Inspiration for Runnig Over a Dog (without actually running it over)
May 6, 2011 8:22 PM Subscribe
Can you think of any movies with scenes in which the characters accidentally hit an animal while driving? Bonus points if at night time.
I'm looking to see how these scenes have been filmed, for a project I'm working on at the moment in which a dog is run over. Thanks for your help!
I'm looking to see how these scenes have been filmed, for a project I'm working on at the moment in which a dog is run over. Thanks for your help!
The Straight Story features a woman who's run over a lot of deer.
Wendigo features the deer-hitting of a car as a central element.
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:26 PM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Wendigo features the deer-hitting of a car as a central element.
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:26 PM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
The Long Kiss Goodnight
posted by The otter lady at 8:27 PM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by The otter lady at 8:27 PM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Tommy Boy
posted by Think_Long at 8:29 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by Think_Long at 8:29 PM on May 6, 2011
Sam Fuller's "White Dog."
posted by hermitosis at 8:53 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by hermitosis at 8:53 PM on May 6, 2011
This is obscure, but in the Icelandic movie Brúðguminn (White Night Wedding) (2008), a woman hits a swan with her car while driving across a bridge during the daytime.
posted by matildaben at 9:00 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by matildaben at 9:00 PM on May 6, 2011
A lot of stuff, including a cow, gets run down in Raising Arizona.
posted by effluvia at 9:17 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by effluvia at 9:17 PM on May 6, 2011
in the first vacation, they lose their dog to a car, right?
posted by skepticallypleased at 9:35 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by skepticallypleased at 9:35 PM on May 6, 2011
This is kind of cheating, but in "Freddie Got Fingered" Tom Green is wearing the carcass of a dead deer when he is struck and dragged by a truck.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 9:44 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 9:44 PM on May 6, 2011
I think there was Wolf, with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer.
posted by CancerMan at 9:48 PM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by CancerMan at 9:48 PM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Probably not exactly what you are thinking of, but Open Season the children's movie. Link is to a website that describes the deer being hit by the truck, I did a quick search on the site under "animals hit by car" and had over 20 responses.
posted by banannafish at 9:51 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by banannafish at 9:51 PM on May 6, 2011
And thought of another one, with Kids-In-Mind backup, Underworld has a werewolf being hit by a car. That sorta counts as a dog, right?
posted by banannafish at 9:53 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by banannafish at 9:53 PM on May 6, 2011
Well, there's an episode of Gilmore Girls where Rory's Jeep gets hit by a deer.
posted by thejoshu at 10:07 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by thejoshu at 10:07 PM on May 6, 2011
Three Kings has an exploding cow, IIRC, but I'm not sure if it was hit or not.
posted by SLC Mom at 10:07 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by SLC Mom at 10:07 PM on May 6, 2011
There's a pretty intense scene right before this clip in the movie Jesus's Son where Jack Black and Billy Crudup run over a (formerly pregnant but now dead) rabbit with their truck. JB saves the babies initially... but...
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 10:21 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 10:21 PM on May 6, 2011
Peter Greenaway' 1986 film A Zed and Two Noughts opens with the sound of a car crashing into a swan. The film is loosely based on the story of the animators the Brothers Quay, who used stop-motion photography to depict decaying meat.
posted by doncoyote at 11:11 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by doncoyote at 11:11 PM on May 6, 2011
Local Hero ('We have an injured rabbit also.')
posted by rjs at 11:28 PM on May 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by rjs at 11:28 PM on May 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
In "Rango", an armadillo gets hit really early on in the movie.
posted by cleverevans at 12:46 AM on May 7, 2011
posted by cleverevans at 12:46 AM on May 7, 2011
O brother where art thou - a car hits a cow
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 1:54 AM on May 7, 2011
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 1:54 AM on May 7, 2011
Silkwood. Deer, twice. First incident, deer killed, car totalled, Silkwood injured but alive. Second, car totalled, Silkwood dead, deer invisible.
posted by likeso at 3:33 AM on May 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by likeso at 3:33 AM on May 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
The War of the Roses. Michael Douglas hits and kills his wife's cat in the middle of their ugly divorce. She does not respond well to this. And that's why dog people shouldn't marry cat people.
posted by saffry at 4:01 AM on May 7, 2011
posted by saffry at 4:01 AM on May 7, 2011
Love Happens (2009) ... I'm not sure whether the dog is actually hit, but a key death in the film is the result of a driver swerving to avoid hitting a dog.
posted by jayder at 4:45 AM on May 7, 2011
posted by jayder at 4:45 AM on May 7, 2011
In Dawn of the Dead, 2nd version, there is a Zombie that is hit by a car, another couple by a truck backing up...
posted by tomswift at 6:04 AM on May 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by tomswift at 6:04 AM on May 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
Poison Ivy includes a scene where a previously-hit dog is put out of its misery by Drew Barrymore. I can't remember if you actually see the collision.
posted by hnnrs at 6:32 AM on May 7, 2011
posted by hnnrs at 6:32 AM on May 7, 2011
In The Last King of Scotland, Dr. Garrigan meets Idi Amin during the aftermath of a collision between a car and a water buffalo. It takes place in broad daylight, and I think the collision takes place off-screen.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 6:43 AM on May 7, 2011
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 6:43 AM on May 7, 2011
Local Hero ('We have an injured rabbit also.')
rjs - beautiful movie. Here's the moment. Note that the whole film is on YouTube. I can't recommend it enough to those who haven't had the pleasure of seeing it.
posted by Decani at 12:14 PM on May 7, 2011
rjs - beautiful movie. Here's the moment. Note that the whole film is on YouTube. I can't recommend it enough to those who haven't had the pleasure of seeing it.
posted by Decani at 12:14 PM on May 7, 2011
Love Happens (2009) ... I'm not sure whether the dog is actually hit, but a key death in the film is the result of a driver swerving to avoid hitting a dog.
crap - I can;t believe I forgot that one - I actually worked on that sequence. As far as I recall, the dog isn't hit, and the view of the dog is farily blurry, dark and rained out.
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 12:30 PM on May 7, 2011
crap - I can;t believe I forgot that one - I actually worked on that sequence. As far as I recall, the dog isn't hit, and the view of the dog is farily blurry, dark and rained out.
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 12:30 PM on May 7, 2011
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee has a (daylight) scene where a dog is hit by a car.
posted by Coaticass at 7:12 PM on May 7, 2011
posted by Coaticass at 7:12 PM on May 7, 2011
If television scenes count, there's a scene in Freaks and Geeks (episode: "Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers" where two of the characters run over a third character's dog, at night.
and what do you know, the episode is on youtube. The dog incident happens around the 8 minute mark.
posted by namewithoutwords at 7:53 PM on May 7, 2011
and what do you know, the episode is on youtube. The dog incident happens around the 8 minute mark.
posted by namewithoutwords at 7:53 PM on May 7, 2011
In Roddy Doyle's book "The Van," the guys run over a Jack Russell Terrier which becomes a recurring theme. Pretty funny, but not a movie as such.
posted by wenestvedt at 11:32 AM on May 9, 2011
posted by wenestvedt at 11:32 AM on May 9, 2011
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