The Shaggy Dog is a 2006 film by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the second remake of the 1959 film of the same name, which was first remade as a television film in 1994. Both the 1959 and 1994 features, as well as the 1976 theatrical sequel and the 1987 television sequel, had a character named Wilby Daniels transforming into an Old English Sheepdog, whereas this remake presents a character named Dave Douglas transforming into a Bearded Collie. The end credits song, "Big Dog," is written, produced, and performed by artist-songwriter Akon. Dave Douglas is a deputy district attorney who prosecutes... activists who have broken into the pharmaceutical corporation Grant and Strictland, which the activists accuse of animal experimentation while searching for a "Fountain of Youth." This distances Douglas from his activist daughter Carly . The greedy geneticists working for Mr. Lance Strictland , led by Dr. Kozak , have stolen from a Tibetan Buddhist monastery a sacred dog Khyi-yag-po , whose DNA carries a mutation granting an extraordinary lifespan.
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| Release date: | March 10, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Brian Robbins |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tim Allen, David Hoberman, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber |
| Editor: | Ned Bastille |
| Music by: | Alan Menken |
| Cinematography: | Gabriel Beristain |
| Screenplay by: | Jack Amiel, Cormac Wibberly, Marianne Wibberly, Michael Begler, Geoff Rodkey |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Fantasy |