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Synopsis: The true story about an eccentric chicken farmer (Shane Jacobson) who, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog Oddball to protect a wild penguin sanctuary from fox attacks and in the process tries to reunite his family and save their seaside town.
Genre: Adventure, Family
Director(s): Stuart McDonald
Production: Momentum Pictures
  6 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
PG
Year:
2015
95 min
$6,709,509
85 Views


Oddball!

- Can you see him?

- There he is!

Oh! Oh!

Oh, my goodness!

Oh, no. He's turning around.

- Oddball!

- You've gotta stop him!

Ow!

Ooh!

Stop that dog!

Ooh! Ooh!

Ow!

By tomorrow morning,

everyone in Victoria

will be saying the name

Warrnambool.

Oddball!

Watch out!

No, no, no, no, no, no!

Ah! Ah!

Somebody secure the whale!

Grab it, grab it, grab it!

That dog's out of control.

Sergeant Gosch to base.

We have a situation here.

Judge Burns, couldn't Oddball

go to an obedience school?

Miss Marsh, this is the third

time the dog's been in trouble.

We have the support

to fast-track

what needs to be done.

And he is obviously dangerous.

Huh! Oddball isn't dangerous.

He's just... curious,

that's all.

I'm sorry.

Your Honour, if I may?

The tourism initiative is dead

unless this dog is alive.

But that dog

ruined your hard work.

Precisely. I know that.

But that's why I don't want him

to ruin it again.

Look, we can postpone

the reopening.

That's not a problem.

But there's press in town.

And there isn't a whaling

village in the entire world

that can hold the news cycle

like the story of

a broken-hearted little angel.

A girl who loves her dog...

She grew up loving.

And, Your Honour, since it is

ultimately your decision,

well, I guess

every story needs its villain.

Mr Slater does make

a valid point.

Yes, he does.

Last chance, Mr Marsh.

Oddball stays confined

to your farm.

If he so much as sets one paw

within these city limits,

it's the end of the line.

Is that clear?

- The end of the line!

- Yes.

Case closed.

Well, I gotta say that

Bradley bozo's got some chops.

How can you be so cavalier

about this?

We dodged a bullet in there.

Oh, I'm just trying

to stay positive.

What are you so bent about?

Let's be honest. We've dodged

bigger bullets than this.

Dad, I told you this already.

Look, none of this would

have happened if you'd

listened to me this morning.

- Let's go to the car. Come on.

- See ya, darl.

- See ya.

- Dad...

The penguins are almost gone.

If we're below 10 next month,

council are shutting us down.

Those bureaucrats!

They wouldn't know if they...

It's not them anymore, Dad.

Nature is taking its course.

No penguins means no sanctuary.

No sanctuary means no job

and...

Well, there might not be

anything here for me.

I have Livvie to think of.

I will fight for the penguins,

but I'm also thinking about

what's next.

I'll tell you what's next.

I'm gonna march in there

and tell those imbeciles

- they've gotta pull their...

- No, Dad! Dad! Just stop!

Unless you can bring

the penguins back, just stop.

You have done

more than enough for today.

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