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
Heart of a Dog (2015 film) orchestrated tales ... about life and death and what comes in the middle when you do them right, which is love." He later named it the best album of 2015 in his ballot for "The Village Voice"s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. Heart of a Dog (2015 film) Heart of a Dog is a 2015 American documentary film directed by visual artist and composer Laurie Anderson. "Heart of a Dog" was commissioned by Franco-German TV station Arte and centers on Anderson's remembrances of her late beloved piano-playing and finger-painting dog Lolabelle. Scenes range from realistic footage from the animal's