Willem Dafoe braves the Alaskan tundra with a furry friend in the first trailer for Disney's Togo
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“My business is dogs.” So says Willem Dafoe in the trailer for Disney’s Togo, a Jack London-esque adventure in which the legendarily feral performer gets to act with some wild animals, the only creatures who can truly appreciate his unhinged aesthetic.
Based on true events, Togo channels Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer as much as it does White Fang in its telling of a dogsled trainer who bonds with and believes in a undersized mutt as they journey through the treacherous Alaskan tundra in search of an antitoxin serum. As you might expect, however, it’s not the serum that saves Dafoe…it’s Togo. The good boy.
An inspirational Disney film’s quite the pivot for Dafoe, considering we last saw him chugging gasoline and spitting barnacles in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse, but surprise is the mark of a great actor. Hopefully Togo likes his lobster.
Togo mushes onto Disney+ on December 20.
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I’m too smart to fall for this inspirational, sugary, canine fairy tale.
[Sets calendar for 12/20]
I think I would prefer the episode of John Lurie’s “Fishing with John” that Willem Dafoe guest starred on where they go ice fishing in Maine and they end up starving to death (according to the narration)
The next episode (the one with Dennis Hopper) begins with the narrator, Rob Webb, saying:
“John’s not dead after all. My mistake.”
Not sure about Dafoe. Maybe John ate him? John had a weird look in his eyes when they ran out of cheese and peanut butter crackers. Like he was picturing Dafoe as a hot dog or something.
That also was a hilarious episode though the one with Dafoe was my favorite
I would not bet against Willem Dafoe in a cannibal situation.
At least it looks like they are using real dogs sometimes instead of that unholy CGI creation in the Harrison Ford The Call of the Wild movie.
I thought I had already on Amazon Prime, but it turned out to be a cheap knockoff called Torgo.
Real dogs >>>CGI dogs.
My willingness to see this movie is 100% dependent on the canine mortality rate. If it’s above 0, I’m out.
Whats the promotional sandwich at TOGO’s for Togo gonna be??
Really bummed we won’t get to see this on the big screen – that cinematography looks beautiful
Seems like a good movie to watch with the family while it’s snowing outside. Who knows, maybe Dafoe made this movie so his grandchildren could see a movie that their “insert term of endearment” did that their parents don’t have to hide their eyes or mute?
It should also be noted this is the same true story that gave us the animated film Balto. Togo was actually the one who ran the longest and toughest part of the course, and pushed himself so hard he was ruined as a sled dog, but Balto ended up getting all the credit because he was the one who actually arrived with the medicine.