Bailey - a friend for life
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| German title | Bailey - a friend for life |
| Original title | A dog's purpose |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 6 |
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| Director | Let Hallström |
| script |
W. Bruce Cameron , Cathryn Michon , Audrey Wells , Maya Forbes , Wally Wolodarsky |
| production | Gavin Polone |
| music | Rachel Portman |
| camera | Terry Stacey |
| cut | Robert Leighton |
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Bailey - A Friend for Life (Original title: A Dog's Purpose ) is an American dramedy film directed by Lasse Hallström in 2017 . The film is based on the novel I Belong to You by W. Bruce Cameron . In 2019 the sequel Bailey was released.
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The film is about the dog Bailey, who goes through several dog lifes through reincarnation .
Eight-year-old Ethan Montgomery from Michigan and his mother rescued a golden retriever puppy from a hot car in 1961 . The family adopts the little dog and names him Bailey. Several years later, Ethan is a teenager and has fallen in love with Hannah. After a firecracker is thrown into Ethan's house as a stupid boy prank and a fire develops, Bailey saves him and his mother by waking them up. They managed to escape the fire, but Ethan injured his leg so badly that he had to give up hope of an athletic scholarship . Instead, he goes to an agricultural school. Shortly thereafter, Bailey is due to kidney failure euthanized .
At the moment of euthanasia, Bailey is reincarnated and wakes up as a female German Shepherd named Ellie, with memories of his previous life. Ellie is a police service dog and works with her supervisor Carlos at the Police Department in Chicago . After Ellie and Carlos hunt a kidnapper together, Ellie is shot by him.
Bailey now wakes up to a Welsh Corgi Pembroke named Tino. Tino lives with the student Maya, whom he helps to find the love of her life. After several years, Tino dies of old age and thanks Maya for his beautiful life.
Bailey was reincarnated as a Saint Bernard - Australian Shepherd hybrid. The puppy comes to live with a seedy couple who don't care about him and eventually abandon him. Left to his own devices, the dog wanders around and eventually meets Ethan again. He is now an older man who keeps the dog that has run up and calls him Buddy. Buddy helps Ethan get back together with his high school sweetheart Hannah, who then marries Ethan. At the end of the film, he uses tricks from life as Bailey to get Ethan to recognize him as Bailey.
Allegations of cruelty to animals
On January 18, 2017, the TMZ.com website published a video of the filming of the film. The video shows how a German Shepherd is pushed into a bubbling pool of water by a man and visibly offers resistance. After a cut, the animal is completely underwater and several people rush to help.
After the video was released, several animal rights organizations, including PETA , called for a boycott of the film. The American Humane Association (AHA), which usually monitors the welfare of filming and the "No animals were Harmed" seal (animals was not be harmed) uncredited awards of movies, said it investigating the incident and have suspended one member should have been present at the shooting. On February 4, the AHA stated that an independent animal welfare expert had found no violations of existing regulations and that the video had been intentionally manipulated to mislead the public.
Web links
- Bailey - A friend for life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official site for the film (English)
- Official website for the film on Constantin Film
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release to Bailey - A Friend for Life . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Age rating for Bailey - A Friend for Life . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ "Bailey - a friend for life": Peta calls for a boycott of Lasse Hallstöm film. In: Spiegel Online . Der Spiegel , January 19, 2017, accessed on February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Animal rights activists fight against the film "Bailey - A Friend for Life". Abendzeitung , February 9, 2017, accessed on February 12, 2017 .
- ^ Third-Party Investigation Finds No Animal Injuries, Cruelty on Set of 'A Dog's Purpose'. The Hollywood Reporter , February 4, 2017, accessed February 27, 2018 .