Fido (film)
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| Directed by | Andrew Currie |
| Produced by | Trent Carlson Patrick Cassavetti Blake Corbet Kevin Eastwood Daniel Iron Michael Shepard Mary Anne Waterhouse Ki Wight |
| Written by | Robert Chomiak Andrew Currie Dennis Heaton |
| Starring | Carrie-Anne Moss Billy Connolly Dylan Baker K'Sun Ray Henry Czerny Tim Blake Nelson |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
| Release date(s) | March 16 (Canada)
June 15 (U.S.) 2007 |
| Running time | 91 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
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Fido is a Canadian zombie comedy film released in 2006. It was directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Andrew Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Dennis Heaton. It was produced by Lions Gate Films, Anagram Pictures, British Columbia Film Commission and Téléfilm Canada.
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[edit] Synopsis
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Fido is essentially a cross between several 'boy and his dog' movies, Night of the Living Dead and Pleasantville, only the dog is a zombie.
The film takes place in a fictional alternate universe where humans domesticate zombies using collars that control their hunger for flesh and use them as slaves. One day the Robinson family buys a zombie named Fido who is befriended by young Timmy Robinson. However one day Fido's collar malfunctions and he eats their next door neighbor. Timmy kills the zombie neighbor with a shovel and hides the body. Two bully's are blamed for the murder so they try to frame Timmy and fido for the murder "even though unknown to them it actually was Fido and Timmy." They capture them, tie Timmy up to a tree, and break Fido's collar, but the bully ends up accidentally shooting his brother and is eaten by Fido. Tim's mom comes and rescues Timmy and Fido from the zombie bully's and they try to forget about the whole thing. Unfortunately several days later, the neighbor's body is found and the murder is traced back to fido who is taken away to Zomcom to become a slave. Tim sets out to rescue him with the help of their other next door neighbor who breaks one of the collars on the zombies causing chaos as zombies eat several factory workers. Meanwhile Timmy locates fido but is captured by Zomcom's corrupt leader. He attempts to throw Timmy into the wild zone where zombies run wild and eat anyone who enters. Timmy's dad comes to the rescue and is shot by the Zomcom leader, however Fido takes this opportunity to eat the leader and set Timmy free. The film ends with Fido and Timmy happily playing catch in the back yard.
[edit] Release
This film premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. It was also shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, the 2006 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 2007 Kingston Canadian Film Festival, the 2007 Florida Film Festival and the 2007 Fantasy Filmfest in Germany. Its release date was March 16, 2007 in Canada.In the U.S. it opened on June 15, 2007 on two screens: the Nuart in L.A. and the Angelika in New York. On July 6 of the same year, the film expanded to four more screens in San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Boston. In August 2007 the film played in France and Singapore, and in October it opened in Japan. The DVD was released on October 23, 2007 in the U.S. and November 6, 2007 in Canada.
[edit] Film rating
The film is rated 14A by the Ontario Film Review Board for violence, crude content and gory scenes and rated PG-13 by the MPAA But then rerated R for sequences of zombie violence and gore, and comic horror situations.
[edit] Critical response
Rotten Tomatoes critics gave the film a "Fresh" rating. Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times, John Anderson of Newsday, Manohla Dargis of the New York Times, Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter, Geoff Pevere of the Toronto Star, and Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News turned in positive reviews. However, Richard Roeper gave it a resounding 'two thumbs down.'
[edit] Cast
- Billy Connolly - Fido. Peter Stormare was originally cast for the role of Fido, but upon being cast in Prison Break opted out of the film a week before principal photography was to begin.
- Carrie-Anne Moss - Helen Robinson
- Dylan Baker - Bill Robinson
- K'Sun Ray - Timmy Robinson
- Henry Czerny - Jonathan Bottoms
- Alexia Fast - Cindy Bottoms
- Tim Blake Nelson - Mr. Theopolis
- Daylin Mantyka - Girl on bike
- Aaron Brown - Roy Fraser
- Brandon Olds - Stan Fraser
- Terry Keyes - Herman the Gravedigger
[edit] External links
- Fido the Movie official site
- Fido (film) at the Internet Movie Database
- Fido at Rotten Tomatoes
- ZomCon website; fictional company created for the film
- Mail Order Zombie, Episode 5
