He would never be a Lassie or Benji or old Yeller;
VOA: special.2009.02.23
The idea of doing a dirty Lassie movie is wittier than its execution in this go-for-the-gonads sci-fi flick about a huge guard dog named Max who becomes ultra-possessive of a feckless TV reporter (Ally Sheedy) after she springs him from an animal-experimentation lab.
James Comisar, who has a 5, 000-piece collection of film and TV memorabilia in Beverly Hills, recently spotted a box of Lassie memorabilia--including two milk bones and a whistle--on Ebay.