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Hotel for Dogs 2009
Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American
feature film adaptation of the Lois Duncan novel of the same name about two orphans
who take in stray dogs at an empty house. The film, which began shooting
November 2007, is directed by Thor Freudenthal and stars Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Kyla Pratt, and Don Cheadle. The book was adapted by Jeff
Lowell and Kim Possible
creators Bob Schooley
and Mark McCorkle. It was released on January
16, 2009.
The film is the Nickelodeon
cable television network's first film to
be produced by DreamWorks Pictures
rather than Paramount Pictures,
except for the Paramount/DreamWorks co-production Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
The film was a DreamWorks SKG/Nickelodeon Movies
presentation of a Donners' Company and Donner/Shuler-Donner
production.
Trivia:
When Andi (Emma Roberts) is looking for a dress for the party, she tells her
brother Bruce (Jake T. Austin) if he could create her a dress, "then you'd really be a
wizard". Jake plays a wizard in the Disney TV series "Wizards of Waverly
Place" (2007).
At the nearly end of the movie when the "twin
dogs" appear, Andi tells the people that they're names are Sebastian and
Viola, after characters in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The novel upon which this movie is based was first
published in 1971.
Nearly 70 dogs were used for the making of this motion
picture, many of which were actually rescued from the pound. Several of them
were adopted by crew members after filming wrapped.
Many different types of dogs can be seen in the film:
Lenny is a Bullmastiff, Georgia is a Boston Terrier, Cooper is a English
Bulldog, Shep is a Border Collie, Romeo is a Chinese Crested Dog, Juliet is a
Poodle and Henry is a Beauceron.
Most dogs were trained for two to three months, while
the main dogs' training lasted nearly sixteen weeks.
Beverly Hills
Chihuahua 2008
Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 comedy film by Walt Disney
Pictures directed by Raja Gosnell and released October 3. The
plot centers around a Chihuahua
who gets dognapped in Mexico and has to escape from an evil Doberman, El Diablo, with help from a
lonely German Shepherd,
Delgado, and a hyperactive male Chihuahua, Papí, who has a desperate crush on
her.
Trivia:
According to George Lopez, Papi, the chihuahua he voices in the movie, was one
day away from being put down before he was rescued for the movie.
Marley & me
2008
Trivia:
There were 22 different dogs used in the movie, all
playing the one main dog.
Owen Wilson's real parents played his parents in the movie. His
mom's biggest problem was remembering not to call him Owen.
Kathleen Turner, who played Marley's dog trainer, starred with Jennifer Aniston on "Friends" (1994) as
Chandler Bing's cross-dressing father Charles.
During the surprise birthday party scene you can see
former Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry standing on the right of the shot
smiling.
Beach scenes apparently set in Briny Breezes, an area
nicknamed "Dog Beach" by locals for its friendliness to the canine
set. Palm Beach County Commissioners banned dogs from the beach, for reasons
self-evident in the last beach scene.
The "Sun-Sentinel" and "Philadelphia
Inquirer" office scenes were filmed on location.
Cameo: [John Grogan] The original
book's author appears as the Cocker Spaniel owner in the dog training class.
Underdog is a 2007 film
released on August 3,
2007 featuring the super-powered cartoon character of the same name
and several other characters from the cartoon. It is produced by Spyglass Entertainment and Classic Media
and distributed theatrically in the United States
by Walt Disney Pictures. This film stars Alex Neuberger
as Jack Unger and features Jason Lee as the voice of the titular canine
superhero. It was shot in Providence, Rhode Island, and was directed
by the Belgian director Frederik Du Chau.
Trivia:
General Mills breakfast cereal products are seen in
the Unger household. The "Underdog" (1964) cartoon series was created by General Mills' ad agency to help
promote their products.
References to the original cartoon series include: -
Secret identity as "humble and lovable Shoeshine Boy" - love interest
"Sweet Polly Purebread" - speaking in rhyme - causing significant
property damage during rescues - pill as source of super powers - changing into
costume in exploding phone booth - explaining to crowd that he is "not
plane, nor bird, nor even frog, just little old me: Underdog".
Another reference to the original cartoon: The name
"Shoeshine" refers to Underdog's secret identity as the shoeshine
boy.
"Bar Sinister" is another use for
terminology meaning "bastard".
Firehouse Dog 2007
Firehouse Dog is a family film
produced by Regency Enterprises and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Directed by Todd Holland, it stars Josh Hutcherson,
Bruce Greenwood,
Dash Mihok,
Steven Culp
and Bill Nunn.
It was released April 4,
2007, in the U.S.
Trivia:
The dogs featured in the pictures at the end of the
movie (during the credits) were winners of a photo/essay contest hosted by
www.dogster.com. Members had to submit a photo of their dog along with an essay
explaining why their dog is a hero.
Eight Below 2006
Eight
Below
is a 2006 adventure film
directed by Frank Marshall and written by David
DiGilio, which was released on February 17,
2006, distributed by
Walt Disney Pictures, in the United States.
It aired on Universal HD
on January 30,
2009, being Disney's
first film to air on Universal HD.
Trivia:
The Dogs "Dewey" & "Truman"
are named for the 1948 U.S. Presidential candidates Thomas E. Dewey and Harry
S. Truman.
Based on a Japanese expedition to the South Pole in
1958, in which the party was faced with extreme weather conditions.
The dogs spend almost all of their isolation in
daylight when, in fact, they were enduring the southern winter, well south of
the Antarctic Circle, and would thus have been in prolonged darkness.
The name of the "Lamborghini" of Snow Cats
that they borrowed from the Italian camp was named "Mare Biscotto",
it translates to "Sea Biscuit".
Second unit filming in Greenland was referred to by
crew members as the "Amundsen Expedition". This was a reference to
second unit director/director of photography Mitchell Amundsen, and to Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole.
The Shaggy Dog 2006
The
Shaggy Dog
is a 2006 remake
of the 1959 film of the same name. It was rated PG by the MPAA for some mild rude
humor.
Trivia:
Although the writing credits are supplied by the
Writers Guild of America (WGA) and cannot be changed, there is an onscreen
credit: "suggested by The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten".
Upon leaping onto a bus, Tim Allen's character (as a dog) says 'To Infinity, and Beyond', a reference to Buzz
Lightyear from Toy Story (1995), also voiced by Allen.
Screenwriter John Hughes is credited as "Edmond Dantes." The pseudonym is a homage to a
character in "The Count of Monte Cristo."
Brian Levant took over as director just after the start of filming, replacing Steve Rash.
Scooby Doo 2004 and 2002
Scooby-Doo is a 2002 live-action
film based on the 1960s Hanna-Barbera
cartoon Scooby-Doo.
The film was directed by Raja Gosnell and written by James Gunn and Craig Titley. It was produced by
Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for Warner Bros.
Pictures and starred Matthew Lillard
as Shaggy, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne,
Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Fred, Linda Cardellini
as Velma,
and Neil Fanning
as the voice of Scooby-Doo (who was created on screen using computer-generated imagery), Scott Innes
as Scrappy Doo and Rowan Atkinson as Emile Mondavarious. Pamela Anderson
made an uncredited appearance at the beginning of the movie.
Reggae artist Shaggy and rock group MXPX perform different
versions of the classic theme song. Shaggy got his stage name from
the show/film's character.
In 2004, this film was
followed by a sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. A
prequel, Scooby-Doo 3: The Mystery Begins, is
currently being filmed.
Trivia:
The main source of inspiration for this came from Enid
Blyton's 'Famous Five' books, that involved four youngsters, and their dog,
solving crimes and mysteries.
Freddy
was named after CBS Executive Fred Silverman.
David Mook performed the "Scooby-Doo Where Are You!"
theme for the first season episodes, while Danny Janssen performs it for the second season episodes. Janssen
also co-wrote and performed all the "chase songs" present in the
second season episodes.
Shaggy is the only character (apart from Scooby himself) to be in every
incarnation of the series.
The character name of Scooby was taken from an earlier
Hanna-Barbera show, "Moby Dick and the Mighty
Mightor" (1967), which featured Scooby the Seal. Both
Scooby-Doo and Scooby the Seal had the same voice, provided by Don Messick.
Cats & Dogs 2001
Cats & Dogs is a 2001
American comedy film
directed by Lawrence Guterman. The screenplay by John Requa
and Glenn Ficarra centers on the relationships between cats and dogs. After foolishly
falling for a trick set up by a cynical cat called Mr Tinkles, a Bloodhound
agent named Buddy, who was part of a secret dog agency must be replaced, and
his replacement soon arrives in the form of an inexperienced young Beagle puppy named
Lou, which an Anatolian Shepherd called Butch, who is the dog
agency's leader, greatly disapproves of. However, through repeated attacks by
Tinkles' cat mercenaries, Butch enlists Lou's help in stopping him from
stealing a human scientist's dog allergy cure even though he isn't a qualified
agent.
Trivia:
The electronic press kit for the film sent to media
included a video showing an increasingly irate Mr. Tinkles screen-testing
unsuccessfully for several famous movie roles. These scenes can be found on the
special features on the DVD.
In the soccer stadium scene, production designer James D. Bissell is the face of the fake cardboard standee of the parking lot guard.
Prada, the Beagle who played Lou, also played Porthos
in Star Trek: Enterprise.
Mr. Tinkles refers to the Sophie as 'Large Marge', a
reference to Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
The "Russian Blue" is not actually a Russian
Blue. It is most likely a British Blue.
Snow Dogs 2002
Snow Dogs is a 2002
live-action
movie, released in the USA on
January 18, 2002
by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Brian Levant.
It stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. Snow Dogs was suggested by the book "Winterdance - The fine
madness of running the Iditarod" by Gary Paulsen.
Trivia:
Inside the cave, Jack calls Ted a silly
"greenhorn". 'James Coburn', who plays Jack, also used the term
"greenhorn" in the movie Charade (1963).
Air Bud 1997
Air Bud is the 1997 film
that sparked the franchise centered around the real-life dog, Buddy, a Golden Retriever.
The film's title may be wordplay with "Air Jordan", a nickname of
basketball superstar Michael Jordan. Michael Jeter,
despite playing the main antagonist, received top billing.
The original film was
financially successful, grossing US$4 million in its opening weekend and
totaling US$24 million for its final run, against an estimated $3 million
budget.[1]
[2]
On Cartoon Craze's Top 50 Movies of All-Time, Air Bud came in at number
two behind Toy Story.
Filmed in only a month.
101 Dalmatians 1996
101 Dalmatians is a 1996 live-action
film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a remake of the 1961 animated film
of the same name (which was based on Dodie Smith's
1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians). It
stars Glenn Close
as the villainous
Cruella de Vil,
and Jeff Daniels as Roger, the owner of the 101 dalmatians.
Pongo, Perdita, and the 99 Puppies are all played by real-life dalmatian
actors in this version, unlike in the 1961 animated version. 102 Dalmatians
was released in 2000 as its theatrical sequel.
To get the dogs to lick the humans, they had steak
juice daubed on their skin.
The car that Cruella DeVil drives is a Panther
DeVille.
Hugh Grant was offered the Jeff Daniels part.
They used 217 Dalmatians.
A major task for the film was finding and training
more than 200 Dalmatian puppies.
When Glenn Close appeared on the set as Cruella in full fright wig,
makeup, and costume, one of the dogs playing Perdy repeatedly tried to slink
away.
Jeff Daniels (Roger) says that on more than one occasion, he heard an authoritative
voice on the dog-strewn set shout "Sit!" and immediately plopped
himself into a chair only to be told, "Not you, Jeff."
Filmmakers rubbed Jeff Daniels' face with raw hot dogs in order to get the pups to
lick him on cue.
Glenn Close initially rejected the role of Cruella due to scheduling conflicts with
the stage musical "Sunset Blvd." The producers then offered the role
to Sigourney Weaver who also declined. By that time, Close had ended her run on Broadway, and
when the producers offered her the role again, she accepted.
Of the original 15 puppies, six are named - Lucky,
Jewel, Dipstick, Fidget, Two Tone and Whizzer.
The dogs in Jeff's games are exact replicas of the
animated characters in the original One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) film.
Bingo 1991
A mongrel and a young boy become
inseparable after the dog saves the boy's life. When the boy's family moves
across country, the dog follows behind and has adventures of his own.
Following a long line of female dogs portraying males
in films/TV - Bingo was actually an female found by Hollywood Animals in a
shelter.
A scene with Bunny shown in the trailer did not make
it into the theatrical release. It shows her throwing raw hamburger onto a
window which Bingo is looking out with her saying, "raw meat". The
context for this joke is unclear.
The two terriers at Duke's, Magic and Snickers, are
related to the dog Higgins from the film Benji (1974).
K-9 1989
K-9 is a 1989 motion
picture comedy
starring James Belushi and Mel Harris.
Belushi plays bad tempered police detective
Michael Dooley, who has been tagged for execution by a major international drug dealer
(Lyman, played by Kevin Tighe). To help, a so-called "friend"
(Brannigan, played by Ed O'Neill) gives Dooley a police dog,
"Jerry Lee," trained to sniff drugs. The two attempt to put Lyman in
prison, but Dooley soon learns that Jerry Lee is a mischievous smart-alec who
works only when he wants to. Many of the movie's gags revolve around Jerry
Lee's playfully destructive episodes.
Koton (Jerry Lee) was an actual Kansas City, Missouri,
police dog. On 18 November 1991, he was shot and killed apprehending a suspect
in the attempted murder of a police officer. Ten days before his death, Koton
found ten kilos of cocaine worth more than 1.2 million dollars.
At the dinner party given by the gangster, there is a
butler walking across a room behind a doorway. The butler was Michael J.R. Gill
who was working with the catering staff hired for the film. After the filming,
he actually served the food used in the scene to the cast and crew. Gill was
not an actor, but was actually a real English butler and for seven years was
butler to British actor Laurence Harvey, prior to his death.
Lyman's car is a Maserati Quattroporte Tipo AM 330.
Turner & Hooch 1989
Turner
& Hooch
is a 1989 comedy film
starring Tom Hanks,
Mare Winningham,
Craig T. Nelson,
and Reginald VelJohnson. It was directed by Roger Spottiswoode; the movie was originally
slated to be directed by Henry Winkler, but he was terminated due to
"creative differences". It was co-written by Michael Blodgett
from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls fame.
A pilot for a Turner
& Hooch TV series was made and ran as a part of Disneyland. Although K9
(with Jim Belushi)
was released prior to this film (four months earlier), Turner & Hooch
became more popular and seemingly over-shadowed its success, even though it had
a very similar storyline/plot.
Trivia:
Henry Winkler was set to
direct but didn't get along with Tom Hanks,
and was summarily fired from the picture.
Hooch is a Dogue de Bordeaux, one of
the most ancient French breeds.
Jack Nicholson, Bill Murray and Chevy Chase were all
considered for the role of Turner.