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Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Bleecker Street also recently snapped up North American rights to Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s drama The Friend, starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and Bing the Great Dane.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2024
The noble profile of a solemn, aging Great Dane named Apollo dominates Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend, a movie nominally about the difficulties of caring for a pet in New York City.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
The most recent title holder was Kevin, a 3-year-old Great Dane from West Des Moines, Iowa.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
In The Friend, Watts plays a novelist and creative writing teacher whose solitary life is upended after the unexpected death of a friend (Bill Murray), who bequeaths his Great Dane to her, per the NYFF's official synopsis.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1774, in the meaning defined above
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“Great Dane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Great%20Dane. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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Great Dane
noun
: any of a breed of very tall powerful smooth-coated dogs
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