New York, N.Y., September 14, 2010 – Academy Award® winner Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) delivers an Emmy® nominated performance in the HBO original film, A Dog Year. Bridges stars as Jon Katz, a writer at mid-life crossroads whose simple decision to adopt a dog turns his entire world around. Available on DVD December 7, 2010 for the suggested retail price of $26.98, bonus materials include a fascinating behind-the-scenes featurette with an interview by Bridges.
Based on the real-life memoir by New York Times best-selling author Jon Katz, the film tells the story of a writer in the middle of an existential crisis who adopts an abused dog – a well-bred but high-strung border collie who turns his life upside down. At first, the dog wreaks chaos on the suburban inertia that Katz shares with two older, mellower Labrador Retrievers. Suffering from writer’s block and a touch of misanthropy, his attempts to rein in the school bus-chasing new dog meet with little success, despite a reality-check visit from his college-age daughter Emma (Lauren Ambrose “Six Feet Under®”). A move to a rural farmhouse, combined with insightful lessons in animal behavior from a tough-love trainer (Lois Smith, “True Blood®”), begin to yield healing for the dog, and more importantly, for Katz. Ultimately, the experience transforms both man and dog in meaningful, though unexpected ways.
