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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1999 - 18.24 July

Sections & Films

OWD BOB

Category: Edition 1999

Synopsis
Recently orphaned in America, teenager David Roberts must spend the summer with grumpy maternal grandfather Adam MacAdam, whom he never met, on his sheep-farm on the Isle of Man. 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.

Original Title Owd Bob
Italian Title Owd Bob
Category Official Competition
Section Free to Fly
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 105'
Production Year 1997
Nationality Canada, United Kingdom
Directed by Rodney Gibbons
Screenplay Sharon Buckingham, Harry Alan Towers
Main cast James Cromwell, Colm Meaney, Jemima Rooper

face manRODNEY GIBBONS

Among his films as director, screenwriter, director of photography, we remember: Prisoner (1998), ONE UNKNOWN IN THE HOUSE (1997), THE DEATH RUNS ON THE VIDEO (1996), Screamers Urla dal spazio (1996), IL VICINO DI CASA ( 1993), TWIN SISTERS (1992), Scanners 2: the new order (1990).