Today’s movie has a scene that happens on December 29. Watch and enjoy this film tonight.
MARLEY AND ME
John Grogan had a dog while growing up. After his marriage to Jenny they move from Michigan to Miami and get jobs at competing newspapers. Jenny soon gets major stories, while he gets stuck with obituaries and such. When Jenny hints about wanting to have kids, John’s friend Sebastian suggests he get her a dog to take care of. They adopt a Labrador retriever and name him Marley. He soon turns out to be a disobedient dog. John is pressured into writing a twice-weekly column, even though he really wants to write hard news. Marley is so poorly behaved that he is expelled from a dog obedience school and also almost kills himself and the Grogans by leaping out of the car on the way to be neutered. Marley’s antics provide much of the material for John’s increasingly popular column. Jenny gets pregnant, but loses the baby early in her pregnancy. They go to Ireland on a second honeymoon, but Marley terrifies the dog sitter, who can’t control him during the thunderstorms that occur frequently in south Florida. Jenny gets pregnant again and has two boys in succession. After a neighbor is stabbed in a robbery they move to a more expensive and safer neighborhood. John reluctantly agrees to write a daily column to get his salary doubled. Jenny gets postpartum depression and feels overwhelmed. She insists they give Marley away, but later relents. Sebastian meanwhile lands a job with the New York Times, the apex of a newspaper reporter’s career as far as John is concerned. With Jenny’s blessing he takes a news reporter’s job in Philadelphia, but soon realizes he’s a better columnist than reporter. Marley, who is 14 by this time, has an attack of gastric dilation volvus and almost dies. When he has a second attack the vet says he would not survive surgery. John decides to have Marley euthanized on December 29, 2003 [1:40:08 to 1:48:24]. The family buries him in their front
yard.
yard.
A sweet and funny story. It functions both as the story of a marriage and a dog movie. Both Anniston and
Wilson give very natural performances here.
Wilson give very natural performances here.
Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan (Collins, New York, 2007) at page 178 gives his death date
Producers - Karen Rosenfelt and Gil Netter
Director - David Frankel
Screenplay - Scott Frank and Don Roos
Runtime – 2 hours 1 minute
Released – December 25, 2008
Starring –
Owen Wilson as John Grogan
Jennifer Aniston as Jenny Grogan
Eric Dane as Sebastian Tunney
Alan Arkin as Arnie Klein
Haley Hudson as Debbie
Kathleen Turner as Ms. Kornblut
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