Category: Director: Lasse Hallström
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A Dog’s Purpose. Dir. Lasse Hallström. Universal Pictures. 2017.
Lasse Hallström’s film A Dog’s Purpose presents the relationship between a dog and its first owner, Ethan Montgomery (Dennis Quaid as Ethan’s adult version). The intriguing question “what is the real purpose of a dog” becomes for Bailey (Josh Gad) the triggering of a number of adventures which results in the last sequence where the…
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Hachi: A Dog’s Tale. Dir. Lasse Hallström. Stage 6. 2009.
As the tale goes Akitas are one of the most loyal and loving breeds of dog in the world. You do not choose an Akita an Akita must choose you. Sent from a monastery in Japan an Akita puppy finds himself alone on a train station platform in America, when his shipping crate falls off…