{{short description|2008 television film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Dog year.jpg | image_size = | caption = HBO advertising poster | writer = George LaVoo | story = Jon Katz | director = George LaVoo | starring = Jeff Bridges<br />Lauren Ambrose | music = Joseph Vitarelli | country = United States | language = English | producer = Liz Manne<br />Frank Doelger | editor = Michael Taylor<br />Leo Trombetta | cinematography = Frederick Elmes | runtime = 80 minutes | company = HBO Films | budget = | network = HBO | released = {{Start date|2009|09|03}} }} '''''A Dog Year''''' is a 2009 American made-for-television comedy-drama film written and directed by first-time director George LaVoo and starring Jeff Bridges.<ref>{{cite news|author=Hale, Mike |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/arts/television/03dog.html |title=Jeff Bridges Talks to a Dog in Film of Jon Katz's Memoir |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2009-09-02 |accessdate=2018-07-15}}</ref> It was originally broadcast on HBO on September 3, 2009.
The film is based on the memoir by Jon Katz and adapted by LaVoo.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Lowry, Brian |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/a-dog-year-1200475478/ |title=A Dog Year |magazine=Variety|date=2009-08-31 |accessdate=2018-07-15}}</ref> The story centers on a man experiencing a midlife crisis whose world is turned upside down when he adopts a border collie crazier than he is.<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite web | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002539332| title = HBO's 'Year' on calendar for Bridges | accessdate=2006-09-20 | work=hollywoodreporter| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060902214832/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002539332| archivedate= 2 September 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
==Plot== Jon Katz faces a midlife crisis. His wife moves out because he was growing too distant, their daughter Emma has moved to a place of her own, and he is left in the house with their two labrador retrievers and a severe case of writer's block. A dog breeder who has read his books convinces him to take in an abused and hyperactive border collie named Devon – and his crazy new life begins.
==Cast== * Jeff Bridges as Jonathan "Jon" Katz * Lauren Ambrose as Emma * Lois Smith as Lois Blair * Domhnall Gleeson as Anthony Armstrong * Welker White as Brenda King * Elizabeth Marvel as Margo *Pamela Holden Stewart as Patti * Deirdre O'Connell as Donna Brady
==Nominations== On Thursday, July 8, 2010, Jeff Bridges was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0808232|A Dog Year}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110105125118/http://www.tribecafilm.com/news-features/features/George_LaVoo_A_Dog_Year.html Tribeca Film Festival]
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