Oddball and the Penguins Page #5

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


But pretty soon

he'll be right to go home.

He won't have a home

for much longer, Grandad.

Oh, that's part two

of the surprise.

Come here for a minute.

As we know, Oddball

isn't much chop on the farm.

But it turns out that...

what he lacks

in looking after chickens...

he makes up for

in taking care of penguins.

Grandad, you're a genius!

Yeah, well,

right now it's just a theory.

That's where you come in.

I'm gonna need your help.

Before we put that dog

on the island,

we gotta

come up with some tests

to make sure he's up for it.

Don't you think taking him

to the island is pretty risky?

Yeah, but, you know,

if you want the biscuit,

you gotta risk it.

Now, listen.

Not a word to Mum, OK? She's got

enough on her plate right now.

I knew she was wrong about

you not knowing how to help.

- Let's get to work.

- Great!

We've got so much to do,

so I've devised a plan.

Fox - we have to make sure.

Oddy will be merciless

in the face of the enemy.

Flocks - we have to make sure

he'll protect lots of penguins.

Rocks - we have

to make sure Oddy,

who's just a house dog...

can cope with

the rough terrain.

Right. So... fox.

Flocks. Rocks.

I like it.

If he passes the tests,

we secretly

put him on Middle Island,

which means

figuring out a way

to get Mum off the scene.

I gotta figure out a way

of getting that stick

- out of your hand.

- Um...

That's still in the

concept development stage.

Concept what?

Where do you hear this stuff?

Bradley. He talks a lot.

If it works, we surprise Mum,

get council to change their

minds and Oddball is a hero.

You know, he was bred by

the Italians to guard emperors,

so maybe this opera music

will kick him into gear.

I'm a fox!

Yeah. Yeah! No. No.

La, la, la

La, la, la, le, la

- La, la, la...

- Get him. Get him!

Chicken egg

and this one's a penguin egg.

Are you looking? That one.

Now. Find the penguin egg.

La, la, la, la

Oh! Presto a Bottega...

That's a tennis egg.

- La, la, la, la...

- That way.

Oh!

Ah, che bel vivere

- Che bel piacere...

- What's that?

Che bel piacere

Per un...

"No!"

Di qualit Di qualit...

Oh, yuck!

Ah, bravo, Figaro

Bravo, bravissimo, bravo...

If it smells like

fox wee, he'll attack it.

Oh, jeez.

Ah, bravo, Figaro!

Bravo, bravissimo!

That's it. I give up.

Fortunatissimo Fortunatissimo

Fortunatissimo per verit!

La, la, la, la...

He was so good with Pocket.

What's different?

I know, I know! I know! I know!

Bravo

Fig...

It's the penguin.

It's like with real penguins...

- He's got half a clue.

- La, la, la, la, la, la...

La, la, la, la, la, la!

Look, there's talk of

moving them to another island.

Because... No, I mean, we're

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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