The Shaggy Dog is a black and white 1959 Walt Disney movie about a teenager who is transformed into a sheep dog by a magic ring, and was the first ever Walt Disney live-action comedy. It starred Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. The movie was originally advertised as "the funniest shaggy dog story ever told", although it is not in fact a story of that genre. The director was Charles Barton, who also directed Spin and Marty for The Mickey Mouse Club. Veteran screenwriter Lillie Hayward also worked on the Spin and Marty serials, which featured several of the same young actors as The Shaggy Dog. Veteran Disney voice actor Paul Frees had a rare on-screen appearance in the film - for which he received no on-screen credit - as Dr. J.W. Galvin, a psychiatrist who examines Wilby's father (MacMurray).
The Shaggy Dog was one of the top movies of 1959, and actually grossed higher than Ben-Hur.
Walt Disney Productions filmed a successful sequel in 1976 called The Shaggy D.A. which starred Dean Jones, Tim Conway, and Suzanne Pleshette. In 1988, a made for TV movie called The Return of the Shaggy Dog continued the adventures of the boy turned sheepdog. The Shaggy Dog was also remade as a 1994 TV movie as well.
In 2006, Disney released a very loose "remake" of the movie with an entirely different story and characters, unrelated to the original trilogy. To tie-in with the theatrical release of the 2006 film, the original 1959 movie was re-issued in the USA as a special DVD labelled THE WILD & WOOLLY EDITION, which featured the movie in two forms; one in the original black and white, the other a colorized version. However, in the UK, the 1959 movie has only ever been made available on Disney DVD in black and white.
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The Shaggy Dog is a very loose 2006 remake of the of the 1959 film same name, in which a human unwillingly turns into a dog at random intervals. Apart from this basic concept, almost all elements of the original story have been changed (it could also be more based on the movie The Shaggy D.A.). It was rated PG by the MPAA for some mild rude humor, but according to the DVD website, it is rated G.
Through an ancient spell, a boy (played by Tommy Kirk) changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery.... Written by Anonymous
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