Dogs in Incredible Hulk Movie

[Robert Schuh]

Can anyone confirm that the larger Mastiff dog that was Nick Nolte's dog
in the movie was a Cane Corso?

Thanks

--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[culprit]

Post by Robert Schuh
Can anyone confirm that the larger Mastiff dog that was Nick Nolte's dog
in the movie was a Cane Corso?

the American Humane Association states that the dogs were a Poodle, a
Staffordshire Terrier Mix, and a Mastiff Mix.

http://www.ahafilm.info/movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=7512

-kelly

[Robert Schuh]

Post by culprit

Post by Robert Schuh
Can anyone confirm that the larger Mastiff dog that was Nick Nolte's dog
in the movie was a Cane Corso?

the American Humane Association states that the dogs were a Poodle, a
Staffordshire Terrier Mix, and a Mastiff Mix.
http://www.ahafilm.info/movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=7512
-kelly

Thanks,
Seeing that the Cane Corso is a Mastiff breed, it could have been one. Most
people don't do the tail and ear croppings that are breed specific to a mix,
so I am guessing it was a Cane Corso.

Rob


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[shelly]

Seeing that the Cane Corso is a Mastiff breed, it could have
been one. Most people don't do the tail and ear croppings
that are breed specific to a mix, so I am guessing it was a
Cane Corso.

a Google search for "the hulk" + "cane corso" returns 18 hits,
none of them supporting your guess. the only info i was able
to turn up was that the dogs were "designed" by Lee's son and
were "modelled on a bull mastiff, pitbull terrier and French
poodle respectively." IOW, the dogs were CGI.

and this tweaks my BS meter. from
http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/pstory/0,3382,17344,00.html

"They ended up putting a suit with dots on the dogs -- the
poodle was portrayed by a 130-pound Doberman, the other two a
Mastiff and a pit bull. The recorded real-life fights with
stunt men were then translated to computer generated
characters and the dots corresponded to each animated
character's movement."

a 130lb Dobe?! IDTS.

[Robert Schuh]

Post by shelly

Seeing that the Cane Corso is a Mastiff breed, it could have
been one. Most people don't do the tail and ear croppings
that are breed specific to a mix, so I am guessing it was a
Cane Corso.

a Google search for "the hulk" + "cane corso" returns 18 hits,
none of them supporting your guess. the only info i was able
to turn up was that the dogs were "designed" by Lee's son and
were "modelled on a bull mastiff, pitbull terrier and French
poodle respectively." IOW, the dogs were CGI.
and this tweaks my BS meter. from
http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/pstory/0,3382,17344,00.html
"They ended up putting a suit with dots on the dogs -- the
poodle was portrayed by a 130-pound Doberman, the other two a
Mastiff and a pit bull. The recorded real-life fights with
stunt men were then translated to computer generated
characters and the dots corresponded to each animated
character's movement."
a 130lb Dobe?! IDTS.
--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://photos.yahoo.com/scouvrette

The dogs were not CGI. They showed the real dogs 3 or 4 times during the
movie.


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[Robert Schuh]

Post by shelly

Seeing that the Cane Corso is a Mastiff breed, it could have
been one. Most people don't do the tail and ear croppings
that are breed specific to a mix, so I am guessing it was a
Cane Corso.

a Google search for "the hulk" + "cane corso" returns 18 hits,
none of them supporting your guess. the only info i was able
to turn up was that the dogs were "designed" by Lee's son and
were "modelled on a bull mastiff, pitbull terrier and French
poodle respectively." IOW, the dogs were CGI.
and this tweaks my BS meter. from
http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/pstory/0,3382,17344,00.html
"They ended up putting a suit with dots on the dogs -- the
poodle was portrayed by a 130-pound Doberman, the other two a
Mastiff and a pit bull. The recorded real-life fights with
stunt men were then translated to computer generated
characters and the dots corresponded to each animated
character's movement."
a 130lb Dobe?! IDTS.
--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://photos.yahoo.com/scouvrette

BTW,
when they showed the dog used for the CGI "mastiff mix," it looked
identical to a Cane Corso. I know 2 breeders who said the same thing.


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[shelly]

Post by Robert Schuh
BTW,
when they showed the dog used for the CGI "mastiff mix," it looked
identical to a Cane Corso. I know 2 breeders who said the same thing.

then perhaps you know something that none of the online sources i
found know. i regret to say that i actually sat through the movie,
but i don't recall any dogs that looked like Cane Corsos.

[Robert Schuh]

Post by shelly

Post by Robert Schuh
BTW,
when they showed the dog used for the CGI "mastiff mix," it looked
identical to a Cane Corso. I know 2 breeders who said the same thing.

then perhaps you know something that none of the online sources i
found know. i regret to say that i actually sat through the movie,
but i don't recall any dogs that looked like Cane Corsos.
--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott & harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://photos.yahoo.com/scouvrette
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save
the few who are rich.
-- John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address 01/20/1961

Shelly,
It is not a great movie, I agree, but the DVD version has a lot of extra
things in it including the dogs used for the CGI footage. If it was not a
Cane Corso, it was some other large mastiff looking breed with cropped
ears, tail and about 160 lbs or so! :-)


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[Robert Schuh]

Post by culprit

Post by Robert Schuh
Can anyone confirm that the larger Mastiff dog that was Nick Nolte's dog
in the movie was a Cane Corso?

the American Humane Association states that the dogs were a Poodle, a
Staffordshire Terrier Mix, and a Mastiff Mix.
http://www.ahafilm.info/movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=7512
-kelly

BTW,
I think the dog that was in Flashdance was also a Cane Corso.


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[shelly]

Post by Robert Schuh
BTW,
I think the dog that was in Flashdance was also a Cane Corso.

nope. Grunt was played by an APBT named Jumbo Red.

[Robert Schuh]

Post by shelly

Post by Robert Schuh
BTW,
I think the dog that was in Flashdance was also a Cane Corso.

nope. Grunt was played by an APBT named Jumbo Red.
--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://photos.yahoo.com/scouvrette

Is that is so, then it had to have been the largest pit bull on the
planet. It's snout was too long to be a pit too. My wife watched the
movie the other night.


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[shelly]

Post by Robert Schuh
Is that is so, then it had to have been the largest pit bull on the
planet. It's snout was too long to be a pit too. My wife watched the
movie the other night.

he was a solid, muscular dog, but he wasn't freakishly large for an
APBT. there's a huge amount of morphological variety in the breed, to
the point that even those who are active in the breed can have trouble
IDing them.

http://members.aol.com/radogz/find.html

[Robert Schuh]

Post by shelly

Post by Robert Schuh
Is that is so, then it had to have been the largest pit bull on the
planet. It's snout was too long to be a pit too. My wife watched the
movie the other night.

he was a solid, muscular dog, but he wasn't freakishly large for an
APBT. there's a huge amount of morphological variety in the breed, to
the point that even those who are active in the breed can have trouble
IDing them.
http://members.aol.com/radogz/find.html
--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott & harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://photos.yahoo.com/scouvrette
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a
form of truth.
-- John F. Kennedy 10/26/1963

The only reason I thought it to be ludicrously large for a pit bull was in
the scene when it jumped up on the door of a car. It's head was at the top
of the window. Who knows, maybe they made the dog taller like they do many
actors like Tom Cruise and Sly Stallone! :-)


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[shelly]

Post by Robert Schuh
The only reason I thought it to be ludicrously large for a pit bull was in
the scene when it jumped up on the door of a car. It's head was at the top
of the window. Who knows, maybe they made the dog taller like they do many
actors like Tom Cruise and Sly Stallone! :-)

i haven't seen the movie since it was first out, so i don't recall
that scene. scale is everything, though. how large was the car? my
Boxer is quite petite--47lbs--but her head would easily reach the top
of my car window if she put her feet on the door. she can easily kiss
my chin when she's standing on her hind feet.

[Robert Schuh]

Post by shelly

Post by Robert Schuh
The only reason I thought it to be ludicrously large for a pit bull was in
the scene when it jumped up on the door of a car. It's head was at the top
of the window. Who knows, maybe they made the dog taller like they do many
actors like Tom Cruise and Sly Stallone! :-)

i haven't seen the movie since it was first out, so i don't recall
that scene. scale is everything, though. how large was the car? my
Boxer is quite petite--47lbs--but her head would easily reach the top
of my car window if she put her feet on the door. she can easily kiss
my chin when she's standing on her hind feet.
--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott & harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://photos.yahoo.com/scouvrette
We need men who can dream of things that never were.
-- John F. Kennedy, Dublin 06/28/1963

Great taste in dogs! I have a male and female boxer. They were both rescues and
THE sweetest dogs. :)


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[shelly]

Post by Robert Schuh
Great taste in dogs! I have a male and female boxer. They
were both rescues and THE sweetest dogs. :)

thank you! they're awfully entertaining dogs to live
with--never a dull moment.

[Robert Schuh]

Post by shelly

Post by Robert Schuh
Great taste in dogs! I have a male and female boxer. They
were both rescues and THE sweetest dogs. :)

thank you! they're awfully entertaining dogs to live
with--never a dull moment.
--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://photos.yahoo.com/scouvrette

I not only have the 2 bouncing boxers, but 7 cats and a really crazy
Macaw, so it is NEVER dull here. :-)


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[Rocky]

Post by Robert Schuh
I think the dog that was in Flashdance was also a Cane Corso.

As shelly said, he was an APBT. For a decent site of dogs in
movies and TV, check out:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1910/moviedogad.html
(There are a few familiar names in the contributors list.)

[Robert Schuh]

Post by Rocky

Post by Robert Schuh
I think the dog that was in Flashdance was also a Cane Corso.

As shelly said, he was an APBT. For a decent site of dogs in
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1910/moviedogad.html
(There are a few familiar names in the contributors list.)
--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

That was one giant ass pit bull! :-)


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[culprit]

Post by Robert Schuh
That was one giant ass pit bull! :-)

there are a lot of idiots out there who breed pit bulls for size. many of
them bring in blood from various Mastiff breeds to accomplish this.
unfortunately, the more they breed for looks, the more we see dogs with
unreliable temperaments.
:-(

-kelly

[Robert Schuh]

Post by culprit

Post by Robert Schuh
That was one giant ass pit bull! :-)

there are a lot of idiots out there who breed pit bulls for size. many of
them bring in blood from various Mastiff breeds to accomplish this.
unfortunately, the more they breed for looks, the more we see dogs with
unreliable temperaments.
:-(
-kelly

It also had a very long snout for a pit bull.


--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

[shelly]

Post by Robert Schuh
It also had a very long snout for a pit bull.

again, there is a huge variation in Pit Bulls. can *you* spot the Pit
Bull in this line-up?

http://members.aol.com/radogz/find.html