I watched one of the new American films – the film directed by Simon Sellan Jones “Arthur, you are the King” / Arthur the King, 2023. The film is based on the autobiography of Swedish author Mikael Lindnord, Arthur: The Dog Who Crossed The Jungle To Find A Home. Lindnord was the captain of an extreme racing team who, during a race
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I watched one of the new American films – the film directed by Simon Sellan Jones “Arthur, you are the King” / Arthur the King, 2023. The film is based on the autobiography of Swedish author Mikael Lindnord, Arthur: The Dog Who Crossed The Jungle To Find A Home. Lindnord was the captain of an extreme racing team who, during a race in Ecuador, met and befriended an injured dog, which he then took home. In the film, the action is moved to the Dominican Republic, where the film was shot, and the main character Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) and members of his international team are Americans. In the role of the dog, which was called Arthur, starred mestizo Ukai. After a disastrous performance at previous competitions, Michael decides to assemble a new team and race again, hoping to win this time, with which he is going to end his career as an athlete. With some difficulty he succeeds and now they start the race in the Dominican Republic. At one of the rest points, they meet a homeless dog, Michael shares his meatballs with him, after which the incredulous dog follows them, having managed to overcome long distances only by known routes. One day he saves them literally from death, when they came to the edge of a cliff in the night race, which they did not see, and almost fell off it, after which they unanimously recognize him, and Michael proposes to call him Arthur in honor of King Arthur. True, their friendship will cost them the victory, they will take second place when they have to save the almost drowned following Arthur, when they were not allowed to take him into the boat, but he followed them by swimming. But their actions have earned the recognition of the public, who applaud them. But then trouble creeps up - the wounded Arthur is infected with parasites and local veterinarians do not undertake to treat him, offering the only way out - to put him to sleep. But Michael refuses, brings him to America, he is cured, and he becomes a full and beloved member of his family. And money for treatment can be collected with the help of a fund created by him to help. I was, of course, the most interesting dog part of the film, and then he didn’t jump, the dog is wonderful and very similar to the dog that served as his prototype.
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