Fluke (film)

Fluke is a 1995 drama film directed by Carlo Carlei and starring Matthew Modine as the voice of the title character with supporting roles featuring Eric Stoltz, Nancy Travis, Max Pomeranc, Bill Cobbs, Ron Perlman, Jon Polito and Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of Rumbo. The film was based on the novel of the same name by James Herbert.

After Bella dies of an illness due to poor conditions, Fluke befriends a streetwise St. Bernardlike dog named Rumbo voiced by Samuel L. Jackson who takes him to see a man named Bert Bill Cobbs who feeds Fluke and Rumbo. Fluke matures into an adult dog now voiced by Matthew Modine and eventually realizes that he was once a man named Thomas P. Johnson also portrayed by Matthew Modine, who died in a car crash.Fluke is then abducted by a man named Sylvester Ron Perlman to be used in animal experiments at a cosmetics company. During his captivity, Rumbo comes to the rescue, and Rumbo is shot by Sylvester, as he and Fluke escape. A dying Rumbo tells Fluke that the blackandwhite snapshot of a man in a sailor suit on Berts wall was him. He also states that when he was a human, Bert was his brother and that he wishes to smell the sea again, suggesting that he died in the line of duty. ........

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