The Biscuit Eater
by Vincent McEveety
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Actor: Beah Richards, Earl Holliman, Godfrey Cambridge, Lew Ayres, Pat CrowleyDirector: Vincent McEveety
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Cinematographer: Richard A. Kelley
Editor: Ray de Leuw
Producer: Bill Anderson
Writer: James H. Street
Writer: Lawrence Edward Watkin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-21
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Movie Reviews of The Biscuit Eater
Movie Review: Far more than just a "dog movie"..
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok. I'll admit this is theoretically about a dog. But you don't find many movies with this genuine depth, let alone one that's fun and suitable for all ages.
1972 Disney movie, set in the 1920's. A bird dog field trial trainer comes up with a dog he can't do a thing with, a total washout whose father was a sheepkiller. But the trainer's young 12-year-old son and his best friend buy back the dog after he is given away and work with him. They believe in him and he in them. And then comes the Big Trial and some serious moral decisions to be made by the boys..and later,one to be made by the mother and father.
This is old style trialing (for we trialers). Handlers wear coats and ties, walking older style pointing, handlers shoot their own birds, dogs retrieve. But the 1920's
style of the trials doesn't take away from the really excellent movie.
Much more than just "a dog movie". The father has to learn about being a dad, the boys have to learn something about being men and the mother something important about being a wife and woman. Great humor from a young Godfrey Cambridge,and great characters throughout. And of course, "Moreover" the German Wirehaired Pointer.
If you haven't seen it, you should. You won't forget "Biscuit Eater". My wirehair gave it to me for my birthday. And it is, by the way, a good quality DVD.
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