Paws (film)

Paws
PAL region home video cover
Directed byKarl Zwicky
Written by
Produced by
  • Rebel Penfold-Russell
  • Andrena Finlay
  • Vicki Watson
Starring
CinematographyGeoff Burton
Edited byNicholas Holmes
Music byMario Millo
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 25 September 1997 (1997-09-25) (Australia)
  • 15 February 1998 (1998-02-15) (UK)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box office£137,731 (UK, opening weekend)
A$455,171 (Australia)[1]

Paws is an independent 1997 Australian family comedy film that was released on 25 September 1997[2] in Australia and filmed in Sydney.

The film stars 15-year-old guitarist Nathan Cavaleri who has adventures with PC – a talking Jack Russell Terrier (voiced by comedian Billy Connolly).[2] The dog is computer literate[2]– skills acquired from his former master allowing him to create a computer program that translates his words into English, with Zac subsequently designing a portable version that can be 'concealed' in a bow tie – and the pair must a stop a valuable disk from falling into the wrong hands.[3]

  1. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 November 2012
  2. ^ a b c Sutherland, Claire (13 September 1997). "Paws in his Career". Herald Sun. Herald and Weekly Times Limited.
  3. ^ Paatsch, Leigh (18 September 1997). "Wild Time for Kids". Herald Sun. Herald and Weekly Times Limited.