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Beautifully animated and featuring the voices of Christopher Plummer, the late Lynn Redgrave,
and Isabella Rossellini, My Dog Tulip is a bittersweet retrospective account of author J. R.
Ackerley's 16-year relationship with his adopted Alsatian bitch, Tulip.
The distinguished British man of letters, Ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when,
well into middle age, he came to adopt Tulip a beautiful, yet intolerable 18-month-old German
shepherd. To his surprise, she turned out to be the love of his life, the "ideal friend" he had
been searching for in vain for so many years. In vivid and sometimes startling detail, the film
reveals Tulip's sassy, often erratic behavior (and very canine tastes) and Ackerley's fumbling but
determined efforts to ensure an existence of perfect happiness for her.
A profound and subtle mediation on the strangeness that lies at the heart of all relationships, My
Dog Tulip was written, directed and animated by award-winning filmmakers Paul and Sandra
Fierlinger and is the first animated feature ever to be entirely hand drawn and painted utilizing
paperless computer technology.
Original Release
01/01/2009
US Release
01/01/2009
Cast
Name | Character |
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Christopher Plummer | J.R. Ackerley (voice) / J.R. Ackerley |
Lynn Redgrave | Nancy / Greengrocer's Wife (voice) / Greengrocer's Wife |
Isabella Rossellini | Ms. Canvenini (voice) / Ms. Canvenini |
Brian Murray | Captain Pugh / Mr. Blandish (voice) / Mr. Blandish |
Peter Gerety | Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice) / Pugilist |
Paul Hecht | Army Veterinarian (voice) / Army Veterinarian |
Euan Morton | Bicyclist / Rude Veterinarian (voice) / Rude Veterinarian |
Directors
Sandra Fierlinger, Paul Fierlinger
Writers
Sandra Fierlinger, J.R. Ackerley, Paul Fierlinger
Cast
Name | Character |
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Christopher Plummer | J.R. Ackerley (voice) / J.R. Ackerley |
Lynn Redgrave | Nancy / Greengrocer's Wife (voice) / Greengrocer's Wife |
Isabella Rossellini | Ms. Canvenini (voice) / Ms. Canvenini |
Brian Murray | Captain Pugh / Mr. Blandish (voice) / Mr. Blandish |
Peter Gerety | Mr. Plum / Pugilist (voice) / Pugilist |
Paul Hecht | Army Veterinarian (voice) / Army Veterinarian |
Euan Morton | Bicyclist / Rude Veterinarian (voice) / Rude Veterinarian |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Deanna Deignan | Producer |
Howard Kaminsky | Producer |
Frank Pellegrino | Producer |
Norman Twain | Producer |