Year of the Dogs
1997, English. Directed by Michael Cordell.
The high drama and tragedy surrounding the struggling Footscray Football Club.
The people of Footscray are battlers and so is their football team. The 'mighty' Bulldogs haven't won a premiership since 1954. The club is close to broke and the AFL keeps trying to kill them off for the sake of the national competition. Year of the Dogs is a documentary following the fortunes of the Footscray Football club, its players, fans and staff as the club struggles to survive the 1996 Australian Football League season.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- 1 January 1997
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Year of the Dogs isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1997. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Year of the Dogs?
Year of the Dogs (1997) was directed by Michael Cordell and stars Peter Gordon, Terry Wallace.