Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety explained

Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety
Director:Les Drew
Producer:Bill Pettigrew
Starring:Paul Brown
Luba Goy
Harvey Atkin
Henry Beckman
Music:Eldon Rathburn
Studio:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:10 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Les Drew for the National Film Board of Canada and released in 1986.[1] The film's central character is Wally (Paul Brown), a dog who is frantically trying to protect his new family from their own careless actions as they prepare for a dinner party.[2]

The film's voice cast also includes Luba Goy as Honey, Harvey Atkin as Bernard and Henry Beckman as The Boss.[2]

It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987.[3]

Drew released a sequel film, Every Dog's Guide to the Playground, in 1991.[4] Both films were broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network's O Canada anthology series of NFB animated shorts, and were packaged together in 1996 for home video release as The Blue Dog Safety Video.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Bruce Bailey, "It looks like a banner year for NFB entries". Montreal Gazette, August 22, 1986.
  2. Pat Thompson, "Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety". Cinema Canada, Vol. 138 (February 1987). p. 31.
  3. "Tonight's Genie nominees". Toronto Star, March 18, 1987.
  4. Michael Walsh, "Nostalgia not what it used to be". The Province, December 27, 1991.
  5. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=32919 "Our Collection: The Blue Dog Safety Video"