I am in Australia but I come from New Zealand that’s where it’s from do g horse and jess were real animals that existed, and that they came about in foot trot flats
Another South Aussie here, I'm a 1973 model. I spent the majority of school holidays on a friend's Sheep Station way out yonder easy of Peterborough (Nackara via Yunta). Some of my greatest memories are from those days. Learning how to drive sitting on my dad's lap at the age of 5-6, learning how to steer properly, then my best friend and I were taught what the pedals did which evolved into us chauffeuring the adults around. Herding sheep around on our BMX bikes whilst the sheering was on. I could not imagine a better way to spend the school holidays. Especially with all of dogs kicking about the place, I've loved dogs ever since. Did your phones ring at every local Sheep Station at once but each station had its own "ring tone" so-to-speak? Anyway Footrot Flats have been a staple of my younger years of reading - and honestly still to this day. Stay safe mate. 🙃👍 EDIT: I spell like a monkey.
@@davidlillecrapp2960 We (my family) stayed in the motel there a couple of times/year. My folks are members of the Sporting Car Club and twice a year the Veteran and Vintage Vehicle aspect of the club would go on runs up to the Barossa Valley and down to Victor Harbor and I believe that we stayed there, but that was a lifetime ago so I may be getting my awesome country towns mixed up. Angaston is also near the Collingrove Hillclimb (IIRC) which is a whole different scene from the old cars putt, puttering around, but countless Sundays were spent on that hill as well. You certainly had some awesomely beautiful parts of SA to grow up in, and I'd put money on you knowing every corner of every road in a 100km or much greater radius around Angaston like the back of your hand. Drivers licence = Freedom Ah, the random people one chats with online. Sorry for the nostalgia word wall, but all these memories just came flooding back. 🙃👍
@@Bob-Jenkins yeah Collingrove is on the way to Eden Valley and then Springton and Williamstown and after that you have Birdwood, Gumaracha (the big rocking horse).
@@davidlillecrapp2960 Thank you. It's all fitting back into place now. I actually forgot about that Rocking Horse, I wonder if it's still open… now that is tragic, my curiosity has been piqued so I'm going to have to take a nice long drive through the Adelaide Hills and check on its status. 👍🙃
One of the best NZ movies ever. Always a hit In our household in the 80s. Glad it's free on here. Long may it stay that way. And to hear the Great Billy T James again what a legend
I'm 27, and when I was like 4-6 years old, this movie was playing on the TV - I've spent the last 20 plus years trying to explain (not very well) the one scene in the rain, and the dog being treated horribly, etc, to so many people and not one person could figure out what movie I was talking about. Idk how this ended up on my home page today, but I clicked onto it and IMMEDIATELY realised this was the movie I've been trying to tell people about for so long. 😂 I've skipped through it, but now I'm actually going to watch it. I'm so glad I didn't imagine this, it honestly freaked me out so much when I was a kid.😂
I've seen a few slightly obscure movies uploaded in full on TH-cam these past few days. I guess this one is doing the rounds. My dad rented this from the video shop, I can't have been more than four or five. I wasn't really watching it, I was too busy playing with my matchbox cars, though I did occasionally glance up at the screen. I don't often think about Footrot Flats, but these vague memories do occasionally bubble up to the surface of the cesspit that is my brain. Usually when Dave Dobbyn come on the radio. More than 30 years lurking in those dark corners. Damn, I'm gonna have to watch this movie now, aren't I...
Believe it or not, this film was aired in Serbia back in the nineties. I remember being very scared of the flood scenes as a kid. I'm so happy that I was able to finally find it! I knew there was a dog involved, but today I all of a sudden remembered it involved rugby as well - so googling "dog cartoon rugby flood" got me here! 😂
We have entered a global world. And this New Zealand is more a thing our culture forgets. Kids these days will never know. If your a teacher in NZ I hope you make the kids watch this!
Good to know I wasn’t the only one crying and laughing at the same time! Brings back so many memories for me… having grown up on a sheep farm with a kiwi Dad and lots of sheep dogs. We even had a kiwi farmhand who we nicknamed Rangi and Dad called me Hobson. I had all the comic books and this was the first movie I ever saw at the cinema (although back then we called it “the pictures”). Made me miss farm life, my Dad and the 80s…sniff, sniff…what an emotional rollercoaster!
Nice. the comic book was always popular when I was a kid growing up in 80s Australia. It was a Kiwi comic but still a little relevant to rural Australia. They were much simpler happy times for most of us
Saw Footrot's at the Cinema in `86 and never gotten of tired of watching it again & again !! Bought it on DVD over 20yrs back but seeing it now in 4K was like seeing it for that first brilliant time again !! Best 67 minutes in cartoon history ❤ THANK YOU ❤
I was 17 when I first saw this at the cinema in early 1987 - Dave Dobbyn's "Slice of Heaven" got a lot of airplay on Aussie radio. I had read the comic strips of Footrot Flats in the local paper each morning before seeing the short animated movie. A tribute to Murray Ball and John Clarke who have since passed away.
I recently rewatched this film as an adult for the first time, and it was really good. Throughout the entire experience, I had a strong sense of nostalgia and familiarity. While watching the scene when the pig ate the bird, I had a strange realization. That particular scene along with its music immediately brought back memories of being frightened of this part as a little girl, and it haunted my nightmares for a while (I was a bit of an easily frightened kid, its kind of funny now that I am an adult that I thought it was so scary as a child). It's funny how I never forgot that scene, but somehow disconnected it from this movie in my mind. I didn't have any recollection of it being a part of THIS movie, even though I vividly remembered the rest of the film and this specific scene. It's as if I thought it belonged to a different movie, yet I couldn't remember which one, all while still recalling the rest of the movie and remaining unaware that this scene was a part of it. It's quite strange. Over all I really enjoyed the rewatch. Will have to show my mum ❤️
Not sure I dare watch this through to the end. Wal's bedroom and kitchen are dangerous enough with sight gags - and so totally believable. I loved the strip during its brief run in an English newspaper - brilliant. So sad that Murray Ball will write and draw no more. G'dai, maites, from England
I've seen a few slightly obscure movies uploaded in full on TH-cam these past few days. I guess this one is doing the rounds. My dad rented this from the video shop, I can't have been more than four or five. I wasn't really watching it, I was too busy playing with my matchbox cars, though I did occasionally glance up at the screen. I don't often think about Footrot Flats, but these vague memories do occasionally bubble up to the surface of the cesspit that is my brain. Usually when Dave Dobbyn come on the radio. More than 30 years lurking in those dark corners. Damn, I'm gonna have to watch this movie now, aren't I...
I grew up in the 80s in Australia and collected nearly all these comics including the book version of this movie. Remember the song being in the charts and watching this on VHS back in the day. Simpler times
Love this movie of all time, New Zealand classic "Footrot Flats" born late 60s Father was working on the railways, we also helped run the farm miss 💖 those days..... Thank you for letting us view this on youtube 👍
never seen it before but it's perfect for 2nd January 2024 3pm fires on, constant rain outside, PERRRFECT !!!🎉😂❤ child of the 80s too...I so miss this old skool animation
I feel like an outlier. I got into Footrot Flats late because they were selling old comic strips at a market in my town so I got into them around 2017 or so. I was pleasantly surprised to see an animated film got made without my knowing.
First saw this when I was 11-12 years old, I had all the footrot flats comic books and now I'm 50 years reliving my childhood again! Thanks for the upload!
I lived in Canada, mums Australian, so we made 2 trips in the early to mid 80s. Can't remember who got me onto foot troot flats, but it's been a favourite ever since.
I got the impression that Wal’s bedroom and kitchen were cleaner in the strip than they were in the movie. But a running gag was the state of Wal’s footy gear after the season.
I'm so glad that I can watch this forgotten gem in 1080p or 1440p resolution. I remember I watched this cartoon movie in my childhood via VHS recorder. I wasn't sure what was its title. I have found this movie with hungarian dub after 20 years of searching in Google. 🙂
Not sure if i saw this on telly in the early 90's or if i started by borrowing the comics from the local library, either way i remember seeing this on tv once or twice as a child and they never broadcasted it again in Australia. Was sad about that cause i could never find a copy of it to buy or rent back in the day. I really wish they made a tv series adapting all the comics, but it seems like they didn't make enough to continue RIP Murray Ball you made alot of people laugh over the years with Dog's antics
Thankyou so much. I remember actually going to the movies to see this with my dad as a kid and I'm still a huge fan of Footrot Flats. The comics are getting hard to find today
New Zealand treasure for sure. Australian too I loved Footrot Flats growing up in the 80's. Used to buy the comics and read them on trips to Cape Conran and other places.
Yeah the animation looks a little similar to the animators who did Peanuts cartoons from the mid 60s thru the early 80s. Also I thought he was like a mix of Pepe LePew and Snoopy
my dad had a whole heap of the original comic books, and i do remember watching this back in the 80's possibly early 90's. Cannot believe that this popped up in my recommended. TH-cam for once delivers!
Footrot Flats, my all-time favourite. I still have a dozen or so of the books. I used to work for the Daily Telegraph in Napier and met Murray Ball in Gisborne a couple of times in around 1972, which was in fact before he started Footrot Flats, I think. Did we in fact ever get to know Dog's name? I can't remember now.
I so love this film omg. My old girl does too. It was her babysitter as a pup when I had to go out. When it finished she'd chew the cords😂. Always buying cords🤣
I'm a lover of old school animation living in the USA. So I'm seeing this for the first time. Never heard of it. But from the comments it's an Australian production. I'm loving all the Aussie culture. G'day from Tucson, Arizona, USA.
When we had a big push of Kiwis into Stralia back in the late 70s I remember them being a fun people and very rural. Many a great barbie on a Saturday arvo and drinking until late (good music and dancing). I also remember being introduced to Footrot Flats 😁😁
Thanks this takes me back ,as a ten year old and a budding artist i was allowed to paint on the back of our family car a ( escort panel van ) a portrait of Dog
Nostalgic from back when New Zealand was the Greatest place on planet earth. This is proof of how awesome it was at that time. A true time capsule , encapsulating everything that NZ was.........such a shame to see what it is now. Like most ex-Kiwis i was forced out and now live in Australia where it reminds me of how NZ was in my youth. How nice and homely everyone is still out here. I see the same patterns slowly starting to happen over here too. But for now rural Australia is how NZ was last century. Paradise. And the people out here make this paradise. Down to eartth. I became a foreigner in my own country. Not having Anything in common with the foreign imagrants, not language, not culture, not communication, not work ethic, not outlook, not looking out for my fellow man. Such a shame. Everyone knows it was better back then. But no one's allowed to say anything.
@@stephen6279 It was made and set in New Zealand, as that's where Murray Ball lived, the creator. I have heard that he stopped making the comic due to New Zealand not feeling the same as before, so he couldn't represent it the way he remembered.
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Footrot Flats was a huge part of my 80's childhood ... this film wasn't perfect, but they did well to translate the comic strips onto film so well ...
I literally didn’t know that this film or the comic even existed. Mostly because I’m Canadian.
I ❤❤❤❤❤❤ THIS MOVIE.
Your spot on mate, just 1 thing, this movie is perfect 🤩
Never saw before.
I am in Australia but I come from New Zealand that’s where it’s from do g horse and jess were real animals that existed, and that they came about in foot trot flats
As an Australian l got raised by the comics and still remember watching this movie when it first come out. Just love it ❤❤❤❤
No one cares that you're Australian. You don't need to add that before you write a comment. 😂
How about the song?
Slice of heaven
@@ohno316yep
Never got to see the movie but on the edge of the west Australian outback, every kid had the comics
@@ohno316 best song
Son of a 4th generation sheep farmer in South Australia, born in 1974.
How could I not love this?
Another South Aussie here, I'm a 1973 model. I spent the majority of school holidays on a friend's Sheep Station way out yonder easy of Peterborough (Nackara via Yunta). Some of my greatest memories are from those days. Learning how to drive sitting on my dad's lap at the age of 5-6, learning how to steer properly, then my best friend and I were taught what the pedals did which evolved into us chauffeuring the adults around. Herding sheep around on our BMX bikes whilst the sheering was on. I could not imagine a better way to spend the school holidays. Especially with all of dogs kicking about the place, I've loved dogs ever since.
Did your phones ring at every local Sheep Station at once but each station had its own "ring tone" so-to-speak?
Anyway Footrot Flats have been a staple of my younger years of reading - and honestly still to this day.
Stay safe mate. 🙃👍
EDIT: I spell like a monkey.
@@Bob-Jenkins I grew up just outside of Angaston (Barossa valley)
@@davidlillecrapp2960 We (my family) stayed in the motel there a couple of times/year. My folks are members of the Sporting Car Club and twice a year the Veteran and Vintage Vehicle aspect of the club would go on runs up to the Barossa Valley and down to Victor Harbor and I believe that we stayed there, but that was a lifetime ago so I may be getting my awesome country towns mixed up.
Angaston is also near the Collingrove Hillclimb (IIRC) which is a whole different scene from the old cars putt, puttering around, but countless Sundays were spent on that hill as well.
You certainly had some awesomely beautiful parts of SA to grow up in, and I'd put money on you knowing every corner of every road in a 100km or much greater radius around Angaston like the back of your hand. Drivers licence = Freedom
Ah, the random people one chats with online.
Sorry for the nostalgia word wall, but all these memories just came flooding back. 🙃👍
@@Bob-Jenkins yeah Collingrove is on the way to Eden Valley and then Springton and Williamstown and after that you have Birdwood, Gumaracha (the big rocking horse).
@@davidlillecrapp2960 Thank you. It's all fitting back into place now. I actually forgot about that Rocking Horse, I wonder if it's still open… now that is tragic, my curiosity has been piqued so I'm going to have to take a nice long drive through the Adelaide Hills and check on its status. 👍🙃
Omg.. I've read every footrotflat comic.. and loved the movie... what a trip finding this....nostalgia!!
I still smile when Wal was given the dog, and named it Dog. Did Murry Ball ever reveal the Dog's real name?
1:03:45 Horse flexing out the bullet is the manliest thing I've ever seen 😂💪
That cat is indestructible!
I forgot this movie existed @@danhay2505
One of the best NZ movies ever. Always a hit In our household in the 80s. Glad it's free on here. Long may it stay that way. And to hear the Great Billy T James again what a legend
its a australian movie mate
not much of a nz movie but some are
@@xsupremevolt8956 yeah but the movie and comics take place in New Zealand
@@xsupremevolt8956 It's mostly a nz film. Written by a kiwi. Kiwi music and kiwi actors.
The animation was done in aussie.
@@xsupremevolt8956 'tis a kiwi film mate.
I'm 27, and when I was like 4-6 years old, this movie was playing on the TV - I've spent the last 20 plus years trying to explain (not very well) the one scene in the rain, and the dog being treated horribly, etc, to so many people and not one person could figure out what movie I was talking about. Idk how this ended up on my home page today, but I clicked onto it and IMMEDIATELY realised this was the movie I've been trying to tell people about for so long. 😂
I've skipped through it, but now I'm actually going to watch it. I'm so glad I didn't imagine this, it honestly freaked me out so much when I was a kid.😂
Lol that’s awesome. I think many can relate
I've seen a few slightly obscure movies uploaded in full on TH-cam these past few days. I guess this one is doing the rounds.
My dad rented this from the video shop, I can't have been more than four or five. I wasn't really watching it, I was too busy playing with my matchbox cars, though I did occasionally glance up at the screen. I don't often think about Footrot Flats, but these vague memories do occasionally bubble up to the surface of the cesspit that is my brain. Usually when Dave Dobbyn come on the radio.
More than 30 years lurking in those dark corners. Damn, I'm gonna have to watch this movie now, aren't I...
ok But your nose is massive sweetheart
Yes this is me exactly!
Horse, what a legend. The most badass cat ever!
Yeah damn every hous had such cat like that on NZ farms in those days, many would be so vicious you couldnt touch them
Horse was the only character in the series that was based on an actual living being, according to Murray Ball.
It was a sad day when Horse died.
I named my huge black and white boy, horse. And oh man he lives up to that standard of crazy haha 😂
@@petert3355it was a sad day when we lost Murray ball
american immigrant, got introduced to the comics in 2011, still think Footrot>Garfield, there's just something more genuine and heartfelt in Footrot
Believe it or not, this film was aired in Serbia back in the nineties. I remember being very scared of the flood scenes as a kid. I'm so happy that I was able to finally find it! I knew there was a dog involved, but today I all of a sudden remembered it involved rugby as well - so googling "dog cartoon rugby flood" got me here! 😂
That’s a wonderful story.
I watched this film as a 9 or 10yo back in 86 or 87.
Now I’ve got my Luxembourgish kids of the same age today watching it.
We have entered a global world. And this New Zealand is more a thing our culture forgets. Kids these days will never know. If your a teacher in NZ I hope you make the kids watch this!
Or, y’know, a parent lol
I'm a kid of today, and I willingly watched this. What does that make me?
@TydeStudiosAnimation a kid with good taste, obviously
As well as making them watch “Boy” & “Whale Rider”. 2 of the best Kiwi films I’ve seen lately, and I’m an Aussie! 👏👏
This was the first movie I ever saw in a theatre as a kid.. love it!
same
Same here my friends father owns the local movie theatre back in the day
Same!! The cinema at the Singleton Army base.
Same!
Same
The best movie ever made!!!!
I'm a 7th generation sheep and cattle farmer and know this movie word for word
Been over 30 yrs since I enjoyed this in Australia. Thanks for puttin this on !!
I remember almost crying in the movie theater because my mother wanted to watch this.....I was 16 😂 today I love it ❤ Thank you Mum ❤ I love you
Haven't seen this in 30 years but when it started playing i knew every word and every song lyric. Thankyou for reminding me of those better times.
My family saw this at a drive-in. It was great and still is.
Made me cry and laugh at the same time . Brings back family memories around the old tv ❤ rip Murray Ball
Good to know I wasn’t the only one crying and laughing at the same time! Brings back so many memories for me… having grown up on a sheep farm with a kiwi Dad and lots of sheep dogs. We even had a kiwi farmhand who we nicknamed Rangi and Dad called me Hobson. I had all the comic books and this was the first movie I ever saw at the cinema (although back then we called it “the pictures”). Made me miss farm life, my Dad and the 80s…sniff, sniff…what an emotional rollercoaster!
Comin across the pond here in America and I gotta say whata wonderful charming cartoon. Made me feel like a kid again.
Nice. the comic book was always popular when I was a kid growing up in 80s Australia. It was a Kiwi comic but still a little relevant to rural Australia. They were much simpler happy times for most of us
Saw Footrot's at the Cinema in `86 and never gotten of tired of watching it again & again !! Bought it on DVD over 20yrs back but seeing it now in 4K was like seeing it for that first brilliant time again !! Best 67 minutes in cartoon history ❤ THANK YOU ❤
I was born in 2005 and read the comics my dad had, what a joy to find this
Thank you for putting this up, I have been trying to buy this on DVD for 20 years. Now my son can finally enjoy it with me ❤❤❤
I've got the DVD (zone 4) Got it new 20yrs ago
Internet Archive has the film to watch or d/load
It's a free library and an amazing treasure trove
There's plenty of DVDs of Footrot Flats for sale on ebay.
@@saltyaussie7702yeah. What they talking bout.
I worked at JB hi-fi for 10+ years and not once did we not have this in stock hahahahaha You didnt look very hard.
I was 17 when I first saw this at the cinema in early 1987 - Dave Dobbyn's "Slice of Heaven" got a lot of airplay on Aussie radio. I had read the comic strips of Footrot Flats in the local paper each morning before seeing the short animated movie. A tribute to Murray Ball and John Clarke who have since passed away.
I didn't realise John Clarke played Wall. He was a legend. I loved the comic book as a kid and there was a copy in the toilet
you have to check out his hit song'' Gum boot's'' Under his alias of Fred dagg.
I recently rewatched this film as an adult for the first time, and it was really good. Throughout the entire experience, I had a strong sense of nostalgia and familiarity.
While watching the scene when the pig ate the bird, I had a strange realization. That particular scene along with its music immediately brought back memories of being frightened of this part as a little girl, and it haunted my nightmares for a while (I was a bit of an easily frightened kid, its kind of funny now that I am an adult that I thought it was so scary as a child). It's funny how I never forgot that scene, but somehow disconnected it from this movie in my mind. I didn't have any recollection of it being a part of THIS movie, even though I vividly remembered the rest of the film and this specific scene. It's as if I thought it belonged to a different movie, yet I couldn't remember which one, all while still recalling the rest of the movie and remaining unaware that this scene was a part of it. It's quite strange.
Over all I really enjoyed the rewatch. Will have to show my mum ❤️
I'm 41 and I think the scenes with the Murphy farm would've scared the hell out of me as a 4-year-old when this came out.
Read the books and saw it in the theatre. Slice of heaven, wooh - wooh...
Not sure I dare watch this through to the end. Wal's bedroom and kitchen are dangerous enough with sight gags - and so totally believable. I loved the strip during its brief run in an English newspaper - brilliant. So sad that Murray Ball will write and draw no more. G'dai, maites, from England
Irish Murphy landing in the river at 57:15 must be the first wash he’s had in ages.
I enjoyed the comic as a teen and watched the film at a cinema in Newcastle back in 86. Slice Of Heaven, what a great song.
I've seen a few slightly obscure movies uploaded in full on TH-cam these past few days. I guess this one is doing the rounds.
My dad rented this from the video shop, I can't have been more than four or five. I wasn't really watching it, I was too busy playing with my matchbox cars, though I did occasionally glance up at the screen. I don't often think about Footrot Flats, but these vague memories do occasionally bubble up to the surface of the cesspit that is my brain. Usually when Dave Dobbyn come on the radio.
More than 30 years lurking in those dark corners. Damn, I'm gonna have to watch this movie now, aren't I...
I grew up in the 80s in Australia and collected nearly all these comics including the book version of this movie. Remember the song being in the charts and watching this on VHS back in the day. Simpler times
Murray Ball's footrot flats comic genius, a favourite, never will tire from it, Cheers to happy dayz
Great art and story. They would never make a movie like this today.
"Kick Footrot in the goolies...Kick the ref in the goolies...kick everybody in the goolies!" 🤣🤣🤣
"oh god I punched myself" - " next time you punch yourself son I'll have no option but to send you off!" 😅
I’d forgotten about this and just watched it for the first time again in 33 years.
So cool seeing this movie in 4k for the whole world to see, Grew up reading the comics and the movie was one of my favs as a kid
Love this movie of all time, New Zealand classic "Footrot Flats" born late 60s Father was working on the railways, we also helped run the farm miss 💖 those days..... Thank you for letting us view this on youtube 👍
Those puppies are so cute and adorable. I bet the parents are so proud of their children.
never seen it before but it's perfect for 2nd January 2024 3pm fires on, constant rain outside, PERRRFECT !!!🎉😂❤
child of the 80s too...I so miss this old skool animation
I've never seen this movie so clear! I used to watch this all the time on VHS as a kid.
I loved growing up with this movie. Read the old big ass comic book then this came out and made my childhood XD
I feel like an outlier. I got into Footrot Flats late because they were selling old comic strips at a market in my town so I got into them around 2017 or so. I was pleasantly surprised to see an animated film got made without my knowing.
Have not seen this movie for years, i loved the comics as a kid and still even have the plush of Dog i grew up with too
First saw this when I was 11-12 years old, I had all the footrot flats comic books and now I'm 50 years reliving my childhood again! Thanks for the upload!
Woof woof woof bloody woof, Nothing but nostalgia at it's best one of the best cartoons around
I lived in Canada, mums Australian, so we made 2 trips in the early to mid 80s. Can't remember who got me onto foot troot flats, but it's been a favourite ever since.
Absolute bloody legend for throwing this up
I got the impression that Wal’s bedroom and kitchen were cleaner in the strip than they were in the movie. But a running gag was the state of Wal’s footy gear after the season.
I'm so glad that I can watch this forgotten gem in 1080p or 1440p resolution.
I remember I watched this cartoon movie in my childhood via VHS recorder. I wasn't sure what was its title.
I have found this movie with hungarian dub after 20 years of searching in Google. 🙂
I went to life drawing classes with Murray.
Did.... did he have a big one?
@@reganpt1 very funny. He just sat at his easel and very quietly and competently sketched. Nothing like his cartoons 🙂
@@MsMounenHeh. Sorry couldn't resist that one. Thanks for the cool little story. RIP Murray. 😥
Not sure if i saw this on telly in the early 90's or if i started by borrowing the comics from the local library, either way i remember seeing this on tv once or twice as a child and they never broadcasted it again in Australia. Was sad about that cause i could never find a copy of it to buy or rent back in the day.
I really wish they made a tv series adapting all the comics, but it seems like they didn't make enough to continue
RIP Murray Ball you made alot of people laugh over the years with Dog's antics
Thankyou so much. I remember actually going to the movies to see this with my dad as a kid and I'm still a huge fan of Footrot Flats. The comics are getting hard to find today
Classic movie, watched this so many times when i was kid. Still knew most of it word for word - worth watching 30+ years later - thanks for the upload
New Zealand treasure for sure. Australian too I loved Footrot Flats growing up in the 80's. Used to buy the comics and read them on trips to Cape Conran and other places.
So goofy yet I watched it through the end. Love the art style and animation. The dog some what reminds me of Snoopy
I though of him as a cross of Sylvester and snoopy.
Yeah the animation looks a little similar to the animators who did Peanuts cartoons from the mid 60s thru the early 80s. Also I thought he was like a mix of Pepe LePew and Snoopy
I remember watching this with my Grandparents when this come out in the movies in '86. Got freaked every time the Murphy's helicopter buzzed in.
This movie is my childhood 😂 the first movie I could bond and love alongside my Dad ❤
Murray Ball’s characters and Dave Dobbyn’s soundtrack make a great movie
Loved this movie growing up in Australia. Had a family friend bring me back comics from a NZ trip and I still have them
14:59 - my guess is the Carmen Sandiego guys based Top Grunge on Wal. On account of that motorcycle.
Loved the comics and movie growing up in 80s growing up on farm in Australia just legendary
my dad had a whole heap of the original comic books, and i do remember watching this back in the 80's possibly early 90's. Cannot believe that this popped up in my recommended. TH-cam for once delivers!
Ahhhh the memories , just found this laying round in the tent up Vic High Country. Still brings me to tears when Horse and Dog float out to sea..
Absolutely love this and the classic song "Slice of Heaven" ❤
By Sir Dave Dobbyn
Footrot Flats, my all-time favourite. I still have a dozen or so of the books. I used to work for the Daily Telegraph in Napier and met Murray Ball in Gisborne a couple of times in around 1972, which was in fact before he started Footrot Flats, I think. Did we in fact ever get to know Dog's name? I can't remember now.
I always thought it was 'Cream Puff', there is a clue in one of the books that made me believe that.
Wherever Dog's name was written, there was a pawprint on top.
I so love this film omg. My old girl does too. It was her babysitter as a pup when I had to go out. When it finished she'd chew the cords😂. Always buying cords🤣
I used to go to the movies all the time. Seeing this in the cinema was like seeing Ghostbusters at the cinema at the time.
I absolutely love this movie, and the comics. I grew up with movie and comics in Australia.
First movie I saw at the movies back in 1988 , loved it then , now in my 40s still love this movie , one of new Zealand's best movies ever
The shading in this movie was pretty great. And the character designs often had a good sense of large, heavy, dangerous creatures.
I absolutely loved this movie back when I was a kid. Still do. Even have the dvd.
My favourite cartoon ever. Its beautiful to see it in such high quality
I'm a lover of old school animation living in the USA. So I'm seeing this for the first time. Never heard of it. But from the comments it's an Australian production. I'm loving all the Aussie culture. G'day from Tucson, Arizona, USA.
New Zealand.
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👍🏼 I thought so.
it's Kiwi Film, thanks for watching!
You can be forgiven. Footrot Flats is one of those Kiwi icons that Aussies grew up with & love as well.
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I gotta be honest, I'm a little jealous that Peanuts got various films and Footrot Flats only got one.
It is a pity they didn’t do more Footrot Flats movies.
Best movie ever out of NZ
Saw it when i was a boy,and now i am 40 it brought back fine memories of childhood
Woof woof bloody woof woof woof woof!
I love this film much, I socks, cripes they will need changing! I have. Dog called Dog coz of this!
What a blast from the past, I remember as a kid reading the comics in the paper and the Footrot flats books.
Horse pops the bullet out of his shoulder like "twernt nothin".
There is lot of attitude in that cat.
This movie brings back memories of my childhood. I remember watching this with friends in the local cinema, back when it was first released.
Aww love this movie this has been awesome to watch again almost 15 years since I last watched it,
When we had a big push of Kiwis into Stralia back in the late 70s I remember them being a fun people and very rural. Many a great barbie on a Saturday arvo and drinking until late (good music and dancing). I also remember being introduced to Footrot Flats 😁😁
Felt so good to hear Billy T's voice in there 😊👍
I remember reading through my dads collection as a kid 👌 good times
I used to watch this over and over as a kid :)
I was born in 2003 and this was my childhood movie
You have good parents
Legend for putting this up for us kiwis living overseas ❤
A gift from the gods. Thank you.👍
Thanks this takes me back ,as a ten year old and a budding artist i was allowed to paint on the back of our family car a ( escort panel van ) a portrait of Dog
Just brilliant and perfect entertainment for a country boy.
Thanks Murray
I love this one, its my favourite childhood movie.😁👊👊👍👍
I was born in 2008 but my dad brought a dvd of this movie one time when I was little and I absolutely loved it, I would watch it every chance I got ❤
Lived around the corner from Murray Ball in Gisborne, and played cricket against his son… love this so much :)
Haven't watched Footrot flats for years, so nostalgic. My 7 year old was confused, grossed out but enjoyed watching it overall
This is my favourite movie of all time.
Back in the 90s Dog was my neighbour.
Fun fact: He actually had a kennel at the corner of the property in Gisborne, not a drum.
My favourite cartoon of all time ! Plus the music is friggen AWESOME ! 💞👍🏻❤️👍🏻💞
Nostalgic from back when New Zealand was the Greatest place on planet earth. This is proof of how awesome it was at that time. A true time capsule , encapsulating everything that NZ was.........such a shame to see what it is now. Like most ex-Kiwis i was forced out and now live in Australia where it reminds me of how NZ was in my youth. How nice and homely everyone is still out here. I see the same patterns slowly starting to happen over here too. But for now rural Australia is how NZ was last century. Paradise. And the people out here make this paradise. Down to eartth. I became a foreigner in my own country. Not having Anything in common with the foreign imagrants, not language, not culture, not communication, not work ethic, not outlook, not looking out for my fellow man.
Such a shame. Everyone knows it was better back then. But no one's allowed to say anything.
So bloody true John 👍🏻🇦🇺
You mean before all the immigrants ruined the original culture?
Was this set in NZ? I thought it was Oz
@@stephen6279 It was made and set in New Zealand, as that's where Murray Ball lived, the creator. I have heard that he stopped making the comic due to New Zealand not feeling the same as before, so he couldn't represent it the way he remembered.
@@Here_is_Waldo what used to be the good things about new zealand before?
One of the best animated shows I've ever seen, loved it as a kid and love it still as a man in my 40's! Grew up with the comics and books also!