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"White Dog" had me at 'four-legged time bomb'. Also, was that one of the guys from "Simon & Simon"? Because, wow.

White Dog instantly went to the top of my queue. White Dog = Win

What happened to all the Netflix Instant reviews you all were going to do? That really would have been awesome.

I saw a black dog begging for food the other day and made a mental note to not give him food because of his blackness. My table scraps are for white dogs only.

Permit me one brief glimmer of seriousness: all-black dogs do, in fact, have a harder time getting adopted out of shelters.

That said, WHITE DOG!! I can't watch the clips at work, but I don't see how that can fail to be the winner.

I saw "White Dog" on TBS when I was a kid. It was sad b/c...well, you can guess the end in store for the dog, and it wasn't the dog's nature to be racist, it was b/c some cantankerous old racist coot bred the dog to be that way, but in the end it's the dog that bites it b/c of the old bastard. Sad sad sad.

I saw White Dog when I was a kid, too! In fact, I've often randomly recalled the "That's a white dog!" scene shown in the trailer, but never remembered/knew the name of the movie. I feel complete now.

Oh yeah, I've heard of White Dog. It was released on the Criterion Collection a couple of years ago. The director, Samuel Fuller, likes to do socially conscious films and this one is supposed to be an exploration on racism and how it's a learned behavior.

That said, I'm aware Fuller was likely to make b-movies, and I see that in the trailer, but I'm really just hoping they simply edited it to look and sound more ridiculous than it is.

I saw White Dog decades ago. I think it was on pay-cable. It is, indeed, very depressing, but I was fascinated.

I wouldn't call the movie a lost treasure or anything, but I do recommend it.

According to my British TIME OUT-Film Guide 2005 (a glorious 1700+ page anthology of film reviews, cinefiles, and film-related appendixes):

"White Dog" is a model of intelligent simplicity. McNichol runs over a beautiful white Alsation, takes it home to take care of it, and discovers the beast has been conditioned as a "white dog" which attacks any black that it encounters. Rather than destroy it, she takes it a black animal trainer (Winfield) to try and condition it...Just one of the many remarkable things about Fuller's impeccable treatment of racism is that it investigates that vile trait without showing a racist character; the dog is a perfect symbol for the confused and vicious conditioning that runs riot throughout the human world...

With Bruce Surtees' uncluttered camerawork, a superb score from Ennio Morricone, and fine acting throughout, this is one film of Fuller's which is most complex in its emotional sway: compassionate towards both animals and humans in the error of their ways, but fuelled by a seething anger. There is certainly no finer film on its subject."

Does this help those who may be wondering about the film? Glad I could be of service!

P.S.

I remember this movie being in theatres (yes, I'm that old, all you young whippersnappers) and begging my mom to take me because I was (and still am) an over-the-top animal lover. Jeez, after reading the spoiler, good thing she said no.

KKK Dog for the win.

Goodness, White Dog was co-writen by Curtis Hanson of L.A Confidential and Wonder Boys fame.
It's gotta win for the fact alone.

Silly Americans, making such a fuss over White Dog.
Here in Austria we have many such animals. We simply call them "pets".
They are also quite useful in guarding our cellars.

My intent was not to brag about my dog or anything, Carrie. Just to show a picture of a black dog who looks like her. The link unfortunately, I guess, gives off an elitist vibe which was not intended.

Kelpies are quite popular in my area with the ranchers I deal with and would not be considered rare here but you could very well be right about it being a German Shepherd. Thank you for the info. In the end, she's a good dog and I was just posting a picture.

And in the end, as long as you love her, it doesn't really matter what breed she is. My HeartDog is a very poorly bred Treeing Walker Coonhound with short ears and leg and joint problems because he was neutered too young. It doesn't matter because I love him so. Nobody else would have him, though, because I've spoiled him so rotten. Hugs to your girl.


PS...I named my Blue Gascon Tallulah because we live in the foothills of the Bankhead National Forest and she's got a really deep voice.

"He's an attack dog!"

"I don't know what you mean!"

"Come on! It's a dog that has been trained to attack people!"

"Oh, now that you've restructured the sentence to change the placement of the modifier I understand completely!"