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A Dog's Purpose (film)

2017 film by Lasse Hallström

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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A Dog's Purpose is a 2017 American adventure comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and written by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes, and Wally Wolodarsky, based on the 2010 novel of the same name by W. Bruce Cameron. The film stars Britt Robertson, KJ Apa in his film debut, Juliet Rylance, John Ortiz and Dennis Quaid with Josh Gad in multiple voice roles. It explores themes of loyalty, grief, and dysfunctional families over a series of reincarnations.

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“A Dog's Purpose (film)” enters the record as 2017 film by Lasse Hallström. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dog's, Purpose and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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