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Owd Bob

PRODUCER Pieter Kroonenburg, Julie Allan, Harry Alan Towers and John Buchanan. (Kingsborough Greenlight Pictures)
DIRECTOR Rodney Gibbons
STARRING James Cromwell, Colm Meaney, Jemima Rooper, Dylan Provencher.
FILMED April/May 1997
STORYLINE
SYNOPSIS
After the death of his parents David, a young American man, goes to live with his grandfather, Adam McAdam on the Isle of Man. Adam is a simple sheep farmer, who only seems to have time for drink and his dog, Zac. David soon forms a relationship with the dog Owd Bob and his owner Maggie. In a community where sheep dogs are bred and worshiped, trouble is sure to come when a trail of sheep killings, bring local championship dogs under suspicion. All is revealed after the sheep herding tournament, when one of the beloved dogs will have to be put down.
TYPE Family/Drama
RUN TIME 96 Minutes
CERTIFICATION Not Rated (USA)
ORIGINAL RELEASE UNKNOWN
COST UNKNOWN


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