Nov 10 2008This 'Beethoven's Big Break' Trailer is MY Bacon!
My friend Kevin just sent me this trailer to the new Jonathan Silverman-starring Beethoven movie under the assumption I had been avoiding recognizing it for a month-and-a-half. In actuality, I knew nothing of it because only Jonathan Silverman's parents had been notified of its existence.
It's called Beethoven's Big Break, because this is a meta Beethoven: Beethoven the giant, horrible, misbehaving dog with a penchant for inappropriately jumping on things gets his "big break," and becomes a film star, playing himself in a Beethoven-like movie. It appears to be written and/or directed by someone who never saw as much as a preview for a prior Beethoven, and thinks jumping on a dining room table and shaking himself on a bed is somehow a new place to go with this character. Either that or they think that shaking off mud on a bedspread is Beethoven's equivalent of a catchphrase. And they found the weirdest looking kid to co-star:
I really hope "That's MY bacon!" becomes a saying in its own right. You'd say it when someone takes something really good from you, like bacon. "You slept with my wife!? That's MY bacon!"
Reader Comments
1. che-che - November 10, 2008 4:46 PM
yesssssssssssss!!!
2. jim - November 10, 2008 5:25 PM
I'm totally joining the catchphrase revolution.
3. embarrassed - November 10, 2008 5:46 PM
that weird looking kid is on the tv show 'hannah montana'. i'm sorry i know that.
4. Warren - November 10, 2008 5:48 PM
I miss Charles Grodin.
5. tyler4all - November 10, 2008 8:05 PM
Man, I feel so bad for Jonathan Silverman. Anyone remember "The Single Guy"? That was a funny show. This dog movie does not look good. The guy keeps trying but nothing.
6. Charlie Caligula - November 10, 2008 9:03 PM
SIX movie collection? When did Beethoven Land-Before-Time the fuck out?
7. rob - November 10, 2008 9:22 PM
I see someone already mentioned this but...THE SINGLE GUY! I remember watching that show as a kid for some reason. I was too young to know better. My parents should be incarcerated for letting me watch schlock like that, Suddenly Susan, and Caroline in the City. THEY knew better.
This movie, though, looks terrific. Why not take the next logical step and get that dog some roller blades or something?
8. Atrides - November 10, 2008 11:45 PM
Everyone can eat it, St Bernards kick ass, and Beethoven was a great movie
9. denTaTa - November 11, 2008 3:31 AM
That's no kid, it's Javier Bardem shrunk down like John Rhys-Davies playing Gimli. Holy crap, nice cgi budget for a Beethoven movie.
10. ali - November 11, 2008 9:55 AM
this was a great post.
11. Jeremy - November 11, 2008 12:07 PM
This film not yet rated? Please post the red band trailer when it comes out. I want to see the part when the kid arbitrarily draws a dick.
12. Elmo - November 11, 2008 1:04 PM
crap I thought you meant Beethoven Beethoven, not the dog
*pfft*
13. dcsp - January 3, 2009 10:50 AM
it was a cute family movie.....
14. may - January 3, 2009 2:39 PM
then which one is when beethoven switches with another dog that is rich and looks exactly like beethoven?