The dog was the most convincing actor!

I remember watching this at home when I was 11 or 12 and my dog happened to be in the room. In one scene where the dog in the movie is barking, I looked over and noticed that my dog was sitting and staring at one of the speakers of my dad's Hifi, head cocked to one side exactly like the RCA Victor terrier! He was so transfixed that not even "His master's voice" could shake him from his mystery dog sound reverie. Mind you, that probably speaks more to my dad's stereo than to the dog's "performance", but I stand by my assertation. Not the most effective use in film history of Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, John C. Rielly or even Kevin Bacon.