A Dog Year
A Dog Year is a 2009 television film written and directed by first-time director George LaVoo and starring Jeff Bridges.
The film is based on the memoir by Jon Katz and adapted by LaVoo. The story centers on a man experiencing a midlife crisis whose world is turned upside down when he adopts a border collie crazier than he is.
Plot
Jon Katz faces a midlife crisis. His wife moves out because he was growing too distant, their daughter Emma has moved to a place of her own, and he is left in the house with their two labrador retrievers and a severe case of writer's block. A dog breeder who has read his books convinces him to take in an abused and hyperactive border collie named Devon – and his crazy new life begins.
Cast
Nominations
On Thursday, July 8, 2010, Jeff Bridges was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
A Year
Sitting here among the trees of Santa Monica bayI can
hardly speak I´m in too deep and it´s not my fault
Climbing up a tree towards the glowing cinnamon sky
Chewing gums for free I´m tasting yours you´re swallowing
mine
A year goes by
fleeing and so will I
I didn´t hear you falling once again
I didn´t hear you calling a friend
This is not the end we´re standing near the fall of our
lives
truth will never lie this moment is the key to our lives
A year goes by
fleeing and so will I
I didn´t hear you falling once again
I didn´t hear you calling a friend
I know this is right
I've said too much
This boy has said
too much of everything
A year goes by
fleeing and so will I
I didn´t hear you falling once again