Romeo: A Dog's Tale

Romeo: A Dog's Tale is a 2006 American comedy drama adventure animated film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, with co-directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Mark Johnson, Pam Marsden, Jill Culton, Bonnie Arnold, Richard Rich, and Don Hahn, written and screenplay by Tab Murphy, Will Finn, Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Chuck Williams, Noni White, and David Reynolds

The film stars the ensemble voice cast of Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, Kiefer Sutherland, Dwayne Johnson, and Liam Neeson, also starring in the film were Louis C.K., Danny Glover, Christina Ricci, Mike Myers, Eric Stonestreet and Catherine Tate.

The film's theatrical release on April 7, 2006 at El Captain Theatre and May 5, 2006 into general release, the film was a success and earned a box office million budget. The film's release was on DVD on November 17, 2006, the same day as Happy Feet, and Blu-Ray release on March 2008. The film was a box office success around the world, it become a failure in China.

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, but Phango cornered him and bursts trough a rock and pins the poor dog into the water, drowning him. As he tried to kill him, Phango remembers the flashback and Romeo bit Phango on the nose, swimming back into the shore, Romeo was thrown into the water by Phango as he tried to drown him again, after a bloody water fight, Phango reacted his claws and tried to slit the poor dogs throat, but the sound of the loud crack of the rocks, Romeo and Phango were swept and fight into the water.

Pops and the pets entered the landslide, but choose to go the other way. Suddenly, a crumble was heared and the cave started collapsing, the three animals including Max, Samson and Allias who try to find him flee the cave to avoid getting in. The animals band together to protect themselves from a burning tree, but suddenly the cave broke open a hole, and Romeo and Phango fell out of the water. Phango and Allias fight protecting Romeo, but when Allias gains the upper hand, Phango overpowers him. Romeo tries to fight Phango, but beats the poor dog in retaliation and proclaims that survival is stronger and the most powerful leopard is him. But Romeo, too bruised despite his injuries, stand up to Phango for the first time, he is the most powerful dog that realizing that Phango fears the animals. After protecting Romeo, after he is hit by Phango, Laila stood up to him and told him to leave. Samson and Phango fight, taking deadly blows to one another, but Samson is nearly injured by Phango, Allias signals the animals to fight Phango and the band of hyenas and coyotes, expect their leader Dag betrayed them and join the good side. Allias and Phango fight until the leopard magnage to hamper and threaten to kill the stronger tiger by sinking his fangs, but the wolves overpower him. Some animals, including Scar and the vultures, the wolves led by Winston and Tony, Marcel and Paddy, The woodland animals, Max, Duke, Jonathan, Lola, Amy, Guru, Aslan, the pets, and the rest work together to stop Phango.

Cast

 * Michael J. Fox as Romeo, a dog and the main protagonist.
 * Cree Summer as Laila, a mixed breed poodle and Romeo's love interest.
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Samson, a lion.
 * Dwayne Johnson as Allias, a Siberian tiger who is kind hearted, caring and friendly.
 * Liam Neeson as Phango, a leopard and the main antagonist.
 * Louis C.K. as Max, a Jack Russell Terrier and one of Romeo's best friends.
 * Danny Glover as Winston, a wolf in Jasper Park Canada.
 * Christina Ricci as Lilly, a female wolf.
 * Eric Stonestreet as Duke, a large, brown, shaggy mongrel who is Max's friend.
 * Catherine Tate as Nora, a Merino sheep who lives in a farm.
 * Chris Carmack as Garth, a wolf and Lilly's love interest.
 * John Leguizamo as Jamie, a lizard.
 * Richard E. Grant as Bradley, an ostrich.
 * Laurence Fishburne as Guru
 * Billy Connolly as McSquizzy, a squirrel.
 * David Wenham as Digger, a burrowing owl.
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight, a Great Gray Owl
 * Joe Pantoliano as Lenny, a wisecracking rat.
 * Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, an Australian pelican.
 * Rupert Everett as Scarface, a vulture
 * Steve Buscemi as Skalk, a wild dog
 * Steve Coogan as Ozone, a cat who lives in a alley.
 * Hugo Weaving as Tony, a wolf and Garth's dad.
 * Liam Neeson also provides the voice of Aslan
 * Jon Favreau as Riley, a beaver.
 * David Koechner as Dag,
 * George Lopez as Rafael
 * Claudia Christian as Lola, a poodle.
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Amy, a kitten.
 * Jack Black as Bobby, a Himalayan Cat who is one of Romeo's best friend.
 * David Hyde Pierce as Kipo, a Roseate Spoonbill
 * Denis Leary as Harry, a platypus
 * Steve Buscemi also provides the voice of Templeton, a rat.
 * Steve Harvey
 * Jim Broadbent
 * Michael Clarke Duncan as Big Bull
 * Ray Winstone as Mr. Beaver
 * Miriam Margoyles as Mrs Horace Plithiver, aka Mrs. P, a rosy-colored snake.
 * Madga Szubanski as Aunt Harriet
 * John Hurt as Griffin, a goat.
 * Dana Carvey as Pops
 * Hannibal Buress as Buddy
 * Bobby Moynihan as Mel
 * Barry Otto
 * Lake Bell as Chloe
 * Tom Kenny as Pepe
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Henry, a sheepdog
 * Tara Strong as Sweet Pea
 * Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as Bob and Terry, Two Canadian geese.
 * Samuel E. Wright as Allias dad
 * Larry Miller as Marcel
 * Eric Price as Paddy
 * Chris Edgerly as Cloak
 * Bob Joles as Camo
 * Don Novello as Italian newscaster
 * Brian T. Delaney as Peanut, a chihuahua
 * Fred Willard as Bear Dad
 * Diedrich Bader as Black Cat
 * Jim Cummings as Rouge Black Grizzly Bear
 * Jim Cummings as Rouge Black Grizzly Bear

Additional voices

 * Beth Anderson
 * Carlos Alazraqui - Gesse #1
 * Keith Anthony
 * Matt Stone - Male News Repoter, Albatross, Geese #2
 * Jack Angel
 * Joseph Ashton
 * Spencer Aste
 * Greg Berg
 * James S. Baker
 * Michael Bell - Caribou #1
 * Bob Bergen - Deni, Birds
 * Bob Bouchard - Pigeon
 * Jason Connery
 * Bobby Block
 * Abigail Breslin
 * Spencer Breslin
 * Tami Tappin Damaino
 * Billy Bodine
 * Susan Blu
 * Gregg Berger
 * Rodger Bumpass
 * Corey Burton - Beaver #1
 * Anthony Burch
 * David Busch
 * Robert Clotworthy
 * Lily Collins
 * Kat Cressida
 * Jim Cummings - Snakey
 * Aria Noelle Curzon - Bear Cub #2
 * Jane Carr
 * John Cygan - Nate
 * Jennifer Darling - Garth's Mother
 * Rachel Davey
 * Taylor Dempsey
 * Debi Derryberry - Runt, Diatryma Mom, Tiny
 * Patti Deutsch
 * Randy Erwin
 * Zack Eginton
 * Pete Docter - Bluejay
 * Bobby Edner
 * Ashley Edner
 * Jonathan Dokuchitz
 * Paul Eiding - Bear
 * Jessie Flower
 * David Cowgill
 * Blake McIver Ewing
 * Cody Dorkin
 * Troy Evans - Rabbit #1, Beaver #2
 * Jessica Evans
 * Katie Scarlet Evans
 * Nicholas DeLaurentis
 * Olivia DeLaurentis
 * Harrison Fahn
 * Terri Douglas
 * Chris Edgerly
 * Bill Farmer - Turkey #1, Rabbit #2
 * Francesca Falcone
 * Pat Fraley - Porcupine
 * Linda Griffin
 * Pam Hamill
 * Teresa Ganzel
 * Michael Geiger
 * Scott Martin Gershin - Rouge Black Grizzly Bear (vocals)
 * Sam Gifaldi - Wolf Boy #1
 * Taylor Gifaldi
 * Brad Hall
 * Amy Gleason
 * Greg Finley
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Nicholas Guest
 * Debbie Hall
 * Jon Robert Hall
 * Tina Halvorson
 * Charles Howerton
 * Aaron Fors
 * Bradley Trevor Grieve
 * Spencer Lacey Ganus
 * Jess Harnell - Rabbit #3
 * Jason Harris - Nelson
 * Lili Ishida
 * Brenden Hickey
 * Kate Charlotte Hodges
 * Marc John Jeffries
 * Brandon Johnson - Man in Street, Cab Driver
 * Linda Harmon
 * Karen Harper
 * Denise Johnson
 * Micah Hauptman
 * Roger L. Jackson
 * Emily Johnson
 * Leslie Jordan - Beaver #3
 * Jennifer L. Hughes
 * Emily Johnson
 * Grady Hutt
 * Linda Kerns
 * Thomas Keller
 * Luana Jackman
 * Adam Karpel
 * Kevin Ligon
 * Theo Lebow
 * Brandon Lucas
 * Ricky Lucchese
 * James W. Livley
 * John Kassir
 * Elissa Knight
 * Daniel A. Kaz
 * Lindsay Lefler
 * Rupert Farley
 * Josh Keaton
 * Dawnn Lewis
 * Carolyn Lawrence
 * Luck Hari
 * Tim Kirkpatrick
 * Noah Luke
 * Jessie Marion
 * Randall Montgomery
 * Bob Neill
 * John Lasseter
 * Hope Levy
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Danny Mann - Serge
 * Mona Marshall - Female News Reporter, Gidget's Owner, Female Skunk #1
 * Andrew McDonough
 * Lori Richardson
 * Mickie McGowan - Female Skunk #2
 * Rove McManus
 * Courtland Mead
 * Jordan Orr
 * Alec Medlock
 * Nicole Miller
 * Laura Marano
 * Vanessa Marano
 * Laraine Newman
 * Nolan North - Bus Stork
 * Paul Pape
 * Ryan O' Donohue - Wolf Boy #2
 * Kay Panabaker
 * Annelise Nolting
 * Lisa Peers-Lyleson
 * Caitlin Rose Anderson - Ashley, Beaver Girl
 * Maxi Anderson
 * Carmen Carter
 * Randy Crenshaw
 * Trey Finney
 * Ben Johnson
 * Bethany Johnson
 * Luke Johnson
 * B. Wyatt Johnson
 * Bob Peterson - Rooster
 * Alexander Doerksen
 * Jeff Pidgeon
 * Denise Pickering
 * Patrick Pinney
 * Brian Posehn
 * Phil Proctor - Tony's Scout
 * Josh Qualteri
 * Jan Rabson
 * Katherine Ringgold
 * Daryl Sabara
 * Evan Sabara
 * Garnett Sailor - Moose
 * Amy Keys
 * Rick Logan
 * Susan Stevens Logan
 * Arnold McCuller
 * Tim Mertens - Canadian Geese

Trivia

 * The film was a huge sucess around the world, both in the US and UK, it was also a huge sucesss. The films failure in China, disappointed at the box office in France, poor sales in Russia, and box office bomb in Italy.
 * Michael J. Fox and Cree Summer appears in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, where they voice Milo and Kida respectively.
 * Allias is a Siberian Tiger which Siberian tigers are native to Asia.
 * Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, who directed Lilo & Stitch, was originally directed the film, but left the project and replaced by
 * The design of Allias was done by Glen Keane, The motion capture did stunts, performances, and the VFX test on Allias was done by Rythmn and Hues, Weta Digital, and Animal Logic. The fur was rendered CGI, and it digitally used for some reason. The VFX design of Allias had the same design as a real tiger. The producer bring a real tiger to computer animate the animals and then the CGI work is done. The CGI tiger was later used in Life of Pi in 2012.
 * The Rouge Black Grizzly Bear's roaring, snarling and growling sounds were a mix of a lion, tiger, leopard, panther, jaguar, alligator, gorilla and a cougar. The bear had the same roars as Aladar, Kron, and Carnotuarus from Dinosaur, Kerchak from Tarzan, Simba from The Lion King, The dinosaurs from Jurassic Park franchise, and Thumper from A Bug's Life.
 * Allias, Rouge Black Grizzly Bear, the Cougar, Mountain Lion and Rattlesnake are all CGI. The crew used Rhythm and Hues to do the work on the CGI animals.
 * When the film started production in 2000, Michael J. Fox accepted the lead role, after he voiced Milo Thatch.
 * According to Disney, the film was a box office phenomenon and it was a success.
 * Allias was originally going to be an orange tiger,
 * Sylvester Stallone was considered for the role of Allias, but was replaced by Dwayne Johnson. Stallone was the voice of Weaver in Antz.
 * Sarah Polley, Elsa Pataky, Brittany Murphy, and Mandy Moore were considered for the role of Laila, but turned it down due to schedule conflicts. However, Polley's voice can be seen in early animation test.
 * John Powell was originally selected as the film's composer, but he turned it down.
 * Michael J. Fox and Kiefer Sutherland previously starred in Bright Lights, Big City.
 * Allias' roaring sounds were a mixture of a lion, tiger, bear, leopard and a cougar.
 * The movie's poster was similar to Balto.
 * Motion capture performances did the stunt double for Allias.
 * The film's teaser trailer was released in 2005 debuted in front of Ice Princess. Hundreds of fans went to the theatre to see this film by paying admission just to see the teaser. They reportedly left after seeing the film.
 * Throughout the movie, Romeo's collar disappears and appears again.
 * The film was released on the same box office weekend, but according to this, it was a phonemon and box office for million dollars.
 * Allias' movements were based on a lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, bear and a gorilla.