Isle of Dogs

2018
PG-13
1h 41m

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7.8/10

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Adult Animation Stop Motion Animation Adventure Animation Comedy Drama Sci-Fi

Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

195K

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 34 wins & 95 nominations total

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Bryan Cranston

Chief
(voice)

Koyu Rankin

Atari
(voice)

Edward Norton

Rex
(voice)

Bob Balaban

King
(voice)

Jeff Goldblum

Duke
(voice)

Bill Murray

Boss
(voice)

Kunichi Nomura

Mayor Kobayashi
(voice)

Akira Takayama

Major-Domo
(voice)

Greta Gerwig

Tracy Walker
(voice)

Frances McDormand

Interpreter Nelson
(voice)

Akira Ito

Professor Watanabe
(voice)

Scarlett Johansson

Nutmeg
(voice)

Harvey Keitel

Gondo
(voice)

F. Murray Abraham

Jupiter
(voice)

Yoko Ono

Assistant-Scientist Yoko-ono
(voice)

Tilda Swinton

Oracle
(voice)

Ken Watanabe

Head Surgeon
(voice)

Mari Natsuki

Auntie
(voice)

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Trivia
Writer and director Wes Anderson hosted a competition for someone to be a member of the voice cast for this film. The only requirement was that they donated ten dollars or more to the Film Foundation, a non-profit founded by Martin Scorsese, which specializes in the preservation and restoration of film around the world.

Goofs
In a lot of the scenes that feature simultaneous interpretation, the interpreter will begin to say something in English before it has been said in Japanese. In fact, because the verb comes at the end of a Japanese sentence, it is impossible to interpret in the manner depicted in the movie. Even the very best interpreters will be a few seconds behind the Japanese.

Quotes
Nutmeg: Will you help him, the little pilot?
Chief: Why should I?
Nutmeg: Because he's a twelve year old boy, dogs love those.

Crazy credits
At the end of the movie Anjelica Huston, who is a long time collaborator with Wes Anderson, is credited as the "Mute Poodle".

Connections
Featured in Conan: Jeff Goldblum/Sebastian Maniscalco/Nothing But Thieves (2018)

Soundtracks
Kosame No Oka
Music and words by Ryôichi Hattori (as Ryoichi Hattori), Hachirô Satô (as Hachiro Sato)
(c) 1940 by Ryoichi Hattori & Hachiro Sato
Administered by Nichion, Inc. for rights of Ryoichi Hattori
International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.
"Drunken Angel" (c) 1948 Toho Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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8/10

Another Wes Anderson masterpiece!

I love Wes Anderson's films and I love animation films. 'Isle of Dogs' was absolutely incredible! It is a demented, unsympathetic and uniquely different film that is completely and utterly stunning! The stop-motion animation is great. The script and dialogue is very good, and you gotta love the (dog) characters!

The film featured some moments that had me belly-laughing and moments that just melted my heart. It never became sentimental or overly comical. The comedic moments were seriously funny. Wes Anderson pays great attention to detail and he obviously had a clear vision of what he wanted to portray. We don't always understand what the Japanese are saying, as they are not accompanied by subtitles, but that never mattered and - in fact - made it even more interesting, funny and unique.

'Isle of Dogs' will go down as one of my all-time favorite movies.