The reviewer in question was from Australia and I've been told that in some places the GSD is referred to as an Anatolian Shepherd. The best parts of the movie are when Will is interacting with the dog....so it's a great showcase of our breed. For those that are going to this movie...the dog is called Sam but is supposedly a female which you don't find out until later in the movie when he calls her Samantha, but I could swear that there were some scenes that you could see it was a male....I wonder if they used more than one dog....or if it's the lassie scenario...a boy dog playing a girl part. Cindy Stormy435@xxxxxxx wrote: What I know about the dog :-) The trainer who was scouting for ta dog for this picture came to several AB shows, looking for an understudy for this dog. He was told by the director (?) Producer (?) to find one just like it. He had picture of the dog and obviously, none of our GSDs qualified. I did send him an address of a friend of mine (Near Marysville) and he (and his very nice wife) went up to see her German line dogs. Still an obvious no match. I have the pictures of the two of them...Annie is VERY light, very pet quality. My friend sent them on to another kennel, but I lost track after that. So yes, a GSD, very light, very pet quality, but that's what the director? producer? wanted and that's what he got. :-) Stormy In a message dated 12/15/07 7:24:52 AM, cinosamgsd@xxxxxxxxx writes: I went and saw this movie yesterday......I heard one reviewer refer to the dog in the movie as an Anatolian Shepherd. Looks like a GSD to me, albeit a pet quality. Has any else seen it? Good movie...very depressing...but unbelievable special effects. Will Smith is yummy. "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return www.FairhopeGSD.com ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) Cindy www.cinosamgsd.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================