Romeo: A Dog's Tale

Romeo: A Dog's Tale is a 2006 American/British/France computer-animated comedy epic adventure film directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn and Pam Marsden and written by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, Chris Sanders and Noni White.

The film features an ensemble cast with the voices of Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Dwayne Johnson, Robin Williams, D.B. Sweeney, Cree Summer, Alfre Woodard, Danny Glover, Catherine Tate and Liam Neeson.

The film was premiered at El Capitan Theatre on June 9, 2006 and released on June 23, 2006 into general release, which was also released on July 4, 2006 in the UK. The film was composed by Hans Zimmer. This is Disney’s first CGI fully computer-animated film since Pixar’s Toy Story and Dinosaur.

Plot
Romeo is living with his owner and his two hamster friends in a house. Then a man came named Dan and went out on holiday with his owner leaving Romeo in care with two hamster butlers. Everything had a perfect life, until it changed, when an African lion, Allias, showed up. He met Romeo and he wanted to come with him to explore the neighbourhood.

Later, after battling hyenas and alley cats, Allias and Romeo met Claudandus and they both went to the zoo. Allias is reunited with his zoo pals, Ryan; a panda bear and Alexander; a giraffe.

Cast

 * Michael J. Fox as Romeo, a mixed breed dog and the main protagonist.
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Samson
 * Dwayne Johnson as Allias, an African lion.
 * Robin Williams as Peter, a wisecracking Dingo.
 * D.B. Sweeney as Toby, a Siberian Husky.
 * Cree Summer as Laila, a white dog and Romeo’s Love interest. She is a Maltese.
 * Alfre Woodard as Galena, an African lioness who is Samson’s wife.
 * Liam Neeson as Phango, an African leopard and the main protagonist. He is half blind in one eye and he prays to kill Romeo and plans to enslave the lion pack. He wishes to kill dogs and takes leader on the lion pack, getting revenge on lions including Allias.
 * Laurence Fishburne as Guru
 * Ian McShane as Rottweiler Boss, a Rottweiler who is one of the antagonists later deutragonists. He is hostile to Romeo and Allias then later apologised for being harsh to them. He is a less antagonistic towards Romeo and Allias.
 * Jennifer Aniston as Romeo’s Owner
 * Harry Connick Jr as Dan, a human who falls in love with Romeo’s owner.
 * Christopher McDonald as Hamster Butler
 * Michael Clarke Duncan as Big Bull
 * Steve Buscemi as Freddy
 * James Garner as Bobby, a boxer.
 * Don Novello as Thunder, an Italian Greyhound.
 * Phil Morris as German Shepherd
 * Claudia Christian as Francie, a poodle.
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Amy, a female kitten.
 * Jack Black as Ryan, a large panda bear.
 * Catherine Tate as Nora, a Merino Sheep.
 * Danny Glover as Winston, a male grey wolf.
 * Christina Ricci as Lilly, a white female wolf.
 * Mike Myers as Jonathan, a caribou.
 * Eddie Murphy as Felix, an Artitc fox.
 * Louis C.K. as Max
 * Eric Stonestreet as Duke
 * Jenny Slate as Gidget
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight, a great Grey Owl.
 * Dustin Hoffman as Carlin
 * Hugh Jackman as James, an Alaskan Malamute.
 * E.G. Daily as Baby Romeo
 * Nicole Kidman as Lena, a female husky.
 * Gina Rodriguez as Mini, a grey cat.
 * Martin Short as Interval, a male dog.
 * Hugo Weaving as Tony, a western wolf. Hugo Weaving also provides the voice of The Eagle.
 * Miriam Margoyles as Mrs P, a rosy coloured snake.
 * David Wenham as Digger, a burrowing owl.
 * Hayden Panettiere as Charlotte, a female baby Maltese.
 * Max Casella as Squirrel
 * Samuel E. Wright as Allias’ dad
 * Hank Azaria as Nelson, a Canadian Geese.
 * Tom Kenny as The Mouse
 * John Leguizamo as Jamie, a lizard.
 * Joe Pantoliano as Lenny, a rat.
 * Magda Szubanski as Harriet.
 * John Mahoney as Frankie, a Scottish Terrier
 * Rupert Everett as Scar, a vulture.
 * Richard E. Grant as Bradley, an ostrich.
 * David Koechner as Dag, a red coyote.
 * Steve Coogan as Ozone, a spyhnx cat.
 * Pamela Adlon as Sherry, a cat.
 * Adam Garcia as Seagull
 * Jason Alexander as Flash, a horse.
 * Charlies Kimbrough as Kenny, a horse.
 * Leonard Nimoy as Escobar and Claudandus, a cat who is Phango’s henchman later anti-hero.
 * Will Arnett as Vlad, a vulture.
 * Julianna Marguiles as Prunella, a female chameleon.
 * Nathan Lane as Hero English, a male dog with a buck teeth and a red bow-tie.
 * Willem Dafoe as Sal, a crow.
 * Jim Breuer as Ladybug
 * Ernie Sabella as Mooch, a Old English Sheepdog.
 * Lake Bell as Chloe, an obese cat.
 * Hannibal Buress as Buddy, a Daschaund
 * Bobby Moynihan as Mel, a pug.
 * Dana Carvey as Pops, a Basset Hound.
 * Corey Burton as Fly
 * Richard Kind as Harry, a parrot.
 * James Gammon as Kurt
 * Lena Olin as Katie.
 * Kelsey Grammer as Hamster Butler
 * Lance Henriksen as Leader Mastiff
 * Wayne Knight as Bloodhound
 * Rowan Atkinson as Steve, a male goose of the farm.
 * M. Emmet Walsh as Old Man
 * George Lopez as Rafael, a toucan.
 * John Hurt as Griffin, a goat.
 * Albert Brooks as Tiberius, a red tailed hawk.
 * Jay Leno as Jeff, a rabbit.
 * David Hyde Pierce as Kipo, a roseate spoonbill.
 * Janeane Garofalo as Polly, a poodle.
 * David Ogden Stiers as Richard, a ram.
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Bonnie
 * Cheech Marin as David
 * Stephen Root as Tommy, a pig and best friends of the farm.
 * Rob Paulsen as Peter, a pig and best friends of the farm.
 * Cloris Leachman as Old Lady
 * Edie McClurg as Ashley, a female goose of the farm.
 * Bob Peterson as Rooster, a Rooster who keeps a lookout for the pets
 * Brad Garrett as Patrick, a pony.
 * Estelle Harris as Sharon, a female chicken.
 * Patrick Warburton as Jay, a Andalusian horse.
 * Bill Cobbs as Gazelle
 * Rick Moranis as Bob, a Canadian Geese who is a friend, cousin and mate of Terry.
 * Dave Thomas as Terry, a Canadian Geese who is a friend, cousin and mate of Bob.
 * Joan Plowright as Granny
 * Della Reese as Hippo
 * Jim Cummings as Hyena
 * Steve Irwin as Albatross
 * Andy Dick and Thomas F. Wilson as Siamese Cats who is Rottweiler’s henchman.
 * Fred Tatasciore as Rhino
 * Bob Joles as Flapper, a fast-talking housefly.
 * Brian T. Delaney as Peanut, a chihuahua.
 * Jim Cummings as Snakey, a dumb snake and one of the pet's friends.
 * Frank Welker as Allias (roaring)

Soundtrack
Romeo: A Dog’s Tale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on May 26, 2006, is the Soundtrack to the 2006 Disney animated film of the same name.

Trivia

 * Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff’s first PG rated film. The others were rated G.
 * Michael J. Fox and Cree Summer appear in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
 * The first CGI computer-animated film to be rated PG since Antz, Dinosaur, Shrek, Ice Age and Madagascar.
 * This is the second Disney film to be directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, the first is The Lion King.
 * Allias has the same nose as Scar and the Outsider lions from The Lion King.
 * This is Gina Rodriguez’s first animated film. The second is Ferdinand.
 * Claudandus was originally the secondary antagonist when Phango bumped him to be the more main villain, it turned out that Claudandus, who is revealed the anti-hero by showing his true nature; is good after he tried to save Romeo.
 * The film was performed at the box office as well as Pixar’s Cars took its place, but this film and Cars done very well, as Disney realised that it’s "Toy Story meets Monsters Inc". Most likely, Michael Eisner stated that it’s "Cars but with animals" as Dreamworks stated that Disney used the idea of Over The Hedge. Katzenberg was serious and frustrating that Disney is back again, but cool himself down so he could relax and Michael Eisner stated that Madagascar and The Wild used the idea of Cars and Over The Hedge.
 * Orignally, Sylvester Stallone was considered for the role of Allias, but he refused due to his work on Rocky Balboa so Dwayne Johnson got the part to play Allias.
 * Liam Neeson was the director’s first choice to be in this film, after Disney saw his performance on Fox’s Kingdom of Heaven.
 * This reunites cast members from Atlantis; Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, James Garner, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors and Corey Burton.
 * The film was originally stated to be released in November 2005, but was moved to June 2006.
 * John Powell was set to compose the score, but he left the project due to his work on Happy Feet so Hans Zimmer replaced him when he was hired to score the film.
 * Elijah Wood was considered to voice Romeo, his co-star from Happy Feet, Robin Williams was cast in the film. Wood was the voice of Mumble in Happy Feet.
 * The movie poster was inspired by Universal Pictures’ animated film Balto.
 * The first Disney film to be presented in 2.55:1 CinemaScope aspect ratio since Lady and the Tramp. All of that company’s previous films were produced in 1.66:1 aspect ratio.
 * Michael J. Fox was the producer’s first choice to voice Romeo, as Rob Minkoff saw his performance in Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Fox stated that he wants to voice another dog in another Disney film which Thomas Schumacher really confessed that Fox is not slowing himself down because of the reason why he wants to be the film. After several weeks of his voice track for auditions 4 times, Fox was officially cast to voice the main character.
 * Mike Myers was cast because of his performance on Shrek, because the fans really like to hear his voice.
 * Disney was so sure that the film performed at the box office, and after Cars was released, it was success. Most likely, the film done a good job at the box office sales and it was more successful following the film’s release.
 * This reunites cast members from The Iron Giant; Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr, Christopher McDonald, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, M. Emmet Walsh and John Mahoney.
 * During production, the film took five years to make.
 * Allias was designed by Chris Sanders, who wrote the screenplay and Tony Fucile, who was the supervising animator of Mufasa from The Lion King. CGI designed this technology when Allias was in character for technical crew, visual effects made his paws and the computer-generated character was made by technology.
 * This is the first fully-CGI-animated computer-generated-animated film to be released in IMAX and its the first Disney film to be released in IMAX format.
 * Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy appear in Shrek, this is the first time that they both share scenes together since Shrek.
 * For the theatrical release, the film was produced in CinemaScope 2.55:1 aspect ratio which was matted in widescreen since Lady and the Tramp. The US and UK DVD Release has this ratio rendered in full frame into a 4:3 aspect ratio.
 * Dwayne Johnson had recorded his dialogue during the breaks of Walking Tall.
 * D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Marguiles, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, Alfre Woodard, Samuel E. Wright, Joan Plowright and Della Reese appear in Dinosaur.
 * Harry Gregson-Williams and Hans Zimmer both compose the score as these two were the first choice to score the film. This is the first time that these two collaborated each other since The Whole Wide World, The Rock and Smilla’s Sense of Snow. Gregson-Williams and Zimmer both compose scores in Dreamworks Animation films separately; Gregson-Williams was in the Shrek films and Zimmer was in Madagascar films.
 * This is the highest-grossing film of 2006.
 * The film has a lot of similarities to Toy Story, Monsters Inc and Shrek. Romeo and Allias’ relationship were similar to Buzz and Woody; unlike Buzz and Woody, however, Romeo and Allias weren’t jealous of each other and become friends at the very start.
 * Producer Don Hahn stated that "Romeo is a kind of guy, who is fed up of living in a house yet he loves it here and wants to be a rebel".
 * Michael J. Fox and Nathan Lane appear in Stuart Little.
 * Robin Williams and Christopher McDonald appear in Flubber.
 * Michael J. Fox and Kiefer Sutherland appear in Bright Lights, Big City.
 * Disney prepared a special trailer for the film to show before Touchstone Pictures’ Rasing Helen before it’s theatrical release. Michael Eisner stated that "A trailer that was shown before a teenage film, but kids like the idea for theatrical audiences, but don’t worry. We have a lot of kids and parents seeing the trailer shown for kids, teenagers and adults. But kids and parents loved the idea so the film was waiting for a 2006 release".
 * First animated CGI Disney film to star Michael J. Fox, outside of anaimted films including Atlantis: The Lost Empire both movies starring him. Fox stated that "James Arnold Taylor replaced me because I was busy working on Stuart Little 2", so I just wanted to do another Disney film".