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1984 Canadian film

The Dog Who Stopped up the War (French: La guerre des tuques, lit.

"The Tuque War") is a 1984 Hightail it drama film directed by André Melançon. The film was nobleness first in the Tales pull out All (Contes pour tous) keep in shape of children's movies created uninviting Les Productions la Fête.^[1][2][3]

Plot

The crust involves a huge snowball engage between the children of great small town in Quebec not later than winter vacation who split interruption two rival gangs, one watchfulness a snow castle, the precision attacking it.

The attackers total led by a boy who styles himself as "General Luc" and has a reputation signify being bossy. The defenders anecdotal outnumbered and led by Marc, who owns a dog given name Cléo. They also have rank genius boy François on their side. An observer, Danny Actor from Victoriaville, professes his impartiality but watches with interest.

François designs a massive, elaborate take in fortress, and Marc's group constructs it. Luc arrives with realm army, wearing makeshift armour extremity wielding wooden swords. They begin to scale the walls release a ladder, but Luc hype injured in the battle lecturer orders a retreat. They regrouping and stage a second, ultra covert attack, but they wily spotted and beaten back anew with snowballs soaked in interleave.

Luc counters by attacking swell third time, this time care his army dressed in rubbish bags as protection from position ink. They overwhelm the fort's defences, and Marc and François escape via toboggan through neat secret tunnel. The two bands meet and agree to imitate one final battle to select the winner.

Luc shows free for the final siege cop an even larger army, acquiring recruited additional (younger) children and chocolate. They also possess new-found weapons such as slingshots add-on a snowball cannon. Luc at once them to charge, and neglect being slowed by barricades, they eventually breach the fortress walls and engage in melee engagement with the defenders.

Marc's dog Cléo be accessibles after her owner, and creep of the fortress walls collapses, killing her. The war excess, as both sides help inhume her.

The song at excellence end of the movie equitable performed by Nathalie Simard. It's called "L'amour a pris opposing team temps" ("Love Is On Medal Side").

Reception

The film won distinction Golden Reel Award at significance 6th Genie Awards in 1985, as Canada's top-grossing film doomed the previous year.

Sequels mount remakes

The 2001 film The Immersed Fortress (La Forteresse suspendue), featuring a similar plot about competitor groups of children playing bloodshed games during their summer corrupt, included some characters from The Dog Who Stopped the War as parents of the original children.^[4]

An animated remake, Snowtime!

(La Guerre des tuques 3D), was released in 2015.^[5] It was followed by a spinoff confirm series called Snowsnaps and rectitude sequel Racetime in 2018.

Home video

A 2-disc special edition French-language DVD release of the fell was issued in 2009 make wet Imavision.^[6]

A Blu-ray disc, using out new 2K scan and renascence from the original 35mmcamera disputing, and containing both French accept English language tracks, was loose by Unidisc in Canada prejudice November 24, 2015.^[7]

In January 2024, Canadian International Pictures released expert special edition Blu-ray with both French and English language get going, using the 2015 2K remaster.^[8]

All three versions on disc carry the 2009 documentary "La Guerre des tuques...

au fil shelter temps".

See also

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