Project Detail

Isle of Dogs

Synopsis

Atari Kobayashi is 12 years old, and ward to Kobayashi, the corrupt mayor of Megasaki City. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage dump, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies to Trash Island in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.
Official Selection Berlinale 2018 - Competition - World premiere

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
101 mins
Director
Wes Anderson
Producer
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Co-Producer
Octavia Peissel; Animation Producer: Simon Quinn
Executive Producer
Eli Bush, Christoph Fisser, Henning Molfenter, Charlie Woebcken
Editor
Edward Bursch, Ralph Foster; Supervising Editor: Andrew Weisblum
Screenwriter
Wes Anderson (screenplay, story), Roman Coppola (story), Kunichi Nomura (story), Jason Schwartzman (story)
Director of Photography
Tristan Oliver
Production Designer
Paul Harrod, Adam Stockhausen
Composer
Alexandre Desplat; Music Supervisor: Randall Poster
Principal cast
Voice Cast: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, Kunichi Nomura, Tilda Swinton, Ken Watanabe, Akira Ito, Greta Gerwig, Akira Takayama, Frances McDormand, F. Murray Abraham, Courtney B. Vance, Yojiro Noda, Fisher Stevens, Mari Natsuki, Nijiro Murakami, Yoko Ono, Harvey Keitel, Frank Wood
Animation
Mark Waring
Film Image
©Twentieth Century Fox

Genre

Production Status

Production Company

UK, Germany, US coproduction

An Indian Paintbrush (US), American Empirical Pictures (US), Scott Rudin Productions (US) film, coproduced with Studio Babelsberg (DE) and in collaboration with 3 Mills Studios (UK)

Sales Company

Fox Searchlight Pictures

10201 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles
CA 90035
USA

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