The Magic of Lassie

Our Lassie is an American film directed by Don Chaffey from the year 1978.

Content

The California wine Clovis Mitchell has their children Kelly and Chris taken after the death of his son and his wife. Since a few years, including the found and aufgepäppelte Collie dog Lassie, at the especially the ten year old Chris hangs like family.

The rich Jamison wants to actually buy Mitchell's vineyard. As refuses to sell, Jamison sees Lassie and thinks to recognize his ownership in it. Using a mark in the dog's ear, he can actually prove that Lassie is a once disappeared after a fire puppy breeding his bitch, so the Mitchells have to give the beloved four-legged friends with a heavy heart. Lassie is taken from Jamison with to Colorado, where she manages to escape. She makes the arduous way home, met on the way to figures like the wrestler coach Gus and other people who provide their food or they take a piece of the way.

At the same time Chris decides not to give up the dog, whose disappearance has experienced the family. He makes himself without the knowledge of his sister and grandfather alone on the way to Colorado, whereupon Clovis also sets out to turn now to look for Chris. Both can be found with the help of the police again.

Kelly's friend Allan finds out, meanwhile, that Lassie Jamison not heard, but the New York Jack Sinclair. He was formerly Jamison neighbor and the owner of the stud dog, the Lassie has begotten. Sinclair had a right to one of the boys and chose shortly after her birth Lassie, which he gave to a family friend. He himself kept the deed. The Mitchells in turn found Lassie and took them into their family. When Sinclair hear of the difficulties of the Mitchells with Jamison, he hands over the deed to Lassie to the Mitchells, and Jamison are his attempts to want to have the dog for yourself on. Lassie but is considered lost. Thanksgiving begins and the Mitchells are just sitting in the turkey dinner, returned as Lassie.

Production

Our Lassie was partially filmed on the Hop Kiln Winery, Griffin Vineyard, Healdsburg, California.

The film was released in the U.S. cinemas on August 2, 1978. The German television premiere took place on Pro 7 on 1 January 1991. It was the only Lassie film, which was conceived as a musical. The music came from the Sherman brothers. Your title When You're Loved, which is sung in the film by Debby Boone, was nominated for an Oscar. More titles contained in the film are:

  • Hometown Feeling, sung by James Stewart
  • A rose is not a rose, sung by Pat Boone
  • There'll be other Friday Nights, sung by Debby Boone
  • Brass Rings and Daydreams, sung by Debby Boone
  • Nobody's Property, sung by The Mike Curb Congregation
  • I Can not Say Goodbye, sung by The Mike Curb Congregation
  • Banjo Song, sung by The Mike Curb Congregation

Criticism

On the criticism seemed Our Lassie " like something out of Monty Python's work. An exceptional musical mishmash, in which not only Stewart, but even the dog suddenly had loss ingen" James Stewart himself described his role as that of a " grumpy old grandfather [s ], ... the standing around somewhere in the background. " lexicon of the International film rated Our Lassie as" animal film, which induce drawn by the hair action maintains default. The television film is a shallow remake of the classic animal homesickness, garnished with many songs, including sung by James Stewart. "

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