''Quigley'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''Daddy Dog Day'') is a 2003 American

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written, directed and co-produced by William Byron Hillman. It stars Gary Busey,

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, and Oz Perkins, and was released

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Premise

Archie Channing ( Gary Busey), the jaded billionaire

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of a technology

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, dies in a car accident. To atone for his

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s, God has Archie return to

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in the form of a white Pomeranian named Quigley.

Cast

* Gary Busey as Archie Channing * Oz Perkins as Guardian Angel Sweeney *

as Dexter Pearlsley * Caryn Greenhut as Sarah * Christopher Atkins as Woodward Channing * Jessica Ferrarone as Joanne Channing * Jillian Clare as Megan Channing * Galvin Chapman as Brian Channing (as Galvin T. Chapman) *

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as Security Guard Londo * Dorien Wilson as Security Guard Pressle * P. J. Ochlan as Frank the Janitor *

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as Dog Catcher Wally Sprigs

Production

The film was shot primarily in

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, with many scenes taking filmed at the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant and

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. In an interview with

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in 2012, Curtis Armstrong recalled an incident where Gary Busey disliked the set of heaven since it did not look like the heaven that he saw when he had a near-death experience. Busey also fought with another actor about what heaven really looked like.

Critical reception

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wrote a positive review for the film commenting that it was "awfully good" and that while it qualified as a bad movie, this made it enjoyable. Rob Gonsalves of eFilmCritic.com panned it, writing "Absolutely none of this is interesting or entertaining, not even on the level of 'I am actually watching a pomeranian who's supposed to be Gary Busey."

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's review was mostly positive, writing that the "story tempo is somewhat inconsistent, and some scenery and characters are less than believable" but that it was also "loaded with slapstick and silly characters chasing and being chased, mixed with prat falls and double takes." Quigley was featured on an episode of the podcast “Bad Faith Media” in which cohost Ryan Lina feverishly apologizes to his fellow cohosts for making them watch it. He has still not been forgiven.

Awards

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for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger (2004, nominated - Jillian Clare)

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0350022 2003 films Films about dogs American comedy films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films