIRECTOR:
Kieth Merrill is an award-winning filmmaker and two-time Academy Award Nominee, and Academy Award Winner. Kieth has made films with some of Hollywood’s most respected producers, including Saul Zaentz (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The English Patient) and Frank Marshall (Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Bourne Identity, Sixth Sense and Signs).
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
Production Stills
A video of over 40 photographs taken whilst filming, to give further behind-the-scenes insight.
Top Dog Fact File
An informative list of doggie facts specific to the 12 breeds of dogs that appear within the feature film.
Product Information
Release Date: 14 November 2005
Catalogue Numbers: DVD = AHEDVD3166
VHS = AHE2229
Certificate: U
Running Time: 107 minutes
Retail Price: DVD - £14.99
VHS - £12.99
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