Beethoven (franchise) Beethoven (franchise) The Beethoven film series is a series of eight American films, created by John Hughes (credited as Edmond Dantès) and Amy Holden Jones, in which the plot revolves around a family attempting to control the antics of their pet Saint Bernard. The first two films were theatrical releases and all after have been direct to video. The original "Beethoven" hit theaters in April 1992. Its opening grossed $7,587,565. It was the year's 26th largest grossing film in the U.S. at $57,114,049. In "Beethoven", the Newton family finds and adopts a Saint Bernard. The family, with the exception of
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