Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (stylised as Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale) is a 1986 New Zealand animated comedy film based on cartoonist Murray Ball's comic strip Footrot Flats about a New Zealand farmer and his border collie sheepdog.
- Directed by Murray Ball. Produced by John Barnett and Pat Cox. Screenplay by Murray Ball and Tom Scott. Based on Footrot Flats by Murray Ball.
Wal Footrot
[edit]- [repeated line] Those bloody Murphys!
- [after closing his cupboard, the stuff on top falls on him] Ah, shit!
Dog
[edit]- [repeated line] Ye Gods!
- [after ruining Wal and Cheeky's date] You think you can break my spirit, do you Wal Footrot? Well, you're not dealing with rubbish here, mate. The blood of the Grey Ghost flows in these veins! I got one thing to say to you Wal Footrot. [startled by the screams of rats] I'm sorry!
Voice cast
[edit]- John Clarke as Wal Footrot.
- Peter Rowley as Dog.
- Rawiri Paratene as Rangi.
- Fiona Samuel as Cheeky Hobson and Pongo.
- Peter Hayden as Irish Murphy and Cooch Windgrass.
- Dorothy McKegg as Aunt Dolly.
- Billy T. James as Pawai.
- Brian Sergent as Spit Murphy.
- Marshall Napier as Hunk Murphy.
- Michael Haigh as The Rugby Commentator.
