This is a film that will undoubtedly invoke nostalgia, one that will speak to dog lovers on a very personal level and one that’s not likely to leave a dry eye in the house. In fact, emotion may be the operative term here. Bruce Cameron, the family film from director Lasse Hallström shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog (voiced by Josh Gad) who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love. “I will say, though, that the tone of the novel is captured on the screen - the emotion, the love of these animals for their people.” JULIET RYLANCE and BRYCE GHEISAR play with BAILEY in “A Dog’s Purpose.” Based on the beloved bestselling novel by W.
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“I think people will probably enjoy the movie better if they read at least one of the books first,” he noted. When the ink had dried, however, Cameron said the primary difference between the book and the film was that the film version simply did not have room for the all the original’s depth in terms of character backstories and side plots. It really feels painful to decide what has to go.” “It’s never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it’s as if you’re chopping off appendages. “One of the first things that happened when my wife and I set out to write the screenplay for the film is we had to cut things because a movie cannot possibly be as long and in-depth as the book,” he said. The message of a dog’s purpose is love, and I want people to come out of the theater smiling because they have witnessed such unconditional love on the screen.” Tucker supervising the writing of his parents’ screenplay for “A Dog’s Purpose.”įans of the book can expect a somewhat trimmed-down version of the plot, but Cameron insisted the essence of the story remains. We’ve been breeding them for 30,000 years. “I hope that people who see the film will be moved by the love that these animals have for us,” Cameron said.
Bruce Cameron, the family film from director Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules, Dear John, The 100-Foot Journey) shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog (voiced by Josh Gad) who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love. DENNIS QUAID bonds with BUDDY in “A Dog’s Purpose.” Based on the beloved bestselling novel by W. And that’s precisely what ends up reuniting him with his beloved childhood dog, Bailey. It’s also what Dennis Quaid’s character does in the film. In the end, that’s exactly what the couple did, adopting a little 24-pound “bruiser” named Tucker, who lives at Cameron’s feet these days whenever he’s writing. So with the book, I wanted both to comfort Cathryn and to convince her that the number one thing her dog would want is for her to get another dog.” “She died shortly before I came on the scene, but from what I understand she was a purebred Doberman Pinscher who was very high-strung, very smart and utterly, utterly devoted to her person. “I never met the real Ellie,” he told CBS News.
So Cameron set about changing Cathryn’s mind the best way he knew how - by writing her a story.