TY - ADVS AU - Solondz,Todd AU - Ellison,Megan AU - Vachon,Christine AU - Burstyn,Ellen AU - Cooke,Keaton Nigel AU - Culkin,Kieran AU - Delpy,Julie AU - DeVito,Danny AU - Gerwig,Greta AU - Letts,Tracy AU - Mamet,Zosia AU - Lachman,Edward AU - Messman,Kevin AU - Larson,Nathan AU - Lavino,James ED - Killer Films, ED - Amazon Studios, ED - Annapurna Pictures, ED - IFC Films, TI - Wiener-dog PY - 2016///] CY - [New York, N.Y.] PB - IFC Films & Entertainment KW - Dachshunds KW - Drama KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Comedy films KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Director of photography, Ed Lachman ; editor, Kevin Messman ; original music, Nathan Larson, James Lavino; Ellen Burstyn, Keaton Nigel Cooke, Kieran Culkin, Julie Delpy, Danny DeVito, Greta Gerwig, Tracy Letts, Zosia Mamet; MPAA rating: R for language and some disturbing content N2 - Wiener-Dog tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading a certain kind of comfort and joy. Man’s best friend starts out teaching a young boy some contorted life lessons before being taken in by a compassionate vet tech named Dawn Wiener. Dawn reunites with someone from her past and sets off on a road trip picking up some depressed mariachis along the way. Wiener-Dog then encounters a floundering film professor, as well as an embittered elderly woman and her needy granddaughter--all longing for something more ER -