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
The Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership name. The film was directed by Katsuhide Motoki, and stars Rena Tanaka, Mayuko Fukuda, Etsushi Toyokawa. The Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership The Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership, also known as The Ten Commandments From a Pet's Point of View or simply Ten Commandments For Dog Owners, is a set of pet ownership rules. It was created in 1993 by Stan Rawlinson, and is written from the point of view of a dog. This set of rules was used as the basis of the 2008 Japanese film "10 Promises to My Dog". The commandments convey the dog's perspective to elicit