Paws

Australia, 1997

Film
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Zac (Nathan Cavaleri) never wanted a dog, until he met a special dog called PC. PC’s master, Alex, is murdered by the evil associates of his ex wife, Anja. Anja and Alex used to live in Iceland where Alex wrote computer programs; the only problem was that Anja stole her husband’s programs and sold them. Alex managed to escape to Australia with 1 million dollars and PC. Before his death Alex attaches a computer disc to PC’s collar and sends him off to a friend. PC ends up in the care of her neighbour, Zac. Through the assistance of a computer which translates dog noises into a human voice, Zac and PC become quickly become friends as they try and avoid Anja and find the 1 million dollars before her. Also starring Norman Kaye, Sandy Gore, Caroline Gillmer, Emilie Francois and Billy Connolly as the voice of PC.

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Credits

director

Karl Zwicky

co-producer

Andrena Finlay

Vicki Watson

production company

AFFC

Latent Image Productions

New South Wales Film and Television Office

PolyGram Film International

Duration

01:20:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1997

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

308016

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q3050175

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