Romeo: A Dog's Tale

Romeo: A Dog's Tale is a 2006 American/German/French comedy drama animated film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, produced by Don Hahn and story and written by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, Noni White and David Reynolds.

This film stars the voices of Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kiefer Sutherland, Christopher McDonald, Louis C.K., Dwayne Johnson, Nathan Lane, John Leguizamo, Joe Pantoliano, Rupert Everett, Richard E. Grant, David Koechner, Laurence Fishburne, Catherine Tate, David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Jenny Slate, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Eric Stonestreet and John Hurt.

The film was released on April 28, 2006. It was the first CGI Disney film to be released in IMAX. It was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and released by Buena Vista Pictures. It was also the first Disney film to have 3D re-release after the success of 2011's re-release of The Lion King.

Plot
In New York City, Romeo is a dog who lives a large 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. The Eagle tells the story of Phango who got revenge on the dogs that attacked him. Phango was half blind from his kind and killed them all. The Eagle also tells him the story of him that got his revenge in which big cats are afraid of dog's bite.

The pets are afraid, but they have to wait until Romeo gets back. Pops led the pets to find him. Allias finds Romeo's paw prints and found him in the bushes, Allias catches his scent and tells his friends that he found him. Romeo had a plan, that night, about headed to the mountain at night, the animals including Samson, Allias and Max along with Bradley had come with him.

The next morning, after days of travelling, Romeo is cleared beyond reason, when they get to the place that is forbidden, Nora, a merino loony sheep, chases the group out. After a mishap of chasing, Romeo nearly hurt himself, but he is able to run from her. After locking Nora into the pen, Romeo reveals Phango's past and the animals are in shock. Allias stated that Phango killed the pack of tigers and Max comforts him, stating that Phango is at risk and Romeo travels off alone.

While the group headed back, The Eagle signals the animals, inculding Winston's pack along with Tony's pack, the farm animals and the pets led by Pops. They all headed to find Romeo. They encounter dangerous places, but the animals are joining the group by wolves and they all find the trail. Pops smell the tracks led to Phango's cave. At the same time, Winston's pack journey to the cave where they are joined by Digger, Twilight, Dag, who left his pack and Nora, who was let out of the farm by Tiberius, a hawk.

Romeo enters the dangerous rocks and nearly injures himself while climbing, but able to climb back up into the stone ledges. He entered Phango's cave, but this time no one saw him. Samson look at the blocked path with Max, who goes on a search, sees a stone wall that blocks them. He went off to find Romeo, but Max orders to get help. As the animals enters Phango's cave, Pops orders to go this way, while Allias went to find Romeo.

Romeo entered Phango's cave and sees a puddle of water into it. Phango approaches and tells Romeo that leopards are hatred of dogs, they fear dog's bite. Romeo runs away while Phango chases him, Romeo escapes the leopards lair

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.
 * John Ratzenberger as Bobby, a sheep.
 * 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.
 * Matthew W. Taylor as Buddy, a blue porcupine and Deni, a duck
 * Tara Strong as Sweet Pea, a little bird.
 * Kath Soucie as Romeo's owner.
 * Frank Welker as

Additional voices

 * Carlos Alazraqui
 * Keith Anthony
 * Matt Stone
 * Jack Angel
 * Spencer Aste
 * Greg Berg
 * Dee Bradley Baker
 * Bob Bergen
 * Jason Connery

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, and a Tyrannosaurs Rex.
 * 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.
 * The film was shown and released theatrically with an 2.55:1 aspect ratio, since Lady and the Tramp, which is the first animated CGI film presented in CinemaScope. However, the DVD has an 4:3 aspect ratio.