Romeo: A Dog's Tale

Romeo: A Dog's Tale is a 2006 American/British/Australia comedy drama animated film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, with co directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, Gary Trousdale, Pam Marsden, and Steve Moore and written and screenplay by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, John Orloff, John Collee, John August, Bryce Zabel, Jackie Zabel, Noni White, and David Reynolds.

The film features the voice cast of Michael J. Fox, Minnie Driver, Sir Ben Kingsley, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Everett, Emilie de Ravin, Kiefer Sutherland, Dwayne Johnson, Rachael Taylor, Hugh Laurie, John Hurt, Michael Clarke Duncan, Steve Buscemi, Cree Summer, and Laurence Fishburne with other voice performances along with Steve Coogan, David Hyde Pierce, Nathan Lane, John Leguizamo, Joe Pantoliano, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Miriam Margoyles, Roscoe Lee Browne, Hugo Weaving, Drew Barrymore and Ray Winstone.

It was released on April 28, 2006 in United States and May 12, 2006 in the U.K.

Plot
In New York City, Romeo is a dog who lives a small apartment in New York City. The pets are doing everything when the owners are gone. The animals were having a great time until Romeo met Allias, a Siberian tiger. Max, a dog tells Allias that he's from Asia.

Then, Romeo and Allias met Bear, a black cat who thinks he is a panther and a jaguar. Bear's backstory is revealed when he got captured by men and dogcatchers and he finally escaped from them, because he wears a collar. Ever since he acts like a panther, Bear is actually a kitten. Romeo and Max's owner take their pets to the park.

When they arrived to the park, they met a lion named Samson and Max says to Romeo that lions are friendly. So the three went off to have some fun. Romeo met Laila, a poodle. When they get there, they met the wolves led by Winston.

So, led by Winston's words, Romeo, Samson, Max and Allias bring animals to the pack, inculding Bradley, an ostrich, Chloe, a cat, Lenny, a rat, Rusty, a goat, Jamie, a lizard and the pets from the apartment. When they arrive, Allias makes a daring speech that protect them from predators.

While having fun, Phango, a half blind leopard is stalking the grass and enters the park. Romeo is spending time with Laila, but when he arrived, Winston warns Romeo that Phango is coming. After despite their efforts, Phango is too strong. Tony, Winston's friend, scolds Romeo for putting the pack in danger, which Winston refuses. Samson met Max and tells Romeo that he spent time with Laila.

While leaving the apartment, Romeo went far from home and met The Eagle from the rock.

Cast

 * Michael J. Fox as Romeo, a dog and the main protagonist.
 * Cree Summer as Laila, Romeo's love interest.
 * Louis C.K. as Max, a dog.
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Samson, a lion.
 * Dwayne Johnson as Allias, a Siberian tiger. He is kind, caring, playful and brave. He likes being in captivity and dislikes being captured.
 * Danny Glover as Winston, a Western wolf.
 * Christina Ricci as Lilly, a female wolf.
 * Eric Stonestreet as Duke, a dog.
 * Catherine Tate as Nora, a sheep.
 * Liam Neeson as Phango, a half blind leopard and the main antagonist.
 * David Wenham as Digger
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight
 * Richard E. Grant as Bradley
 * Laurence Fishburne as Guru
 * John Leguizamo as Jamie, a lizard.
 * Jenny Slate as Gidget, Max's girlfriend.
 * Hugo Weaving as Tony, a male wolf. Hugo Weaving also provides the voice of The Eagle.
 * Joe Pantoliano as Lenny, a wisecracking rat.
 * Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, an Australian brown pelican.
 * Rupert Everett as Scar, a vulture and one of the secondary former antagonist.
 * David Koechner as Dag, a coyote.
 * Albert Brooks as Tiberius, a hawk.
 * Steve Coogan as Ozone, a spyhnx cat.
 * Claudia Christian as Francie, a poodle.
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Amy, a female kitten.
 * George Lopez as Rafael, a toucan.
 * John Hurt as Rusty, a wise, caring old goat.
 * Willem Dafoe as Harry, a black crow.
 * Will Arnett as Vlad, a vulture.
 * Dana Carvey as Pops.
 * Hannibal Buress as Buddy.
 * Bobby Moynihan as Mel, a pug,
 * Lake Bell as Chloe, an obese cat.
 * Jay Leno as Jeff, a handsome rabbit.
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Bear, a black wise and laidback, but helpful and lazy cat. He likes Allias and made friends with the tiger. He thinks he is a panther.
 * Jim Cummings as Snakey, a dumb snake and one of the pet's friends.
 * Tom Kenny as Pepe, a small chihuahua. He finally talks in the film.
 * Stephen Root and Richard Kind as Tommy and Peter, two pigs in the farm and best friends.
 * Rowan Atkinson and Edie McClurg as Steve and Ashley, two gooses of the farm.
 * Bob Peterson as Rooster, a Rooster who keeps a lookout for the pets.
 * Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as Bob and Terry, two Canadian geeses.
 * Brian T. Delaney as Peanut, a chihuahua.
 * Kath Soucie as Romeo's owner.
 * Frank Welker as

Trivia

 * The film was released in 2006 the same year as Happy Feet.
 * Michael J. Fox and Cree Summer appeared in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
 * Allias is a Siberian tiger which Siberian tigers are native to Asia.
 * For the 4:3 DVD transfer, rather than pan-and-scan original 2.39:1 theatrical image, the widescreen version still ended up in the Blu-Ray release.
 * The film is rated PG, but despite that rating, some blood and many of the violence can be seen that gotten a PG-13 or R rating.
 * Allias' roaring and growling sounds were a mix of a lion, tiger, leopard, cougar, puma, panther bear, bison, rhinoceros, gorilla, leopard seal, elephant,
 * Bear is a black cat, at one point in the film, Bear was right, cats are the only animals that grow into an adult each year.
 * Dwayne Johnson voices Allias, in the end credits, he is listed as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
 * At 147 minutes, it is the first and longest animated feature film to date.
 * John Powell was set to score the film, but he dropped out due to working on Bambi and Toothless.
 * Phango is an African leopard which leopards are native to Africa.