Dog Altogether

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Dog Altogether is a short film written & directed by Paddy Considine. It was filmed on Jan 22nd 2007 in Glasgow

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[edit] Plot

Dog Altogether is the story of Joseph (Peter Mullan), a man who is plagued by a violence and rage that is driving him to self destruction. As he falls further into turmoil Joseph scours the landscape in search of a single grain of redemption that might restore hope to his fractured life.

[edit] Production Notes

Producers include Mark Herbert, producer of Dead Man's Shoes, My Wrongs... and This is England and Diarmid Scrimshaw, producer of Paddy's Arctic Monkeys music video "Leave Before the Lights Come On" and This is England. Shooting was originally to take place in Considine's home town of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, but actually took place in Glasgow on Jan 22nd 2007 due to heavy Scottish funding.

[edit] Cast

  • William Ruane as Pub Youth 2
  • Aston Kelly as Pub Youth 3
  • Mahesh Soneji as Man in Post Office
  • Guarav Soodan as Youth in Post Office
  • Osman Mohammed as Youth 1 (beating up)
  • Umer Mohammed as Youth 2
  • Patricia Machugh as Barmaid
  • Dominic Curran as Kid in street

[edit] Trivia

The term "Dog Altogether" comes from an Irish expression that Paddy's father used to use when situations got really bad.

Additionally "Dog Altogether" was the working title for what later became Dead Man's Shoes.

The film cost approx £60,000 ($120,000) to make.

Actor Gary Oldman originally agreed to produce Dog Altogether having reading the script, (Oldman recently shot the Spanish thriller Backwoods with Considine) but was eventually not involved in the project.

Paddy Considine won a BAFTA for Best Short Film.

Olivia Colman who plays Anita, starred in Hot Fuzz which also starred Paddy Considine.