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Isle of Dogs

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Isle of Dogs — Isle of Dogs Publicity still from Isle of Dogs (2018), directed by Wes Anderson.

Isle of Dogs is a 2018 stop-motion animated film directed by Wes Anderson. The story is set in the fictional city of Megasaki, where all dogs have been exiled to an island landfill known as Trash Island. The plot follows a young boy who embarks on a journey to find his lost dog, Spots, with the help of a pack of exiled dogs. The film features a distinctive visual style characteristic of Anderson's work and an ensemble voice cast.12

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F. Murray Abraham
… (2014) and the stop-motion animated Isle of Dogs (2018), and he provided the voice of the villainous Grimmel in How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World (2019). His later films included Lady and the Tramp (2019) and The Magic Flute (2022).
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… (2014) and the stop-motion animated Isle of Dogs (2018), and he provided the voice of the villainous Grimmel in How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World (2019). His later films included Lady and the Tramp (2019) and The Magic Flute (2022).
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Bryan Cranston
Films: Argo, Trumbo, and Isle of Dogs
…Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs (2018). In 2022 Cranston costarred with Annette Bening in Jerry and Marge Go Large, a comedy based on a real-life couple who used a loophole to win millions in the lottery, which they then invested in their struggling hometown. Cranston’s film credits…
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…Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs (2018). In 2022 Cranston costarred with Annette Bening in Jerry and Marge Go Large, a comedy based on a real-life couple who used a loophole to win millions in the lottery, which they then invested in their struggling hometown. Cranston’s film credits…
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Wes Anderson
…returned to stop-motion animation for Isle of Dogs (2018), in which all canines in the fictional city of Megasaki are exiled to Trash Island. When a 12-year-old boy tries to rescue his beloved pet, Spots, a band of dogs join his quest. An all-star cast that included Murray, Bryan Cranston,…
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…returned to stop-motion animation for Isle of Dogs (2018), in which all canines in the fictional city of Megasaki are exiled to Trash Island. When a 12-year-old boy tries to rescue his beloved pet, Spots, a band of dogs join his quest. An all-star cast that included Murray, Bryan Cranston,…
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Anjelica Huston
…to Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs (2018). In 2004 she portrayed women’s suffrage pioneer Carrie Chapman Catt in the HBO film Iron Jawed Angels. She later played the addled mother of a sex addict in Choke (2008) and a woman whose young son is diagnosed with cancer in…
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…to Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs (2018). In 2004 she portrayed women’s suffrage pioneer Carrie Chapman Catt in the HBO film Iron Jawed Angels. She later played the addled mother of a sex addict in Choke (2008) and a woman whose young son is diagnosed with cancer in…
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Scarlett Johansson
JoJo Rabbit and Marriage Story
…canine in Anderson’s animated feature Isle of Dogs.
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…canine in Anderson’s animated feature Isle of Dogs.
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Harvey Keitel
…included Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs. Keitel later reteamed with Scorsese on the mob drama The Irishman (2019), which also starred Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Keitel’s subsequent movies included the historical drama Fatima (2020) and Lansky (2021), a biopic about the gangster Meyer Lansky.
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…included Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs. Keitel later reteamed with Scorsese on the mob drama The Irishman (2019), which also starred Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Keitel’s subsequent movies included the historical drama Fatima (2020) and Lansky (2021), a biopic about the gangster Meyer Lansky.
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Frances McDormand
…Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated film Isle of Dogs (2018). She also appeared in the Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar! (2016).
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…Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated film Isle of Dogs (2018). She also appeared in the Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar! (2016).
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Bill Murray
Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation, and Wes Anderson films
…to another Anderson animated feature, Isle of Dogs (2018), playing one of a band of canines exiled to the aptly named Trash Island.
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…to another Anderson animated feature, Isle of Dogs (2018), playing one of a band of canines exiled to the aptly named Trash Island.
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Edward Norton
The Hulk and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
…in Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature, Isle of Dogs (2018).
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…in Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature, Isle of Dogs (2018).
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Yoko Ono
Acting career
…Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs (2018).
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…Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs (2018).
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Tilda Swinton
Michael Clayton, Snowpiercer, and The French Dispatch
… (2014), and the stop-animation feature Isle of Dogs (2018). She later appeared as an art critic in his The French Dispatch (2021), about the last edition of a newspaper’s magazine supplement, and as a scientist in Asteroid City (2023).
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… (2014), and the stop-animation feature Isle of Dogs (2018). She later appeared as an art critic in his The French Dispatch (2021), about the last edition of a newspaper’s magazine supplement, and as a scientist in Asteroid City (2023).
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