Romeo: A Dog's Tale

Romeo: A Dog's Tale is a 2006 American/British/Australian/Western computer-animated/CGI comedy-drama-adventure film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff served as co-directors of the film. Don Hahn, Bonnie Arnold, Sam Mercer, and Pam Marsden served as producers with executive producers who also served were Zareh Nalbandian, Joe Ansolabehere, Ron J. Friedman, and Bruce Davey, and the story and screenplay by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, John Orloff, John Collee, Linda Woolverton, Chris Williams, Noni White, and David Reynolds. The story of a dog who makes friend with the animals after his owner abandons him, with the help of some animal friends, they have to bring him home.

The film features an ensemble cast of Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Emilie de Ravin, Cree Summer, Rachael Taylor, Hugo Weaving, Drew Barrymore, and Laurence Fishburne. Development of the film was announced in 2000, before the release of Atlantis, Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise announced the film with animals. The production team decided to do a comedy-drama adventure film instead of a musical. The music was written by Alan Menken, with score by Hans Zimmer, John Debney, and James Newton Howard collaborated with Elton John, Tim Rice, Stephen Schwartz, and Glenn Slater with songs by Phil Collins, Bryan Adams, Sting, and Tim McGraw.

The film was released in El Capitan Theatre on April 27, 2006, and May 5, 2006 in general release. It was also released on May 12, 2006 in the United Kingdom, June 9, 2006 in Australia, June 23, 2006 in Germany, and July 28, 2006 in New Zealand. Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the prodcuiton companies were Animal Logic, Rhythm and Hues, Weta Digital, Rising Sun Pictures, and Industrial Light & Magic. Following the release, the film was a box office success. A video game of the film was released in July 2006.

Following the success of the film, a spin off film featuring Allias, called A Tiger's Story where the film takes place before the events, was announced and two sequels were also announced following the release.

Cast

 * Michael J. Fox as Romeo, a mixed breed dog. He is abandoned by his owner, he has his friends to find his owner by bringing him home.
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Samson, a lion.
 * Dwayne Johnson as Allias, a Siberian tiger.
 * Emilie de Ravin
 * Cree Summer as Laila, a female poodle who is Romeo's love interest.
 * Rachael Taylor
 * Hugo Weaving as Tony, Garth's dad and Winston's friend. Weaving also provides the voice of the Eagle.
 * Drew Barrymore
 * Laurence Fishburne as Guru
 * David Wenham as Digger, a burrowing owl.
 * John Leguizamo as Jamie
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight, a Great Gray Owl.
 * Nathan Lane as Hero English
 * Richard Roxburgh as Thunder, a white horse with a past.
 * Liam Neeson as Phango
 * Danny Glover as Winston
 * Joe Pantoliano as Lenny aka Venya
 * Christina Ricci as Lilly
 * Mike Myers as Jonathan, an eccentric Caribou.
 * Louis C.K. as Max
 * Eric Stonestreet as Duke
 * Billy Connolly as McSquizzy
 * Miriam Margoyles as Mrs Plithiver (Mrs. P), A blind nestmaid snake.
 * Jason Alexander as Ethan, a wisecracking horse.
 * Catherine Tate as Nora
 * Hugh Jackman
 * Jenny Slate as Gidget
 * Geoffrey Rush as Nigel
 * Phil Morris as Escobar
 * Claudia Christian as Lola
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Amy
 * Denis Leary as Fred
 * David Hyde Pierce as Kipo
 * Charles Kimbrough as Toby
 * Richard E. Grant as Bradley
 * George Lopez as Rafael
 * Willem Dafoe
 * Rupert Everett
 * David Koechner as Dag
 * Tone Loc as Kevin, a Huskey
 * Rufus Sewell as a Fox
 * Dana Carvey as Pops
 * Jay Laga'aia as Twilight's cousin
 * Hannibal Buress as Buddy
 * Chris Carmack as Garth
 * Bobby Moynihan as Mel
 * Lake Bell as Chloe
 * Kevin Pollak
 * Jim Broadbent
 * John Hurt
 * Eric Bana as Scratch
 * Bruce Spence as Claw
 * Barry Otto
 * Lance Henriksen as Rouge Black Grizzly Bear
 * Brad Garrett
 * Robert Guillaume
 * Wayne Knight
 * Rowan Atkinson
 * Edie McClurg
 * Mark Hamill as a Cougar
 * Barry Bostwick
 * Vicki Lewis

Additional voices

 * Carlos Alazraqui
 * Beth Anderson - Various Female Wolves
 * Keith Anthony
 * Matt Stone - Albatross, Birds
 * Jack Angel - Ripper
 * Michael Bell - Geese
 * Greg Berg
 * Andrew "Andy" Lawrence - Male Wolf Pup
 * Pamela Adlon - Female Wolf Pup, Magril, Wolf Pup Scout #1
 * Bob Bergen - Various Wolves, Birds, Japanese Fishes, Bats
 * Bob Bouchard - Pigeon
 * Dee Bradley Baker - Various Animals
 * Billy Bodine
 * Rodger Bumpass - Flamingo
 * Corey Burton - Runty, Fly
 * Anthony Burch - Candu
 * Ricky D'Shon Collins - Male Wolf Pup
 * Jesse Corti - Male Squirrel
 * Kat Cressida
 * Jim Cummings - Snakey
 * Aria Noelle Curzon - Bear Cub, Wolf Pup Scout #2
 * Jane Carr
 * Gino Conforti - Race Announcer
 * John Cygan - Nate
 * Jennifer Darling - Garth's Mother
 * Debi Derryberry - Runt, Tiny
 * Paul Eiding
 * Blake McIver Ewing - Wolf Pup Scout #3
 * Troy Evans - Rabbit #3, Beaver #1
 * Bill Farmer - Rabbit #2
 * Dane A. Davis - Porcupine #1
 * Pat Fraley - Porcupine #2
 * Scott Martin Gershin - Various Animals, Rouge Black Grizzly Bear (roaring)
 * Sam Gifaldi - Wolf Boy #1
 * Taylor Gifaldi
 * Brad Hall - Fox
 * Amy Gleason
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Archie Hahn - Shetland Sheepdog
 * Jess Harnell
 * Jason Harris - Nelson
 * Brenden Hickey
 * Roger L. Jackson
 * Leslie Jordan - Rabbit #1, Beaver #2
 * Micah Hauptman
 * Linda Kerns - Female Wolf
 * Kevin Ligon - Hutch
 * Grady Hutt - Wolf Pup Scout #4
 * Lili Ishida
 * Trey Parker - Joe
 * John Kassir
 * David L. Lander - Cat
 * Josh Keaton
 * Carolyn Lawrence - Female Wolf
 * Noah Luke - Wolf Pup
 * Hope Levy
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Danny Mann - Orange Cat
 * Mona Marshall - Female Skunk #1, Bear Mom
 * Laura Marano - Wolf Pup Scout #5
 * Vanessa Marano - Wolf Pup Scout #6
 * Tim Mertens
 * Andrew McDonough
 * Mickie McGowan
 * Courtland Mead - Wolf Kids
 * Jordan Orr - Wolf Pup Scout #7
 * Alec Medlock - Circus Announcer
 * Nicole Miller
 * Laraine Newman
 * Nolan North - Male Wolf
 * Ryan O' Donohue - Wolf Boy #2
 * Caitlin Rose Anderson - Wolf Pup Scout #8
 * Annelise Nolting
 * Lisa Peers-Lyleson
 * Bob Peterson - Rooster
 * Jeff Pidgeon - Pigs
 * Patrick Pinney
 * Brian Posehn - Beaver #3
 * Phil Proctor - Tony's Scout
 * Nathan Gamble
 * David Randolph
 * Jan Rabson - Fish, Bats
 * Daryl Sabara - Wolf Pup Scout #9
 * Evan Sabara - Wolf Pup Scout #10
 * Garnett Sailor - Moose
 * April Stewart
 * Brian M. Rosen - Various Pound Dogs
 * Stephanie Sawyer
 * Laurie A. Schillinger
 * Brianne Siddall Brozey
 * Susan Stevens Logan
 * Shane Sweet - Wolf Pup
 * Oren Waters - Singer
 * Wil Wheaton - Birds
 * Rebecca Schneider
 * Eliza Schneider
 * Francesca Marie Smith
 * John Xintavelonis
 * Fred Tatasciore
 * Kari Whalgren
 * Chris Sanders - Chihuahua
 * Ernie Sabella
 * Jeremy Suarez - Cub Allias, Wolf Pup, Bear Cub, Wolf Pup Scout #11
 * Peter Siragusa - Vulture
 * Tara Strong - Sweet Pea
 * Ariel Winter - Wolf Pup Scout #12
 * Hannah Swanson
 * Dakota Fanning - Leader Wolf Pup Scout
 * Elle Fanning - Wolf Pup Scout #13
 * AnnaSophia Robb - Female Wolf Pup, Wolf Pup Scout #14
 * Travis Tedford
 * Jim Ward
 * Joe Whyte - Turkey
 * Bill Striglos - Various Animals
 * Bruce A. Young
 * Kali Whitehurst - Various Female Wolf Pups
 * Jordan Warkol

Soundtrack

 * Round My Family Tree - Dwayne Johnson

Trivia

 * This is the fourth film to be directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, the first is Beauty and the Beast, the second was The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the third was Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
 * Michael J. Fox and Cree Summer both appear in Atlantis.
 * John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Drew Barrymore, and Tone Loc appear in Titan A.E.
 * Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo, Richard Roxburgh, and David Wenham appear in Moulin Rouge!.
 * Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Emilie de Ravin, Rachael Taylor and Rufus Sewell's first animated film.
 * Hugo Weaving, Rachael Taylor, and Peter Cullen appear in Transformers.
 * Allias' roars, growls and snarls were a mixture of a lion, a tiger, leopards, jaguars, panther, bear, gorilla and a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
 * Allias' design was based on real tigers who were rendered in CGI.
 * Black Rouge Grizzly Bear's voice sounds like Kerchak and Bishop.
 * Sylvester Stallone was originally cast as Allias, but he turned it down because of his work on Rambo, so he was replaced by Dwayne Johnson.
 * Paul Newman was originally to voice Escobar, but he was replaced. He worked on Disney/Pixar's Cars.
 * The film was originally released in December 2005, but during production, the date was moved to May 2006.
 * According to the art book, the bats names are Vampire Bats and Fruit Bats.
 * Black Rouge Grizzly Bear's roars were a mix of a real life jaguar, gorilla, bear, Kerchak, Aladar, Kron, Carnotaurus, Sulley, King Kong, and Sharptooth.
 * The film was rated PG, but despite the film's rating, some of the violence may have gotten a PG-13 rating.
 * During the song "Round My Family Tree", The circus announcer is voiced by Gary Trousdale, the film's director.
 * Following the box office sucess of the film, the spin off film was announced.
 * According to animator Chris Sanders, Allias wants to find his family tree.
 * According to the storybooks, sources, toys, and art books, the bear is named Rouge Grizzly.
 * The tree that Allias find his family tree is a real tree.
 * Romeo's collar vanishes and reappears throughout the film.