The dog, man's best friend, is widely represented in popular culture.
There are countless comic book or cartoon characters: Snowy, Dogmatix, Snoopy,
Rantanplan
, Goofy, Pollux, Cubitus, Pluto, Droopy, Scooby-Doo, Pif, Gromit, Rouky, Pongo and Perdita.
The list is also long in television series.
Rintintin, Rex or Columbo's dog are perfect examples.
Finally, they serve as mascots: this is the case of the basset hound from
Télé Z
and Pico, the dog from Chocapic cereals.
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Dogs are movie actors
But that's not all.
Dogs have always occupied a special place in cinema.
The oldest will cite the Collie from the film
Lassie
(1943, 2005), the White Swiss Shepherd from
Trained to Kill
, the Saint Bernard from
Cujo
(1983) or even the Dogue de Bordeaux from
Turner and Hooch
(1989).
More recently, we think of the films
Togo
(2019),
Cruella
(2021) and
Anatomy of a Fall
(2023).
The little dog from
The Artist
(2011), Uggie, who died in 2015, even received the “Palme dog” at the Cannes Film Festival.
Yes, because there has been an award given since 2001 to recognize “
the best canine performance on the big screen
”.
Border collie Messi received this award in 2023 for his role in
Anatomy of a Fall
.
We can therefore have fun listing the famous dogs from the cinema, often used for the starring role.
Didier
,
Hatchi
,
Beethoven
... But it is less easy to name the breed to which this dog belongs, unless you are a dog or cinema specialist.
This is why we suggest you test your knowledge with a short quiz.
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