Genre:
Children's/Family
Release Date: 07/06/2004
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Child Classic
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Disney's
Greyfriars Bobby is a remake of
A Challenge to Lassie; both are based on the same novel by
Eleanor Atkinson, and both feature
Donald Crisp in a major role. A true story, set in Edinburgh around 1875, the
Disney version stars
Alex McKenzie as the shepherd
Old Jock, the owner of a loyal Skye terrier named
Bobby. When
Jock dies of "old age, exposure, and starvation," and is buried in the Edinburgh cemetery known as Greyfriars Kirk,
Bobby spends his days playing with street children, begging for scraps, and evading the police constables, but by night he sleeps on his late master's gravesite and refuses to leave, despite graveyard caretaker
John Brown's (
Crisp) efforts to chase
Bobby away. Slowly but surely, the taciturn
Brown comes to love the steadfast dog, which brings him into conflict with stiff-necked
Constable MacLean (
Donald MacRae), who intends to "arrest"
Bobby if
Brown doesn't pay the minimal license fee. Standing on principle,
Brown refuses, but a group of local children raise the necessary funds, setting the stage for a heartwarmingly
Disneyesque finale.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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