We've been talking about the animated film adaptation of My Dog Tulip for a while now, but it's finally close to having a US distributor—that is, if it gets picked up after the Toronto Film Festival (where it will be showing on September 13, 14, and 18).
The cast of the could not be more illustrious. Christopher Plummer, Lynne Redgrave, and Isabella Rossellini are among those who lend voices to this most adult (and often scatological) story of a middle-aged gay man's discovery of the love he spent his life searching for—in the form of an ill-behaved German Shepherd (or Alsation, as they're also known).
The filmmakers, the husband-and-wife team of Paul and Sandra Fierlinger, have a no less impressive pedigree, including a Peabody award for their Still Life with Animated Dogs. Paul began his career as an independent producer of television and theatrical shorts in his native Czechoslovakia. After emigrating to the US in the late '60s, he established a studio and created films for Sesame Street (such as the famous "Little Teeny Superhero") and Nickelodeon, in addition to longer works, including an animated autobiography, that have appeared in such venues as PBS's Independent Lens series. Sandra has been Paul's close collaborator on many of these projects. She is responsible for the resplendent coloration of the film.
Go to www.tulipthedog.com to see clips of the film and to find out more.
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