Bark! (2002)

Name: Bark!
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2002-01-11
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 4.7
Cast: Lee Tergesen, Heather Morgan, Lisa Kudrow, Vincent D'Onofrio, Hank Azaria

Bark! (2002), directed by Kasia Adamik, starring Lee Tergesen and Heather Morgan.

01/11/2002 BR Comedy and Romance 1h 38m

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Synopsis

Peter finds himself dumbfounded when a mysterious malady afflicts his wife… she thinks she’s a dog!

Irek HartowiczCinematography
Kasia AdamikDirector
Jim MakiejEditing
Alicia AllainProducer

About the film

Bark! is a 2002 film written by Heather Morgan, directed by Katarzyna Adamik (the daughter of director Agnieszka Holland) and starring Morgan, Lee Tergesen, and Lisa Kudrow. The film debuted at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize.

The "extremely low-budget" film, had its origins in a 90-second comedy sketch.

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The "extremely low-budget" film, had its origins in a 90-second comedy sketch.

Plot

The film depicts Lucy, a professional dogwalker (played by Morgan), who gradually assumes the identity of a dog. Tergesen plays Peter, her embarrassed husband, and Kudrow plays their veterinarian.

Cast

Lee Tergesen as Peter

Heather Morgan as Lucy

Lisa Kudrow as Darla

Vincent D'Onofrio as Malcolm

Hank Azaria as Sam

Mary Jo Deschanel as Betty

Scott Wilson as Harold

Aimee Graham as Rebecca

Wade Andrew Williams as Tom

Release

The film was screened at several film festivals, including the Moscow International Film Festival, the Munich Film Festival, the Warsaw International Film Festival, and the Cleveland International Film Festival, but never received a theatrical release.

The film was eventually released on DVD in 2003 by TVA International.

Reception

Variety, reviewing the film after its Sundance screening, said it "seems to be a throwback to the craziness-as-higher-expression-of-individuality school that was in vogue between The King of Hearts and Harold and Maude, noting "Lucy's withdrawal doesn't seem to spring from anything — unless urban life's everyday rudeness and an overbearingly suburban-banal family background count — and scene by scene, Bark! builds no discernible rhythm, viewpoint or mood apart from a faint, rudderless, shaggy-joke tenor.

References

External links

Bark! at IMDb

Bark! at Rotten Tomatoes

Text from Bark! on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark!

Trivia

It premiered on January 11, 2002, a Friday.
It runs 1h38 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.