Beethoven (film) Jones as Dr. Herman Varnick. It features music composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Principal photography began on May 1, 1991, in Los Angeles, California. A group of puppies are stolen from a pet store by two thieves. A St. Bernard escapes and sneaks into the Newtons' home. The workaholic father, George Newton, doesn't want the responsibility of owning a dog, but his wife, Alice, and their children, Ryce, Ted and Emily, convince him. When Emily plays a portion of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on the piano, he barks along and they name him Beethoven. Beethoven helps the children overcome
What the Dog Saw a dog, hence the title. "What the Dog Saw" is a compilation of 19 articles by Malcolm Gladwell that were originally published in "The New Yorker" which are categorized into three parts. The first part, "Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius", describes people who are very good at what they do, but are not necessarily well-known. Part two, "Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses", describes the problems of prediction. This section covers problems such as intelligence failure, and the fall of Enron. The third section, "Personality, Character, and Intelligence", discusses a wide variety of psychological and sociological topics ranging from