''Finding Rin Tin Tin'' is a 2007 Bulgarian–American family comedy film directed by Israeli filmmaker Danny Lerner. Based loosely on historical events, the film is the most recent in a long line that includes the character

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Plot

The film tells the story of the original

, the legendary

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, found shortly before the end of World War I by American serviceman Lee Duncan as a shell-shocked puppy in

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, France. The dog was taken to America and became the hero of several films made in the 1920s and 1930s.

Cast

* Tyler Jensen as Lee Duncan *

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as Nikolaus * Gregory Gudgeon as Gaston * Steve O'Donnell as Johnson * William Hope as Major Snickens * Todd Jensen as Captain Sandman * Ivan Renkov as Jacques * Ian Porter as Lt. Bryant *

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as The General * Michal Yanai as Monique * Wesley Stiller as Steve ;As Rin Tin Tin * Oskar * Sunny * Mira * Zuza * Lana (''teenage'') * Andy (''teenage'')

Reception

''Finding Rin Tin Tin'' is the lowest ranked film on the French site AlloCiné, compiling the ratings of several

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and was unanimously ranked 1 star.

Lawsuit

In October 2008, Daphne Hereford, an American woman breeding progeny of the original Rin Tin Tin, asked a federal court in

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, Texas to protect her rights to the Rin Tin Tin name. The judge ruled in favor of the filmmakers, declaring the use of the name in the film to be

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Finding Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin 2007 films 2007 drama films 2007 independent films Bulgarian drama films American drama films Bulgarian historical films American historical films English-language Bulgarian films American children's drama films American independent films Bulgarian children's films MoviePass Films films Films about dogs Films about films American films based on actual events Films set in the 1910s Films set in the 1920s Films set in the 1930s Films set in France Films set in the United States Films shot in Bulgaria 2000s English-language films Films directed by Danny Lerner 2000s American films