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Shiloh
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Directed By: Dale Rosenbloom
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Theatrical Release: April 25, 1997
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Michael Moriarty, Scott Wilson, Blake Heron, Rod Steiger, Ann Dowd
A boy learns about responsibility, commitment and friendship while trying to rescue a beagle pup from mistreatment by its owner. Michael Moriarty, Rod Steiger, Scott Wilson and young Blake Heron, star in a wonderful all-family treat. Year: 1996 DVD Features:
Introduction:Roger Ebert Introduction
Other:Interview Gallery Public Service Announcement
User Submitted Shiloh Reviews
August 26, 2007
When does a boy become a man?
When someone needs him. When an abusive hunter's Beagle escapes and takes refuge with Marty's family, the boy realizes he's the dog's only hope.
If only we can be what our dogs believe we are. That uncompromising love made a young boy a man. You see Marty slowly changing as he learns new skills and devotes his life to saving an animal that was counting on him.
It's a great family story and one that even a cat lover could relate to. Well done and well worth seeing over and over.
May 14, 2007
Expectations
This is a story of a boy who goes for a walk one day through his West Virginia town and a beagle, Shiloh, follows him home. The boy, Marty Preston, discovers that the dog has an abusive owner. The boy's own family is very poor and can not afford a pet; also, his father is a firm believer that, abused or not, the dog has an owner and he must be returned. They give the dog back but Shiloh escapes again, and when he turns up outside the Preston home, Marty hides him up a hill behind their house. If you've never read the novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, I suppose you might like this movie; however, I'm a fan of the book and I've read it a few times with my language arts classes, and in comparison, the movie is terrible. The family does not appear to be poor, an integral part of the story, and the main character, Marty, is often disrespectful, something he never is in the book. Both of these aspects are important to the story, because they help you to understand why the family can not keep a dog, why Marty has some difficulty in standing up for himself, etc. And then there's the ending: horrible! The novel has a complex, beautiful ending, one in which you begin to understand the mean dog owner, Judd, and why he is abusive. He and the main character's hostile relationship evolves into something almost like friendship, and it is so well written, it is believable. In the movie, instead of us seeing that, we see instead what some idiot director must have thought of as a more suspenseful ending. If you truly want a family treat, read the novel aloud to your kids!
January 16, 2007
Great family movie
My mother really enjoyed this movie. It was heart warming and a great movie for the whole family.
January 13, 2007
a vary good movie
This is one of my top 5 dog movies, this movie delivers action and a vary good story, I suggest you buy this movie you will not regret it.
October 8, 2006
GOOD FAMILY MOVIE
SHILOH is an entertaining movie the whole family can enjoy. It especially stresses the importance of children taking responsibility for their pets, and the movie also has a warm family relationship. While it's pacing is rather slow, the story of how a young boy rescues a beagle from an abusive owner should keep even the smaller kids involved. The cast does well in their roles: Blake Heron shines as little Marty, determined to provide a good home for the mistreated Shiloh; Scott Wilson is appropriately evil as the dog's abusive owner; Michael Moriarty and Ann Dowd do well as the parents; and Rod Steiger and Bonnie Bartlett are fine as the elderly couple who befriend the young boy.
SHILOH is refreshing entertainment for the whole family.
August 7, 2006
Great kid movie adults will like too
Sure the acting was a bit stiff, and the story too much like an after school special, but the movie was just a cute little thing to watch on a Sunday night at home.
March 22, 2006
A bad film adaptation of a great book
It really is sad to see Phills Reynold Naylor's great masterpiece about a beagle puppy trampled on like this. This film was not at all faithful to the book. The first difference is that in the book Shiloh had a black spot just behind his left ear about one inch in front of his leg. In the movie, the spot is way over on his back! In the book, Shiloh's tail was a couple inches long. In the movie, it's like a foot!
The classic "this little piggy goes to market" scene has been ommitted, and scene where Shiloh tries to hump the kid's leg was just plain unneccesary. C'mon, this is supposed to be a family movie! Avoid this and read the fantastic book trilogy instead(which I also wrote a comprehensive review for)
March 18, 2006
Shiloh
I love this DVD. I watched on Animal Planet "On the set of Shiloh" which made me to buy this DVD. I watched Shiloh twice and I love it.
November 30, 2005
A Boy Who Finds a Dog
I think kids would like the book, Shiloh, by Phillois Reynolds Naylor because it is fun, and adventurous. I ike this story because a boy named Marty finds a dog and he named it Shiloh because he found the dog by the Shiloh School Houes. Marty finds out that it is Judd's dog. One day he had to take the dog back to Judd which makes Marty feel very worried about
Shiloh's safety. I think you would like this story because it is Judd's dog and he is mean. You will have to read the rest of the story to find the ending.
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September 3, 2005
For Verisimilitude or Acting Ability, Look Elsewhere
This is the type of movie that has me shaking my head and wondering why time, effort and money are invested in such projects while much worthier cinema ideas are left to die 'a'borning'.
Roger Ebert gave this movie three and a half out of four stars. Although a fan of Ebert's movie reviews in general, I will say that his review of this movie is a good example of why it may be said of his reviews, "When they are good they are very, very good. But when they are bad they're just terrible."
The child lead, Blake Heron is not accomplished enough for casting in anything more ambitious or sophisticated than a school play and the adults who attempt to support him is this travesty of an attempt at a rite of passage film must have been hanging their heads in embarrassment between takes.
Even the old veteran of such notable efforts as "In the Heat of the Night" and "The Pawnbroker", Rod Steiger is cast as a supportive adult trying to help the young boy (Heron) gain the insight and commitment required to get an abused Beagle pup he has become attached to away from an "old boy" trapper/poacher. Perhaps Ebert felt some obligation to pay tribute (with a positive review) to any film in which a minor luminary like Steiger might appear but I can't help feeling that his primary responsibility should to the movie going, purchasing and renting public that reads his reviews looking for guidance in making decisions about investing their time and money.
Be advised: this is a stinker and a waste of your time.
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