Finding Rin Tin Tin

Finding Rin Tin Tin is a 2007 family comedy film directed by Israeli filmmaker Danny Lerner. Based loosely on historical events, the film is the most recent in a long line that includes the character Rin Tin Tin.

Plot

The film tells the story of the original Rin Tin Tin, the legendary German Shepherd, rescued as a shell-shocked puppy from the World War I battlefield in Lorraine, France, by an American serviceman, Lee Duncan. The puppy was taken to America and became the hero of several films made in the 1920s and 1930s.

Cast

Tyler Jensen as Lee Duncan
Ben Cross as Nikolaus
Gregory Gudgeon as Gaston
Steve O'Donnell as Johnson
William Hope as Major Snickens
Todd Jensen as Captain Sandman
Ivan Renkov as Jacques
Ian Porter as Lt. Bryant
Garrick Hagon as The General
Michal Yanai as Monique
Wesley Stiller as Steve

;As Rin Tin Tin

Oskar
Sunny
Mira
Zuza
Lana
Andy

Reception

Finding Rin Tin Tin is the lowest ranked film on the French site AlloCiné, compiling the ratings of several film critics and was unanimously ranked 1 star.

Lawsuit

In October 2008, Daphne Hereford, an American woman breeding progeny of the original Rin Tin Tin, asked a federal court in Houston, Texas to protect her rights to the Rin Tin Tin name. The judge ruled in favor of the filmmakers, declaring the use of the name in the film to be fair use.