Isle of Dogs

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Original title: Isle of Dogs
Year: 2018
Running time: 101 min.
Country: United States
Director: Wes Anderson
Screenwriter: Wes Anderson (Story: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Kunichi Nomura, Jason Schwartzman)
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: Animation, Tristan Oliver
Cast: Animation
Producer: Co-production United States-Germany; American Empirical Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / Scott Rudin Productions / Studio Babelsberg
Genre: Animation. Fantasy. Comedy. Adventure | Stop Motion. Dogs/Wolves. Dystopia
Synopsis / Plot: When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.

Awards: 2018: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Animated Feature & Original Music

2018: Berlin International Film Festival: Best Director

2018: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Animated Feature Film & Original Score

2018: BAFTA Awards: 2 Nominations, including Best Animated Film

2018: Critics Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Animated Film & Score

2018: Annie Awards: Nom. Best Voice Acting. 4 Nominations

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2018: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Animated Feature

2018: San Francisco Film Critics Circle: 3 Nominations, including Best Animated Film

2018: Satellite Awards: Best Animated Feature

2018: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Animated Film

Critics' reviews

"Perhaps not an entire meal, but rewarding nonetheless (...) Any time spent away from the eponymous isle passes rather too slowly (...) Lovably mad"

Guy Lodge: Variety
"[A] thoroughly captivating tale (...) The unique charm of 'Isle of Dogs' is its bottomless vault of curios, its sly humor, playful graphic inserts and dexterous narrative detours."

David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter
"A visual and narrative delight (...) It is a charming and funny story that doubles as a grim parable for our current grim times."

Scott Mendelson: Forbes
"The staggeringly well-crafted 'Isle of Dogs' is nothing if not Anderson’s most imaginative film to date (...) The animation in this film is a truly stunning achievement"

David Ehrlich: IndieWire
"As far as representation goes, the stunning, brimful, extraordinary 'Isle of Dogs' can’t really be said to do anyone’s culture a disservice"

Jessica Kiang: The Playlist
"The character design is brilliant (...) The production design is consistently inspired and often quite beautiful (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Jonathan Romney: The Guardian
"So lush with gorgeous detail it’s like a piece of highly-textured haute couture, there’s also a sharp social message behind the elaborate seams"

Fionnuala Halligan: Screendaily
"Anderson’s weirdest concoction ever, in all sorts of good ways (...) The film’s graphic detailing, even by Anderson’s standards, is an ever-replenishing smorgasbord (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Tim Robey: Telegraph

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