A Dog's Purpose Page #3

Synopsis: A dog looks to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes and owners.
Director(s): Lasse Hallström
Production: Amblin Entertainment
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
PG
Year:
2017
100 min
$64,304,940
Website
8,323 Views


a big yellow box with wheels

took Ethan away from me.

When mom left the house, too,

I was lonely.

- -And hungry.

And bored.

-At least they left the cat.

I'd give him his dog lessons.

Ugh. So much to learn.

-No, dogs do not hide

under pillows. -

come on. Come...

Hey, hey.

-Come on, sniff me.

Sniff me!

Ugh!

You don't know anything.

- -Wow.

You clear your throat a lot.

Oh, Bailey, no.

Hi, dad.

Elizabeth?

-This... this...

-Elizabeth!

Hello?

Hey!

That's my slipper.

Bailey! Bailey!

Come... get back here.

Bailey, no!

Bailey, come here.

- Come here. Come here.

Bailey, come here.

- Give me that.

- When dad was in

the right mood, he was

so much fun to play with.

Come on, let go.

Let go. Let go.

That's not yours, Bailey.

That's mine. That's mine!

You come over here.

Come on!

Ethan, my boss

is coming over tonight,

and he cannot see my office

like this.

Do you understand?

You have got to start

telling this dog who's boss.

Here, take him. Just take him.

And you say, "i am the boss!"

You gotta show him who's boss.

All right, everything goes

back where it belongs.

I want this place

spick-and-span.

Do you understand?

Well, do you understand?

Do you understand?!

-Yes, sir.

-Thank you.

I want everything

just the way I like it.

Spick-and-span.

Why? Because I'm the boss.

That's why.

I'm the boss man,

and you're the boss dog.

Boss dog.

- Boss dog.

Boss dog.

- Boss dog.

Ethan.

Come on. Let's go.

We got guests coming

any minute.

Chop-chop.

Jim?

-What?

-Jim, can you help me?

-Huh? -I don't know how

to make a Singapore sling.

What?

Oh, I'll show you.

I can make a whiskey cobbler.

Wait, here's the recipe.

Elizabeth, what are you...

What are you doing?

Well, we need spirit...

Saint-gaudens

1907 golden eagle.

Real gold.

No! Hey!

Ethan was good to me.

-Boy! No!

-He always shared his food.

Do you have it in your mouth?

Did you swallow it?

-Wasn't my favorite treat.

-Come on, show me.

-And he wanted it back.

-Come on, come on.

-Why?

We made it.

-Hello! Ellen.

Come in. Welcome.

-Yes.

-I am glad we were finally able

to make it out here,

because I have been wanting

to, uh, visit the field office

for a while now.

Oh, yes, and it's...

It's so nice and...

Quiet out here in the suburbs.

-It sure is. Yeah.

-Yes.

Well, we're happy to have you.

Um, so i-I've been meaning

to say we...

Uh, we're real impressed

with your numbers

this past year, Jim.

Real impressed.

You know, I'm glad

you brought that up.

Uh, I've actually been meaning

to talk to you about that.

You know, i-i was thinking,

with the numbers so high,

maybe it's time

i get off the road

and take an office position.

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W. Bruce Cameron

William Bruce Cameron (born 1960 in Petoskey, Michigan) is an American author, columnist, and humorist. Cameron is most famous for his novel A Dog's Purpose, which spent 19 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and is the first book in a two book series that concludes with A Dog's Journey. The book is the basis for the movie version starring Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, Peggy Lipton, K.J. Apa, Juliet Rylance, Luke Kirby, John Ortiz and Pooch Hall, and released in theaters on January 27, 2017.Cameron is also the author of the best-selling self-improvement book 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, which was later adapted into the ABC sitcom of the same name that aired between 2002 and 2005. His book, 8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter, was released in 2008, and already had a Hollywood movie deal before its publication, with 89 Films and Wendy Finerman, producer of The Devil Wears Prada. Cameron is also the author of How to Remodel a Man, which was excerpted in the August 2005 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, and was the subject of the November 1, 2005 Oprah Show. His novel, A Dog's Purpose, was published July 2010 by Tom Doherty Associates. It was 19 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list in its hardcover release. The softcover version was released May 24, 2011. In total, A Dog's Purpose has spent a year on The New York Times Bestseller list (hardcover and paperback combined). He wrote a weekly column for around 50 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, including Hawaii's MidWeek; "8 Simple Rules", told his humorous cautionary tales and memories of his life and was named after his bestselling book. In 2012, overwhelmed with other work, Cameron put it on hold after 689 editions. more…

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