The Dog Who Stopped the War
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French | La Guerre des tuques |
Directed by | André Melançon |
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Cinematography | François Protat |
Edited by | André Corriveau |
Music by | Germain Gauthier |
Production company | Les Productions La Fête |
Distributed by | Cinéma Plus Distribution |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | Quebec French |
The Dog Who Stopped the War (
Plot
The film involves a huge
François designs a massive, elaborate snow fortress, and Marc's group constructs it. Luc arrives with his army, wearing makeshift armour and wielding wooden swords. They attempt to scale the walls with a ladder, but Luc is injured in the battle and orders a retreat. They regroup and stage a second, more covert attack, but they are spotted and beaten back again with snowballs soaked in ink.
Luc counters by attacking a third time, this time with his army dressed in garbage bags as protection from the ink. They overwhelm the fort's defences, and Marc and François escape via toboggan through a secret tunnel. The two groups meet and agree to have one final battle to determine the winner.
Luc shows up for the final siege with an even larger army, having recruited additional (younger) children with chocolate. They also possess new weapons such as slingshots and a snowball cannon. Luc orders them to charge, and despite being slowed by
The song at the end of the movie is performed by Nathalie Simard. It's called "L'amour a pris son temps" ("Love Is On Our Side").
Reception
The film won the Golden Reel Award at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, as Canada's top-grossing film of the previous year.
An animated remake, Snowtime! (La Guerre des tuques 3D), was released in 2015.[4] It was followed by a spinoff television series called Snowsnaps and the sequel Racetime in 2018.
Home video
A 2-disc special edition French-language DVD release of the film was issued in 2009 by Imavision.[5]
A Blu-ray disc, using a new 2K scan and restoration from the original
In January 2024, Canadian International Pictures will release a special edition Blu-ray with both French and English language tracks, using the 2015 2K remaster.[7]
All three versions on disc contain the 2009 documentary "La Guerre des tuques... au fil du temps".
See also
- Culture of Quebec
- Cinema of Quebec
- List of Quebec movies
- List of Canadian films
References
- All Movie Guide. Archived from the originalon 6 December 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "La Guerre Des Tuques - The Dog Who Stopped The War (1984)". thewildboys.flickzone1.info. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "The Dog Who Stopped the War". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ "La Guerre des Tuques takes aim at a new generation". Q, December 16, 2015.
- ^ "Coffret DVD de La Guerre des Tuques". Films du Québec. November 14, 2009. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ "La guerre des tuques". Blu-ray.com. December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ "The Dog Who Stopped the War". Canadian International Pictures. December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
External links
- The Dog Who Stopped the War at IMDb
- Productions La Fête
- Entire film (original French) on YouTube
- Entire film (English dub) on YouTube