Disney's Togo

[terry78]

Willem Dafoe stars in the real life story about the dog that led the 1925 serum run. The animated Balto was the same story, though with a different lead.

 

[Boom]

Goddamnit now I have to watch this.

 

[spiderman2]

I had only heard of Balto before this and so didn't known all the details of the story before. But yeah i am really looking foward to this. Its a great story and i love love dogs/wolfs. The environments in this look great and the music sounds great and its William Defo darn it.

 

[-JKR-]

Disney should've released this in theaters.

 

[terry78]

Call of the Wild would have made it redundant probably.

 

[Marvolo]

Disney should've released this in theaters.

Why? So it can rack up a marketing bill and then underperform? Not to mention having to split its profit amongst theater chains.

 

[TheVileOne]

Togo does look better suited for theaters than say Lady and the Tramp, which looks like cheap, low budget DTV fare. But Marvolo has a point. It probably wouldn't have done well with the cost of releasing a film like this in wide release.

In the 1990s, the movie probably would've been a moderate success. These days, it's just tough to get a mid-level movie like this out.

 

[TheVileOne]

Call of the Wild would have made it redundant probably.

At least this film the dogs actually look real.

 

[-JKR-]

Why? So it can rack up a marketing bill and then underperform? Not to mention having to split its profit amongst theater chains.

Based on the trailer, this might have been a hit with the right marketing.

 

[Lencho01]

I never bothered to check the details of the story, so I never knew there were others dogs involved outside of the ones with Balto.

 

[Legendver2]

Damn, this was a good film. Togo totally got the shaft in regards to recognition.