在这部忠狗德拉姆剧情/儿童/家庭片中,男孩查理早年丧母，从小跟着父亲伯登生活。舅舅朗一直把妹妹的死归咎于伯登，和伯登的关系异常紧张。查理家有一条狗名叫德拉姆，和查理感情很好，舅舅朗一直不喜欢它。一天，几只野狼窜进朗舅舅的农场里，咬死了一只羊。朗舅舅断定德拉姆是肇事者，而查理却相信德拉姆的无辜。事过不久，同样的悲剧在农场中再度重演，朗舅舅大发雷霆，把德拉姆告上了法庭。形势对德拉姆十分不利，眼看法庭有可能对做出德拉姆不利的判决，查理和伯登请来了名律师韦斯特，希望挽救德拉姆的性命。韦斯特凭借自己雄辩的才能，在法庭上取得了主动，并且最终赢得了陪审团对德拉姆的支持…… 终审时，参议员佛斯特代表波登向陪审团朗诵了一篇名为《狗的礼赞》的辩护词。陪审团的法官们被这篇千古难寻的奇文深深地感动，最终宣判波登胜诉，以被告赔偿500美圆而结案。由于此案在当时引起了轰动，影响面很广，而成为世界著名的法律案件。同样佛斯特的这篇《狗的礼赞》，把犬对主人最朴素、最纯真、最珍贵的感情表达得淋漓尽致，感人肺腑，备受推崇，万人争诵，其影响力至今不衰。当地还把此文刻在了为“老鼓”建立的纪念碑上，闻名于世 本文是一篇法庭辩护词，作者George Graham (1830-1904) 是美国密苏里州的一个议员，是当时杰出的演讲家和辩论家。本篇是他早年从事法律工作时在法庭上所作，其时他为一位因狗被杀而起诉的人做辩护。辩护时，Vest 没有要求任何证词，只是凭借其辩论就赢得了官司。他辩词的撼人之处在于：拿出人类兽性的一面与狗人性的一面作对比，引起法官们对狗的感激和同情，以及对杀狗人的强烈憎恶。这不仅仅是一篇辩护词，也是一篇优秀的讲演稿，更是对人性的呼唤
Inspired by a true story set in Missouri, "The Trial of Old Drum" tells the story of a valiant golden retriever, Old Drum, an orphan dog that becomes a boy's best friend and is then forced to stand trial for killing a neighbor's sheep. Charlie Burden [Bobby Edner] is a typical eleven-year old boy growing up on a farm in Western Missouri. His summer days are spent helping his dad [Ron Perlman] run the family farm, while also finding time to go fishing at nearby Miller's Lake, always accompanied by his faithful golden retriever, Old Drum. Scheming with his best friend Dee [Alia Shawkat] to build a secret raft, Charlie nearly drowns, only to be rescued by Old Drum. But Charlie's life is turned upside down when his cantankerous Uncle Lon [John Schuck] accuses Old Drum of killing his sheep. The town is divided over Drum's guilt or innocence, and an old family wound begins to fester. Losing sheep in this part of the country is not taken lightly. Looking to rid the town of a sheep killing menace, Lon files a lawsuit seeking to have Old Drum put to death. Desperate to save Old Drum, Charlie and his father try to obtain the services of one of the state's best known lawyers, George Graham Vest [Scott Bakula]. At first hesitant, Vest is genuinely moved by Charlie's pleas to save his dog and agrees to take the case. As the trial progresses, the evidence mounts against Old Drum. Having exhausted all legal maneuvering, Vest has one chance left; his closing argument. Vest knows that this speech is a matter of life and death for Old Drum. As he turns to face the jury, he instills in the community and forever memorializes the phrase that "A dog is a man's best friend."
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