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Synopsis

Footrot Flats: The Dog's (Tail) Tale features the characters from Murray Ball's Footrot Flats, New Zealand's most loved local cartoon strip. This 1986 film was NZ's first - and to date only - animated feature. It was promoted with a series of Kiwiana questions such as: Will Wal become an All Black? Will Cooch recover his stolen stag? Will the Dog win your hearts and funny bones? In 1986 the answer was ‘Yes' all round. The above promo is cut to the Dave Dobbyn-Herbs song 'Slice of Heaven' which, like the film, was a huge hit in NZ and Australia.

Background

A Perspective by Tony Hiles 04.11.2008

Footrot Flats: The Dog's (Tail) Tale, made in 1986, was New Zealand's first animated feature film, developed from Murray Ball's widely syndicated newspaper cartoon Footrot ...

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Credits (21)

 Murray Ball
 John Barnett
 Pat Cox

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 AnnaB

AnnaB

I can't wait to take my son this when it opens up at Event Cinemas :)

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Included in:

 The Sheep Collection
 NZ Book Month Collection

Awards

1987 Listener Film and Television Awards
Best Original Screenplay (Murray Ball and Tom Scott)
Best Contribution to a Film Soundtrack (sound design, John McKay)
Best Film Score (Dave Dobbyn)