History Film / RedDog

* FramingDevice: The bulk of the story is told as a series of anecdotes in a pub to a visiting truck driver.

* KickTheDog: Literally, at least the dog part; some pub-goers time Red Dog eating a can of dog food, then try to up the ante by having him eat a live chicken, but are foiled by John. The caretaker's wife takes it one further later on and tries to kill Red Dog by shooting him.

* WalkTheEarth: John's life consisted of this before he met Nancy and Red Dog, having never lived in a place for more than a year. Red Dog does a lot of this too, supposedly even catching a ship to Japan at some point.
* WorthyOpponent: Offered as a possible reason why Red Dog and Red Cat became friends.

* WorthyOpponent: Offered as a possible reason why Red Dog and Red Cat became friends.

* HospitalHottie: Rose. She's actually a veterinary clinic, but whatever.

* AnachronismStew: The film features a drive-in screening of ''Jaws'' (1975) in 1973. Nobody smokes throughout the film despite there being no restrictions on it.

* HospitalHottie: Rose. It's actually a veterinary clinic, but whatever.

* UnreliableNarrator: Did Red Dog really hop a ship to Japan?

* WalkTheEarth: John's life consisted of this before he met Nancy and Red Dog. Red Dog does a lot of this, too.

* WorthyOpponent: Offered as a possible reason why Red Dog and Red Cat became friends.

* WalkTheEarth: John's life consisted of this before he met Nancy and Red Dog. Red Dog does a lot of this, too.

* HeroicDog: Red Dog gets John out of a pub brawl and later saves a man's life, though inadvertently.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on a book by Creator/LouisDeBernieres, which in turn is loosely based on anecdotes and even poems collected by Nancy Gillespie. All we know for sure is that there was a dog known to many as Red Dog who traveled Western Australia's Pilbara region, spending much of the meantime in the town of Dampier, adopted a bus driver as his master and [[spoiler:died in 1979 and had a statue built in his honour]]. Much of what else happens to Red Dog throughout the film is based on common elements of various allegedly true events and therefore probably have a kernel of truth to them.

[[caption-width-right:350:That's the dog on the right.]

[[caption-width-right:350:Red Dog]]

* BechdelTest: Red Dog doesn't count as a man, so the film passes despite featuring only three female characters.

Red Dog is a 2011 Australian film directed by Kriv Stenders, starring Josh Lucas and Rachael Taylor and introducing Koko as the title character. The film tells the story of a dog in a Western Australian mining town and how he affects its inhabitants, including an American drifter, a secretary, an Italian immigrant and a quiet man with a tragic past.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on a book by Louis de Bernières, which in turn is loosely based on anecdotes and even poems collected by Nancy Gillespie. All we know for sure is that there was a dog known to many as Red Dog who traveled Western Australia's Pilbara region, spending much of the meantime in the town of Dampier, adopted a bus driver as his master and [[spoiler: died in 1979 and had a statue built in his honour.]] Much of what else happens to Red Dog throughout the film is based on common elements of various allegedly true events and therefore probably have a kernel of truth to them

* Bechdel Test: Red Dog doesn't count as a man, so the film passes despite featuring only three female characters.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on a book by Louis de Bernières, which in turn is loosely based on anecdotes and even poems collected by Nancy Gillespie. All we know for sure is that there was a dog known to many as Red Dog who traveled Western Australia's Pilbara region, spending much of the meantime in the town of Dampier, adopted a bus driver as his master and [[spoiler: died in 1979 and had a statue built in his honour.]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on a book by Louis de Bernières, which in turn is loosely based on anecdotes and even poems collected by Nancy Gillespie. All we know for sure is that there was a dog known to many as Red Dog who traveled Western Australia's Pilbara region, spending much of the meantime in the town of Dampier, [[spoiler: died in 1979 and had a statue built in his honour.]]

* WalkTheEarth: John's life consisted of this before he met Nancy and Red Dog.

* LoveInterests: John/Nancy, Vanno/Rose.

WalkTheEarth: John's life consisted of this before he met Nancy and Red Dog.

* John/Nancy, Vanno/Rose.

OldDog: Red Dog in the narrative present.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on a book by Louis de Bernières, which in turn is loosely based on anecdotes and even poems collected by Nancy Gillespie. All we know for sure is that there was a dog known to many as Red Dog who traveled Western Australia's Pilbara region, spending much of the meantime in the town of Dampier, [[spoiler: died in 1979 and had a statue built in his honour.]]

* KickTheDog: The caretaker's wife takes it one further and tries to kill Red Dog by shooting him.