I really think this is the saddest ending I've ever seen to any film, I understand the symbollic aspects but the fact that they probably died drowning like they had so many times in the lab, brutal to think about
Damn it! I was REALLY hoping it would be a happy ending. I hate when writers kill off the main character(s). Especially when you're really rooting for them. Such a piss off.
wooowww, hope that they found their island, even if the island was just death through their eyes. but at least they were free :') I absolutely loved the movie! shows us that we are not the only ones capable of adaption, survival, and overcoming adversity. we are also no the only victims of cruel torture. I hope they make more movies like this!!!!!!!
In my opinion, this ending is the most honest one. There is no island, no free utopia, no afterlife or heaven, only death that awaits. This brute fact forces us to consider hard what we do with the time that is given to us, what is important in life. The innocent need our protection, suffering has to end. Love thy neighbour not because it's demanded of you but because it will be the only true solace in your life. This film teaches us that animals, dogs in particular, are our neighbours as well.
@MrWiLDAPEMAN lies, some convicts are innocent but were wrongly accused and thrown into jail because the penal system has been toyed with so much by the government that as it stands now they can throw anyone in jail just because they feel like it..
This was just so amazingly sad. I remember reading this at about 14 after reading Watership Down. I didn't know there was a film of it until now. Thanks for sharing.
was there actually a real island? or where they just hoping and a little crazy? i understand that they free either way (through death or actually getting somewhere) im just wondering. ^^
ive been told not to watch this. ending is unknown but likely chance of doom. im going to hug my dog really good when i see her next week. i also heard in the book that snitter returned to his master and cant remember what happened to rowf though. of course major differences between book and major probably because of money and legal issues.
@Darktwist362 The happy ending is that they escaped their torturers and made it to the Island. More kids need to know the truth about how we really treat animals. Or do you think kids should only see the Disney fantasy propaganda about the subject?
@Darktwist362 What kinds of movies? This isn't a movie for kids. It's a movie that tells a story. What, do you think because it's about dogs and it's animated, it's for kids? Lolnope. I would NEVER show ANY kid this movie, or Felidae, or probably even Watership Down, as they aren't movie for kids. This movie and Felidae especially, kids wouldn't understand. So stop thinking that animated movies about animals instantly equal kiddie shit.
Can someone explain the whole thing with the book? Cause I dont understand at all, even though I have it. I get the sybolism and stuff but how come everytime someone describes the ending to the book its different?
I'll go ahead and give you the spoiler from the book. The man telling this story tells his listener " you didn't really expectme to let the dogs die". He picked them up in a boat beyond the fog and he kept them hidden away. I felt better about this story after reading the book.
@originalh8r When the book was originally released it didnt have that. In fact I think there may be different versions of the book, because I only remember it describing them in heaven.
The book ended so much better IMO. The book also had some things that were actually pretty happy, like the doctor taking the monkey. The movie just leaves everything kind of unhappy.
I was disappointed in this movie. I guess because I had just recently watched Felidae, which makes me nearly vomit while watching, and I just don't think Plague Dogs has that element to it. Although Plague Dogs is definitely more emotional, I was totally rock-solid watching this movie. It kinda upset me, most emotional movies make me cry, but this one just didn't do it for me. I wish I could have enjoyed this as much as the other commenters here.
@Sinesith As long as you wish you could have enjoyed it or at least didnt go flaming on it, its fine that you didnt enjoy it. I cant stand when people think that if they dont like something, no one should.
Felidae is a good movie but a FANTASTIC book. Nothing about it is done for shock, it all has meaning.
And the Plague Dogs... well. I guess you really have to be able to imagine what those dogs went through. Imagine being taken to a place with no sunlight, a place where you're caged and tortured for reasons you don't understand. Then imagine escaping and being equally confused and overwhelmed by everything. It's a realistic movie, not trying to be sad, just honest.
EVERYBODY there was an island around where they were heading twords, maybe they were strong enough to swim there and found a pet owner who took care of them and they lived happily ever after. just cus the movie ended with the fog clearing the screen while they were swimming doesnt mean that they obviously died :D
@MrDarkcap Have you read the book? : / In the book it says clearly that they died. There is a "happier" version of their ending that he wrote, but still. Their "Island" is described by Snitter in the book as a place where there are only dogs and "good men" , and where they'll be free. In some ways, this could be interpreted as death, or a version of "heaven" for them.
But that's just in the book. the movie is more obscure about their "death." So, maybe, in the movie you could be right.
This movie was just so moving... I am definitely going to read the book now, i know i should have read it first but i only just came across it on youtube tonight after many years having not watched it. I was only a youngster around 5 or 6 so i literally only remember the fox in the mine and when the dogs are in incinerator. Besides i heard the book was more complicated and being 15 it should be easier to understand now, anyway im still crying while writing this comment, so sad but beautiful.
Snitter wanted to go to a place where humans cannot harm them, realistically that would have been death, the ending matters not whether they made it to the island or died, they were free.
I think it's more poignant if they don't find the island. :C More tragic, but also liberating because living with and without the white coats, they were miserable, but this 'island'/death is their only escape from a life of pain they couldn't get away from.
When I watch this film, I feel no joy. Just an impeding sense of doom. I feel like I will never be happy again, and I always cry so much. However, this is still one of the best films I've ever seen, though I'll never take pleasure in watching it. Not because of what's in the film, just because of how it makes me feel. Depressed.
Oh, and the gospel song at the end? So misleading, but maybe it's to cheer you up after such a devestating ending.
@musicisinsideofme I know exactly how you feel. Last time I saw this flick, I was down for at least 3 days. I really like this movie, but it hurts to watch it.
@aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa It explains it more in the book. The scientists put it into a crazy sort of solitary confinement, no scents, no outer stimulation, permanently in the dark, with just a bit of food and water to keep it sustained, to see how a lack of complete outside stimulants would effect it's mentality.
Oh no... the ending was vague enough, and I did feel terrible for their life of nothing but suffering and struggle. I really hoped Rowlf would know some human kindness even if it was cut short. But the ending song just broke the flood gates.
Then, no matter how bad you feel for them, you have to somewhat feel worse for the other animals.
Great movie, but I can't say I wont be mildly depressed today.
at least they were free.... its sick what people do to animals, no one wants to be locked in a cage and tested, that is why animals are smarter then people, they dont abuse, and even if abused can forgive, they can do things we cant, and survive in the worst conditions.
this truly beats Disney! Wish that all kids got to see this so they could get more respect for other living creatures and see how brutal life can be for animals.
This was a good movie, some parts of it had mild humor, a lot of it had mystery and suspence, sadness, violence, disturbing and scary images, blood and gore and graphic material. This was one hell of a good movie, although I wished they made the ending more like where they showed the dogs making it to the island and finally were free and lived on the island peacefully or at least have it end like the book. Although I believe weather they died or made it to the island and lived, they were free.
By far the most morbid thing I've read. The movie did the book great justice, but it doesn't evenly slightly compare to the story I'd constructed while reading it.
Anybody touched by the movie, or has never SEEN the movie...read the book! I recommend reading the book first, it's one of the few where the movie enhances the book, not vice versa.
@Harleyquinn191 Not exactly, we see an island but there is no answer to if they had the strength to reach it, or if it the island is just in Snitter's head and Ralph was just trying to comfort him by saying he could see it too. In the book they happen to find Snitter's owner on a boat and they end up living with him, so really they did live if you want to go wit the book's ending.
The ending could be percieved either way, but I always interperated it to mean that the island was "the light at the end of a long tunnel" and that they died to be free, but you could believe there was an island, it never really says. And they were thought to have carried the plague, as rats did back when it ravenged the people. They walked through a room that contained experiments using the Bubonic plague, so everyone thought they could be carrying it but I doubt it.
@doglover12345andfr In the book they found Snitter's owner on a boat and I'm pretty sure they didn't have the plague, they just got close to getting it when they knocked over the rat cage.
@Skittywolf Yeah, but that was a chapter that was added later and Mr.Adams diden't even want to write it. It's not his ending...it's the ending the public forsed him to wright.Because of that, I am not counting it as the real ending of the story.
@Timebubbles I wouldn't necessarily call that a second book, as much as a second edition to the same book. It has the same title after all. Consider it an epilogue added after the fact.
In the end it boils down to fear. Man's attempt allay his fears through control, manifest in the raising of armies, defense departments, development of germ weaponry, experimentation on animals. And when man's control lapses for a moment?
@Timebubbles There is not a sequel to Plague Dogs... and yes, in the book they are rescued, although it is an ending that Richard Adams did not want to write.
this ending is so much better than that in the novel...in the novel they are found by people in a boat and given homes; Snitter's master turns out not to die. I like them swimming out to sea as an ambiguous ending much better because it feels more powerful to me.
This movie was great. I own the book and figured I'd watch the movie first the same way I did with Watership Down. In truth though, I think I like the rabbits better...poor dogs...I am glad to hear the book ends differently though. The movie was well done and pretty good though. Thanks for sharing
@sookan 'the subjective is crossed with the objective' part I agree with you that it was where they wouldn't be hurt anymore, but his hallusinations were mostly of his home and master. It wasn't until the end that he 'saw' the island, so wouldn't it be that he wanted to go home to his master but later thought of the island as 'home'? Either way I still agree with you
@PlagueDogs This is my second time watching this. I love this movie thanks for sharing!
@CJPrime931 I'm glad you thought it was funny and they were not tossed they swam out on their own and commited suicide so stupid dogs+suicide by means of drowning=funny :D Also I think you need to go have a sandwich and calm down because you are clearly on your period. Lastly you should not swear, it's not nice, plus children use youtube and they should not have to be subjected to your filth :D
@SonicRavers Ralph said: "Our island". I don't think there was any physical 'island'. I think he meant death, which would of been better than being caught and being killed or taken back to the testing facility. And he also could have been trying to comfort Snitter before death.
@sookan, well if it didn't matter if they lived or died, this movie could have been 10 minutes long with them dying at the end and still have the same effect. I would say what mattered was that they had each other throughout the journey, as the journey holds meaning over the destination. So it was the journey and them staying together which was more powerful then whether they got there or not. The ending can be left unclear because regardless, they stayed together. Friendship was their freedom.
Thanks for posting these videos. I saw this movie as a kid, just once, but I never forgot. I had no idea what I was getting myself at the video store, I thought it was just another animated movie with animals. I've never seen it anywhere else, I don't know anyone else that ever heard of it. I thought I'd be lucky to find some clips, never mind the whole movie! Thanks again.
@ungirley2 The original ending of the book is like the end of the film, so I think it’s up to your imagination over whether they get to the island or die or not (or if the island is even real). Subsequent editions of the book have a different ending where the dogs are rescued from the sea and returned to Snitter's master (in these editions it turns out he was only injured and not killed when he got ran over).
@luvtheoc101 That's left to your interpretation. For me, the bigger questions are: was the island real or was it another fragment of Snitter's imagination? Does the island represent freedom (heaven) for them or is it a physical island? I believe they did die as they vanish into the fog and the sounds of paddling stops quite abruptly and they are not seen again as the credits move through the spot they had vanished through.
This movie is so sad but so true to life. I feel so bad for those dogs, but I love how the message of animal abuse is spoken out in this film. BTW, my fav is Rowlf!
I did alot of thinking on it. The only thing I can guess is they died at the end (but they didn't show it) by drowning or plague. I think they didn't give a real ending because they wanted people to habe their own thoerys. That's my thoery.
I honestly loved this movie more than anything I've seen in the past.
I will point out that the book apparently implies that they could have made it or died a bit clearer, the movie makes it a harsh idea to think they live.
Either way they are free. That much is true *tears well up*
Great movie, dusty and beautiful, sad yet rewarding. I ended it with tears welling up, but with hope that they made it [and belief that if they didn't they still did in another way.]
Nope, nope, not believing any comments about how they didn't make it. In my mind and heart they are relaxing on an island chasing frogs and living the peaceful life that they deserve.
The ending is sad because the "island" is only snitter's imagination and is not really there, therefore the dogs definitely die. But also what really got me sad is what they say at the end... When Rowf still has hopes and says "Just stay with me... I'll get you there."
I really think this is the saddest ending I've ever seen to any film, I understand the symbollic aspects but the fact that they probably died drowning like they had so many times in the lab, brutal to think about
ReconnectTMC 4 days ago
Damn it! I was REALLY hoping it would be a happy ending. I hate when writers kill off the main character(s). Especially when you're really rooting for them. Such a piss off.
blackkakari 6 days ago
I love this movie :)
cutekittens81 1 week ago
wooowww, hope that they found their island, even if the island was just death through their eyes. but at least they were free :') I absolutely loved the movie! shows us that we are not the only ones capable of adaption, survival, and overcoming adversity. we are also no the only victims of cruel torture. I hope they make more movies like this!!!!!!!
GorgeGirl03 1 week ago
omg i was literally in tears at the end...
:'(
s1llverm00n66 1 week ago
I do hope that island in the credits indicates that they made it.
Animehusky 1 week ago
The movie ended where it started: in water.
AGR04 1 week ago
keep on crying. love book and movie
ProjectSTRAY 2 weeks ago
Welp.
Thanks for the movie. I'm gonna go slit my wrists now. :(
lapinbeau 2 weeks ago
This film was so damn beautiful.
The animation is spot on, perfect.
Everything about it is just gorgeous, and flawless.
And it really upsets me and stumps me that now a days theirs no films like this.
I'll always love Plague Dogs <3
theinvader99 2 weeks ago
In my opinion, this ending is the most honest one. There is no island, no free utopia, no afterlife or heaven, only death that awaits. This brute fact forces us to consider hard what we do with the time that is given to us, what is important in life. The innocent need our protection, suffering has to end. Love thy neighbour not because it's demanded of you but because it will be the only true solace in your life. This film teaches us that animals, dogs in particular, are our neighbours as well.
TheHardProblem 2 weeks ago 3
@TheHardProblem That is a nigh impeccably articulated comment.
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This ending is the original intended ending.
The author, Richard Adams, changed the book's ending in later reprints for reasons unknown to me, I guess he thought it too depressing after all.
TheHardProblem 2 weeks ago
wow i actually watched the whole movie. not that it was bad or anything...i liked it
BeakyRed 2 weeks ago
I can't believe I watched the whole thing.
I'm gonna go wash my eyes out with soap and pray or something now.
TheRocketvenom 3 weeks ago
Nice ending song.
lu4y4pants 3 weeks ago
I just really dont understand this film
josieere 1 month ago
so sad, very touching movie
CobraLats 1 month ago
AMAZING! I LOVE IT<3 thank you very much for uploading this :)
elpaumugri 1 month ago
BAN ANIMAL TESTING! TEST ON CONVICTS!
MrWiLDAPEMAN 1 month ago
@MrWiLDAPEMAN How the fuck is that any better
Rhaxma 2 weeks ago
@Rhaxma Because animals are innocent while convicts arent..
MrWiLDAPEMAN 2 weeks ago
@MrWiLDAPEMAN lies, some convicts are innocent but were wrongly accused and thrown into jail because the penal system has been toyed with so much by the government that as it stands now they can throw anyone in jail just because they feel like it..
DomSubmissiveKitty 2 weeks ago
This was just so amazingly sad. I remember reading this at about 14 after reading Watership Down. I didn't know there was a film of it until now. Thanks for sharing.
euthydemos 1 month ago
was there actually a real island? or where they just hoping and a little crazy? i understand that they free either way (through death or actually getting somewhere) im just wondering. ^^
4yr7ryleeroo 1 month ago
@4yr7ryleeroo
from what I read... both. They were a bit dilusional, and there actually turned out to be an island.
igotbored44 1 month ago
@4yr7ryleeroo it's supposed to go either way. Really it's just up to the viewer, but like you said, all that matters is that they were free.
TheRocketvenom 3 weeks ago
Sooooooo..... I suppose they DID die...?
MissOperaPhantom 1 month ago
ive been told not to watch this. ending is unknown but likely chance of doom. im going to hug my dog really good when i see her next week. i also heard in the book that snitter returned to his master and cant remember what happened to rowf though. of course major differences between book and major probably because of money and legal issues.
thedesklauncher 1 month ago
@thedesklauncher in the book, the guy who took back snitter also adopted rowf and the people chasing the dogs were in trouble
Japanesebanzai52 1 month ago
THANK YOU for uploading this.
ericmsandoval 1 month ago
WTF was up with Richard Adams?!
secondsthecharm 1 month ago
the ending is terribly sad...Judging by movements of the waves they were actually moving away from the island....
TheBountar 1 month ago
Wow. Such a beautiful and powerful film. Haven't been moved by a film like this is in like, well 'ever'.
Nox0verstreet 1 month ago
I love this movie these dogs never gave up. Thats all it takes is courage and some faith and u'll end up where uwant 2 b.
tashagal99 2 months ago
arent these kinds of movies supposed to have happy ending? all this is is death death and more death. demented the writer of the book is.
Darktwist362 2 months ago
@Darktwist362 The happy ending is that they escaped their torturers and made it to the Island. More kids need to know the truth about how we really treat animals. Or do you think kids should only see the Disney fantasy propaganda about the subject?
djbethell 2 months ago
@Darktwist362 What kinds of movies? This isn't a movie for kids. It's a movie that tells a story. What, do you think because it's about dogs and it's animated, it's for kids? Lolnope. I would NEVER show ANY kid this movie, or Felidae, or probably even Watership Down, as they aren't movie for kids. This movie and Felidae especially, kids wouldn't understand. So stop thinking that animated movies about animals instantly equal kiddie shit.
lalalalucius 1 month ago
WHATS UP WITH THE CAGED MONKEY!!
silverheart61 2 months ago
Im glad I saw the uncut version first. In the US version, the music just starts while theyre swimming instead of surprising you.
Milomia9 2 months ago
Can someone explain the whole thing with the book? Cause I dont understand at all, even though I have it. I get the sybolism and stuff but how come everytime someone describes the ending to the book its different?
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wawtership down is a good movie also.
zoegabriellong 2 months ago
I'll go ahead and give you the spoiler from the book. The man telling this story tells his listener " you didn't really expectme to let the dogs die". He picked them up in a boat beyond the fog and he kept them hidden away. I felt better about this story after reading the book.
originalh8r 2 months ago
@originalh8r When the book was originally released it didnt have that. In fact I think there may be different versions of the book, because I only remember it describing them in heaven.
Milomia9 2 months ago
This movie is so good I'm going to go buy and the book
imdaabest34 2 months ago
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imdaabest34 2 months ago
It is 25 years since I saw this ending and it still upsets me now! I am no activist but I don't like the thought of suffering animals!
rhoades1000 2 months ago
The book ended so much better IMO. The book also had some things that were actually pretty happy, like the doctor taking the monkey. The movie just leaves everything kind of unhappy.
Jabasourus 2 months ago
@Jabasourus What was the ending of the book?
MsPinklady3000 2 months ago
One of our friends told me and my sister about it and since she saw it when she was little,she's been against animal testing
TwinGleeks101 2 months ago
I was disappointed in this movie. I guess because I had just recently watched Felidae, which makes me nearly vomit while watching, and I just don't think Plague Dogs has that element to it. Although Plague Dogs is definitely more emotional, I was totally rock-solid watching this movie. It kinda upset me, most emotional movies make me cry, but this one just didn't do it for me. I wish I could have enjoyed this as much as the other commenters here.
Sinesith 2 months ago
@Sinesith I agree compleatly, So don't worry, It's not just you ^.^'
frogreena 2 months ago
@Sinesith As long as you wish you could have enjoyed it or at least didnt go flaming on it, its fine that you didnt enjoy it. I cant stand when people think that if they dont like something, no one should.
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@Sinesith
Felidae is a good movie but a FANTASTIC book. Nothing about it is done for shock, it all has meaning.
And the Plague Dogs... well. I guess you really have to be able to imagine what those dogs went through. Imagine being taken to a place with no sunlight, a place where you're caged and tortured for reasons you don't understand. Then imagine escaping and being equally confused and overwhelmed by everything. It's a realistic movie, not trying to be sad, just honest.
GoaGreena 2 months ago
EVERYBODY there was an island around where they were heading twords, maybe they were strong enough to swim there and found a pet owner who took care of them and they lived happily ever after. just cus the movie ended with the fog clearing the screen while they were swimming doesnt mean that they obviously died :D
MrDarkcap 2 months ago
@MrDarkcap Have you read the book? : / In the book it says clearly that they died. There is a "happier" version of their ending that he wrote, but still. Their "Island" is described by Snitter in the book as a place where there are only dogs and "good men" , and where they'll be free. In some ways, this could be interpreted as death, or a version of "heaven" for them.
But that's just in the book. the movie is more obscure about their "death." So, maybe, in the movie you could be right.
DarkMetalEyes 2 months ago
This movie was just so moving... I am definitely going to read the book now, i know i should have read it first but i only just came across it on youtube tonight after many years having not watched it. I was only a youngster around 5 or 6 so i literally only remember the fox in the mine and when the dogs are in incinerator. Besides i heard the book was more complicated and being 15 it should be easier to understand now, anyway im still crying while writing this comment, so sad but beautiful.
xXTehMeepXx 2 months ago 4
why dont you guys just listen to the Credits song Lyrics?
jesslyra 2 months ago
@KINGDOMHEART89 read the book.
ItsCarmenJones 2 months ago
im crying. oh god. that was sad.
AbbeyCaceey 3 months ago 3
Snitter wanted to go to a place where humans cannot harm them, realistically that would have been death, the ending matters not whether they made it to the island or died, they were free.
Japanesebanzai52 3 months ago 34
I saw this movie in 1982, aged about 12yrs, when it first came out.
Even now I remember how extremely moved I was after watching it and trying to hold in tears as we walked out of the Cinema.
I've never seen another film that upset me so much.
gunluvinnut 3 months ago
Personally, I prefer the book ending to the movie...
OoIveyoO 3 months ago
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OoIveyoO 3 months ago
I think it's more poignant if they don't find the island. :C More tragic, but also liberating because living with and without the white coats, they were miserable, but this 'island'/death is their only escape from a life of pain they couldn't get away from.
showerpwner 3 months ago
the upbeat gospel music just makes me even sadder, but god damn was this a beautiful movie
Graffasus 3 months ago
Oh, and thanks for uploading! I'm stuck here in Germany with the horribly cutted version...
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Boogey3452 3 months ago
When I watch this film, I feel no joy. Just an impeding sense of doom. I feel like I will never be happy again, and I always cry so much. However, this is still one of the best films I've ever seen, though I'll never take pleasure in watching it. Not because of what's in the film, just because of how it makes me feel. Depressed.
Oh, and the gospel song at the end? So misleading, but maybe it's to cheer you up after such a devestating ending.
musicisinsideofme 3 months ago 2
@musicisinsideofme I know exactly how you feel. Last time I saw this flick, I was down for at least 3 days. I really like this movie, but it hurts to watch it.
rekishiteki 2 months ago
omg wat happens next are they dead, are they alive? i want to know wat happens.
KINGDOMHEART89 3 months ago
ok, WHAT IS UP WITH THAT FUCKING MONKEY?
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 3 months ago 30
@aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa Monkeys can carry bubonic plague and not be affected. Its part of why the monkey is so important to the film
SilvrWingsDragon 3 months ago
@SilvrWingsDragon you mean an Monkey going all ''forever alone'' in a pot throughout(i didnt even spelled that right xD) the movie is important?
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 3 months ago
@aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa It explains it more in the book. The scientists put it into a crazy sort of solitary confinement, no scents, no outer stimulation, permanently in the dark, with just a bit of food and water to keep it sustained, to see how a lack of complete outside stimulants would effect it's mentality.
LukaTisus 1 month ago
@LukaTisus there was a book? is it called plague dogs then? i would lvoe to read it
ilovehellboy 1 month ago
@aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa
Its a test to see how long the monkey could survive
with little food and water, totally alone, if I remeber correctly. It's explained in the book.
jasonfangirl 3 weeks ago
@jasonfangirl O.e if thats the realy story behind him wow thats pretty fucked up
TheKitTycoon 3 weeks ago
Damn!!! I hate movie with unown endings!! it makes me think to much, this is such a depressing movie but i still love it!!
tigerlifesaver 3 months ago
Oh no... the ending was vague enough, and I did feel terrible for their life of nothing but suffering and struggle. I really hoped Rowlf would know some human kindness even if it was cut short. But the ending song just broke the flood gates.
Then, no matter how bad you feel for them, you have to somewhat feel worse for the other animals.
Great movie, but I can't say I wont be mildly depressed today.
SapphireD910 3 months ago
sad very sad i think they passed away but it leaves room for imagination
suicideloverangel 3 months ago
@suicideloverangel since the credits show the island, i bet they made it
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 3 months ago
@Animeforever61 mild humor?!?!?! Where? I tell ya, finding humor in The Plague Dogs is like trying to find a needle in a haystack!
thehoosierfortheUK 4 months ago
@franky975 breaks my heart every time I can't stand it. Watch something cheerful and optimistic otherwise you'll fall into a clinical depression.
thehoosierfortheUK 4 months ago
thats my saddest movie ive ever seen i cried like a bitch best movie :)
franky975 4 months ago
at least they were free.... its sick what people do to animals, no one wants to be locked in a cage and tested, that is why animals are smarter then people, they dont abuse, and even if abused can forgive, they can do things we cant, and survive in the worst conditions.
TheWildthang101 4 months ago
This almost brought me to tears...and my dog is laying next to me. Wow. Very, VERY powerful movie. I'm so glad I watched it.
Regdrags 4 months ago 2
this truly beats Disney! Wish that all kids got to see this so they could get more respect for other living creatures and see how brutal life can be for animals.
Mortenstegneserie 4 months ago
whats the name of ending song?
CorinaTheVampire 4 months ago
@CorinaTheVampire ime and Tide (The Plague Dogs)
kinjaru123 4 months ago
It's so sad that pretty much their whole lives was just suffering :[ At least it came to an end no matter what.
imkohia 4 months ago
11:11pm... Had to watch the last part... Result: CRYING MY BLOODY EYES OUT!!!
wierdogazebo 4 months ago
This was a good movie, some parts of it had mild humor, a lot of it had mystery and suspence, sadness, violence, disturbing and scary images, blood and gore and graphic material. This was one hell of a good movie, although I wished they made the ending more like where they showed the dogs making it to the island and finally were free and lived on the island peacefully or at least have it end like the book. Although I believe weather they died or made it to the island and lived, they were free.
Animeforever61 4 months ago
The ending song softens the blow, but in the book and movie it's clear- the two dogs die.
lot24 4 months ago
"Reet...Mazer...Yows..."
Darkness, sinking, cold.
By far the most morbid thing I've read. The movie did the book great justice, but it doesn't evenly slightly compare to the story I'd constructed while reading it.
Anybody touched by the movie, or has never SEEN the movie...read the book! I recommend reading the book first, it's one of the few where the movie enhances the book, not vice versa.
lot24 4 months ago
Such an awesome, touching, sad, free-willed movie.
warriorCatz1 4 months ago
I always cry at the end..
LonelygirlsouthsideG 4 months ago
it's not as sad to me as people say it is.idk it just dosen't make me sad
kingcedrick1 4 months ago
ofcourse they made it to the island -.-
ITS IN THE CREDITS.
Harleyquinn191 4 months ago
@Harleyquinn191 Not exactly, we see an island but there is no answer to if they had the strength to reach it, or if it the island is just in Snitter's head and Ralph was just trying to comfort him by saying he could see it too. In the book they happen to find Snitter's owner on a boat and they end up living with him, so really they did live if you want to go wit the book's ending.
Skittywolf 4 months ago
Hhhhh......Did they die or live? Did they really have the plague or was it just a possibility?
This was my first time seeing this movie and I like how it tell you stright out what happend at the end and makes you think about it.
doglover12345andfr 5 months ago
@doglover12345andfr
The ending could be percieved either way, but I always interperated it to mean that the island was "the light at the end of a long tunnel" and that they died to be free, but you could believe there was an island, it never really says. And they were thought to have carried the plague, as rats did back when it ravenged the people. They walked through a room that contained experiments using the Bubonic plague, so everyone thought they could be carrying it but I doubt it.
GoaGreena 4 months ago
@doglover12345andfr In the book they found Snitter's owner on a boat and I'm pretty sure they didn't have the plague, they just got close to getting it when they knocked over the rat cage.
Skittywolf 4 months ago
@Skittywolf Yeah, but that was a chapter that was added later and Mr.Adams diden't even want to write it. It's not his ending...it's the ending the public forsed him to wright.Because of that, I am not counting it as the real ending of the story.
doglover12345andfr 4 months ago
@doglover12345andfr Oh, I never knew that. Well, I liked this ending better anyway.
Skittywolf 4 months ago
@Timebubbles I wouldn't necessarily call that a second book, as much as a second edition to the same book. It has the same title after all. Consider it an epilogue added after the fact.
SavannahG14 5 months ago
In the end it boils down to fear. Man's attempt allay his fears through control, manifest in the raising of armies, defense departments, development of germ weaponry, experimentation on animals. And when man's control lapses for a moment?
Jcolinsol 5 months ago
@Timebubbles There is not a sequel to Plague Dogs... and yes, in the book they are rescued, although it is an ending that Richard Adams did not want to write.
SavannahG14 5 months ago
this ending is so much better than that in the novel...in the novel they are found by people in a boat and given homes; Snitter's master turns out not to die. I like them swimming out to sea as an ambiguous ending much better because it feels more powerful to me.
SavannahG14 5 months ago
listen to the song..I feel no pain no more, I left this cruel world behind..they died..but they were free at least..
Snowdiamond87 5 months ago
That's so sad! They wanted to get away so badly... ;;
TheSagelette 5 months ago
This movie was great. I own the book and figured I'd watch the movie first the same way I did with Watership Down. In truth though, I think I like the rabbits better...poor dogs...I am glad to hear the book ends differently though. The movie was well done and pretty good though. Thanks for sharing
rosexknight 5 months ago
Anyone read the book? There were saved by a boat there - the movie, however, chose to imply they drowned, instead....
z55177 5 months ago
@sookan 'the subjective is crossed with the objective' part I agree with you that it was where they wouldn't be hurt anymore, but his hallusinations were mostly of his home and master. It wasn't until the end that he 'saw' the island, so wouldn't it be that he wanted to go home to his master but later thought of the island as 'home'? Either way I still agree with you
@PlagueDogs This is my second time watching this. I love this movie thanks for sharing!
FoxFind 5 months ago
i'm sobbing like a little baby right now. seriously. :(
meetdiamond 5 months ago
I've heard the end credit song before I think :/
WolfgangTheHusky 5 months ago
everytime i see this movie i cry so bad :.(
bagpotato999 5 months ago
I read the book.
They arrived to their island and they finally found their owner (snitter's "human")
It's the happy end.
Cerebrum95 5 months ago
@Cerebrum95 thank you for telling us
bagpotato999 5 months ago
@Cerebrum95 Well, actually, that wasn't the "real" ending. The author had complaints from readers to change the ending because it was too sad.
dogs4ever129 5 months ago
I kept flipping through the credits hopping they'd be there... but I knew they wouldn't be... :(
Firebugge 5 months ago in playlist Strange Movies
Pretty good. I like Watership Down better, but then I grew up watching that one....
mycomama 5 months ago
@SamhainTheDark I was thinking of the Isle of Man as well, who knows.
RetroToledo 5 months ago
@Popcultureguy3000 They had 7 "Senior Animators" on this too, so I'm sure the burden wasn't on those 6 entirely. :-)
RetroToledo 5 months ago
well at least tonight they will be sleeping...........with the fishys ;D
david1is1exuberant 5 months ago
@david1is1exuberant Haha. Real funny cockface. How aobut I toss you into the ocean and laugh as you fucking dorwn. Bastard.
CJPrime931 5 months ago
@CJPrime931 u mad?
xXLikeAbosSXx09 5 months ago
@xXLikeAbosSXx09 No. I'm, just giving you a warning.
CJPrime931 5 months ago
@CJPrime931 last time i checked that comment was towards david not me.
xXLikeAbosSXx09 5 months ago
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david1is1exuberant 5 months ago
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david1is1exuberant 5 months ago
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@CJPrime931 I'm glad you thought it was funny and they were not tossed they swam out on their own and commited suicide so stupid dogs+suicide by means of drowning=funny :D Also I think you need to go have a sandwich and calm down because you are clearly on your period. Lastly you should not swear, it's not nice, plus children use youtube and they should not have to be subjected to your filth :D
david1is1exuberant 5 months ago
:D..........lol
david1is1exuberant 5 months ago
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this movie is so sad :.(
bagpotato999 5 months ago
Saddest movie of all time but I always like to think that they made it to their island.
TheWCWite 5 months ago 43
@TheWCWite If you read the book there is a much better ending.
lrgmamkeeper 4 months ago
omg the ending made me cry so much but the music makes you feel somewhat better knowing that they're in a better place TTωTT
07furry70 5 months ago 5
Fuck it, I'm still crying.
SaturdaysEleven 5 months ago
did they make it to the island? ;o
SonicRavers 5 months ago
@SonicRavers 5:50 YUP :D
KeshnerfFilms 5 months ago
@KeshnerfFilms how do u no ;O mayeb they died b4 they got theres ;,<
SonicRavers 5 months ago
@SonicRavers awww :<
KeshnerfFilms 5 months ago
@SonicRavers I like to think that they did.
TheWCWite 5 months ago
@SonicRaver yes they did im sure...?!
bagpotato999 5 months ago
@SonicRavers Ralph said: "Our island". I don't think there was any physical 'island'. I think he meant death, which would of been better than being caught and being killed or taken back to the testing facility. And he also could have been trying to comfort Snitter before death.
vanshma 5 months ago 9
@SonicRavers They died, I think. The island is actually supposed to be their heaven.
dogs4ever129 5 months ago
Well that was an interesting movie. Weird, but pretty cool.
RoverDeDog96 6 months ago
Of Snitter's operation, 'the subjective is crossed with the objective'.
Their objective was to find a place where man couldn't harm them anymore.
In Snitter's mind, the manifestation of that place was the island. In truth, it had to have been death.
Or, you could believe there's an island off the British coast shrouded by mist and only half real.
I like the latter interpretation better, but in the end, whether they lived or died didn't matter - they were free.
sookan 6 months ago 52
@sookan, well if it didn't matter if they lived or died, this movie could have been 10 minutes long with them dying at the end and still have the same effect. I would say what mattered was that they had each other throughout the journey, as the journey holds meaning over the destination. So it was the journey and them staying together which was more powerful then whether they got there or not. The ending can be left unclear because regardless, they stayed together. Friendship was their freedom.
LeahWayEarth 5 months ago
sick movie dark and sad but i make you love your dog just alittle more
gorelord187 6 months ago
I wanted to cry when The Tod died.
narutoad 6 months ago
That ending was way better than titanic. Suck it Leo.
tagtigerarmy 6 months ago
looking through the credits the show and island through the fog. Dem dogs made it to freedom.
LotyWereFox 6 months ago
Thanks for posting these videos. I saw this movie as a kid, just once, but I never forgot. I had no idea what I was getting myself at the video store, I thought it was just another animated movie with animals. I've never seen it anywhere else, I don't know anyone else that ever heard of it. I thought I'd be lucky to find some clips, never mind the whole movie! Thanks again.
tikibunnyful 6 months ago
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NOT THE TODD
D:
MewSilverWind 6 months ago
NOT THE TODD
MewSilverWind 6 months ago
*starts crying*
ITS MOTHER 3 ALL OVER AGAIN D'X
warriorwarriorkitty 6 months ago
Wow... did they die? I mean... has anyone read the ending of the book and found out if they found the island???
ungirley2 6 months ago
@ungirley2 The original ending of the book is like the end of the film, so I think it’s up to your imagination over whether they get to the island or die or not (or if the island is even real). Subsequent editions of the book have a different ending where the dogs are rescued from the sea and returned to Snitter's master (in these editions it turns out he was only injured and not killed when he got ran over).
lkcrm94 6 months ago
@lkcrm94 Oh. Well im going to imagin both ways.
They got to the island and eat on crab, fish, coconuts, and other stuff, and felt free.
They didnt get to the island and sadly drowned, from not being able to breath, and their paws hurting badly.
(Yup... kinda sad and kinda not.)
ungirley2 6 months ago
Did they die?
luvtheoc101 6 months ago
@luvtheoc101 That's left to your interpretation. For me, the bigger questions are: was the island real or was it another fragment of Snitter's imagination? Does the island represent freedom (heaven) for them or is it a physical island? I believe they did die as they vanish into the fog and the sounds of paddling stops quite abruptly and they are not seen again as the credits move through the spot they had vanished through.
TheMonochromeBird 6 months ago
15 people should drown.
wesgriff1 6 months ago
Q_Q *flees to water and saves the dogs* D':
xXTabithaa 6 months ago
This movie is so sad but so true to life. I feel so bad for those dogs, but I love how the message of animal abuse is spoken out in this film. BTW, my fav is Rowlf!
Anime210Freak 6 months ago
so...did they make it or no? don't get it
AlisonJBranscum1231 6 months ago
@AlisonJBranscum1231
I did alot of thinking on it. The only thing I can guess is they died at the end (but they didn't show it) by drowning or plague. I think they didn't give a real ending because they wanted people to habe their own thoerys. That's my thoery.
Anime210Freak 6 months ago
the ending makes me so sad its like they were never happy the whole movie i know they are free now but i wanted to see them at least happy
slowjoe789 6 months ago
to me...the final song makes me cry even more.....:'(
AliceOlivia69 6 months ago 2
I just finished reading the book today and immediately wanted to check this movie out when I heard it was made.
Somehow it's such a well done adaptation (despite the book being more detailed). Thanks for uploading this uncut version!
Philosphyfanatic 6 months ago
i guess 50 km to isle of man :( ....
how can they do that...
gitarrojoe 6 months ago
im crying it is so sad the poor dogs just trying to find soome where to have a home and live. The never get to find it.
ShootTwoShow 6 months ago 2
I honestly loved this movie more than anything I've seen in the past.
I will point out that the book apparently implies that they could have made it or died a bit clearer, the movie makes it a harsh idea to think they live.
Either way they are free. That much is true *tears well up*
Great movie, dusty and beautiful, sad yet rewarding. I ended it with tears welling up, but with hope that they made it [and belief that if they didn't they still did in another way.]
Great movie.
redphienix 7 months ago
Nope, nope, not believing any comments about how they didn't make it. In my mind and heart they are relaxing on an island chasing frogs and living the peaceful life that they deserve.
Keviinskyyy 7 months ago 2
The ending is sad because the "island" is only snitter's imagination and is not really there, therefore the dogs definitely die. But also what really got me sad is what they say at the end... When Rowf still has hopes and says "Just stay with me... I'll get you there."
EliteTarget 7 months ago
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wonder what happened or how they were swimming for
and what song is that
sirdullboyofponty 7 months ago
wonder what happened or how they were swimming for
sirdullboyofponty 7 months ago