Romeo: A Dog's Tale

Romeo: A Dog's Tale is a 2006 American/British/Australian/French/German 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 and Steve Moore and written and screenplay by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, Noni White, and David Reynolds.

The film features the voices of Michael J. Fox, Dwayne Johnson, Kiefer Sutherland, Sinbad, Laurence Fishburne, Brandy Norwood, Mike Myers, Christina Ricci, Danny Glover, Cree Summer, Catherine Tate, and Liam Neeson.

The film was released on April 7, 2006 in United States and on March 19, 2006 in the United Kingdom. Released by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. After the release of the film, the movie has three sequels and a spin off film, A Tiger's Story.

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. The animals might have agree that Romeo's Birthday tonight. At night, while celebrating his party, Romeo wishes to go to nature with Allias. After a conversation between them, they went to Grand Central Station together.

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 told him a story of Phango who is a hatred of dogs. Romeo knew what to do about Phango so he heads home. At night, Romeo leaves his apartment unaware and went with his friends to find Phango.

While they arrive there, they were clearly beyond reason, they ran into Nora, a Merino sheep.

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.
 * Mike Myers as Jonathan, an eccentric snow cone caribou. His voice sounds like Shrek.
 * Sinbad as Riley, a stern but kind stray cat who doesn't like Romeo but eventually warms to him at this birthday party.
 * Eric Stonestreet as Duke, a brown 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.
 * David Hyde Pierce as Kipo
 * Drew Barrymore as
 * Peter Falk as
 * Jenny Slate as Gidget, Max's girlfriend.
 * Hugo Weaving as Tony, a male wolf. Hugo Weaving also provides the voice of The Eagle.
 * Brandy Norwood as
 * Michael Clarke Duncan as a Bull.
 * Joe Pantoliano as Lenny, a wisecracking rat.
 * Steve Buscemi as Templeon, a 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.
 * Jennifer Aniston as Romeo's owner.
 * Steve Coogan as Ozone, a spyhnx cat.
 * Phil Morris as a German Shepherd
 * Claudia Christian as Francie, a German pink poodle.
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Amy, a female kitten. She has a Spanish accent. Like Audrey Ramirez, she is tomboyish like her. She can be one of Romeo's new friends.
 * George Lopez as Rafael, a toucan.
 * John Hurt as Rusty, a wise, caring old goat.
 * Nathan Lane as Hero English
 * Willem Dafoe as Harry, a black crow.
 * Leonard Nimoy as
 * Emilie de Ravin as
 * Miriam Margoyles as Mrs Plithiver, a nurse maid snake.
 * Will Arnett as Vlad, a vulture.
 * John Mahoney as
 * Michael Imperoli as
 * Vincent Pastore as
 * Kevin Pollak as
 * Rachael Taylor as
 * Hank Azaria as
 * Lee Evans as a Chicken
 * Jim Breuer as Ladybug
 * 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.
 * Paul Walker as
 * Vin Diesel as
 * 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.
 * Danny Mann as Matthew Taylor as Serge and Deni, two ducks.
 * Kath Soucie as a woman.
 * Frank Welker as Allias (roaring)

Additional Voices

 * Carlos Alazraqui - Various Neighbours
 * Matt Stone - Geese
 * Jack Angel
 * Joseph Ashton
 * Pamela Adlon
 * Greg Berg
 * James S. Baker
 * Bob Bergen - Deni (noises), Badger
 * Bob Bouchard
 * Jason Connery
 * Gregg Berger
 * Bobby Block
 * Billy Bodine
 * Kimberly J. Brown
 * Rodger Bumpass - Flamingo
 * Corey Burton - Runty
 * Anthony Burch
 * Robert Clotworthy
 * Lily Collins
 * Kat Cressida
 * Jim Cummings
 * Aria Noelle Curzon
 * Jane Carr
 * John Cygan
 * Jennifer Darling
 * Rachael Davey
 * Taylor Dempsey
 * Debi Derryberry - Tiny
 * Patti Deutsch
 * Bobby Edner
 * Ashley Edner
 * Paul Eiding
 * Jessie Flower
 * Blake McIver Ewing
 * Katie Scarlett Evans
 * Jessica Evans
 * Nicholas DeLaurentis
 * Olivia DeLaurentis
 * Bill Farmer - Turkey
 * Francesca Falcone
 * Pat Fraley
 * Chris Edgerly - Neighbour #2
 * Sam Gifaldi - Wolf Boy #1
 * Taylor Gifaldi
 * Brad Hall - Fox
 * Aaron Fors
 * Jess Harnell - Gopher
 * Jason Harris - Nelson
 * Brenden Hickey
 * Leslie Jordan
 * Linda Kerns - Female Neighbor #2
 * Grady Hutt
 * Lili Ishida
 * John Kassir - Elephant
 * David L. Lander - Mole, Ally Cat
 * Josh Keaton
 * Carloyn Lawrence
 * Noah Luke
 * Randall Montgomery
 * Bob Neill
 * Hope Levy
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Danny Mann - Jeremy
 * Mona Marshall
 * Andrew McDonough
 * Mickie McGowan - Female Neighbor #1
 * Rove McManus - Willie the Chameleon
 * Courtland Mead
 * Jordan Orr
 * Laura Marano
 * Vanessa Marano
 * Alec Medlock
 * Nicole Miller
 * Laraine Newman - Pelican
 * Nolan North - Angry Neighbour #1
 * Ryan O' Donohue - Wolf Boy #2
 * Paul Pape - Angry Neighbour #2
 * Kay Panabaker
 * Caitlin Rose Anderson
 * Annelise Nolting
 * Lisa Peers-Lyleson
 * Bob Peterson - Rooster
 * Patrick Pinney
 * Brian Posehn - Beaver
 * Phil Proctor - Tony's Scout, Angry Neighbor
 * Jan Rabson - Birds
 * Katherine Ringgold
 * Daryl Sabara
 * Evan Sabara
 * Garnett Sailor - Moose
 * Fred Tatascoire - Wolf
 * Kari Whalgren
 * Audrey Wasilewski
 * Chris Sanders - Chihuahua
 * Stephanie Swayer
 * Laurie A. Schillinger
 * Oren Waters - Singer
 * Wil Wheaton - Birds
 * Rebecca Schneider
 * Eliza Schneider
 * Francesca Marie Smith
 * Jeremy Suarez
 * April Stewart
 * Peter Siragusa - Clem the Crow
 * Bill Striglos
 * Jim Ward - Neighbour #1
 * Joe Whyte - Crow
 * Bruce A. Young

ADR Loop Group

 * Newell Alexander
 * Rosemary Alexander - Various Neighbours
 * Terry Brannon -
 * Russ Fega -
 * Charity James -
 * Zoe Poll -
 * W.K. Stratton -

Production
The film was in development in 2002.

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 dinosaur.
 * 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.
 * AllIas has the same roaring sounds as Alex from Madagascar.
 * Dwayne Johnson's first animated film. His films made by Disney where The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain, and Moana.
 * John Powell was originally attached as the film's composer, but was replaced by Hans Zimmer. A few weeks earlier, a opposite occurred for another film, Powell replaced Zimmer for the scoring duties of Bambi and Toothless.  
 * Mike Myers was cast as Jonathan because the producers, who like his character in Shrek, like his popularity In the film.
 * Sylvester Stallone was originally going to voice Allias. But he was dropped.
 * The film has the CinemaScope 2.55:1 aspect ratio since Lady and the Tramp, showing picture on the sides, the DVD has also had the 4:3 aspect ratio.
 * After 21 years, the last Disney film to use a logo until The Fox and the Hound 2. After that, the new 2006 Disney logo was used in every film including theirs.
 * The film features three stars from Titan A.E., Nathan Lane, John Leguizamo and Drew Barrymore.
 * Michael J. Fox, Sinbad, and Laurence Fishburne not only cast in the film, but they were in Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco, Fishburne was originally cast as Riley before Sinbad took over. Later on, three of these actors were in this film.
 * Romeo's collar disappears throughout the film and reappears again. His collar is still there, despite not wearing it in the film.
 * Laurence Fishburne, Brandy Norwood and David Hyde Pierce appeared in Osmosis Jones.
 * Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston and John Mahoney appeared in The Iron Giant.
 * Disney released a special trailer before King Arthur due to its theatrical release.
 * Michael J. Fox has also appear with Kiefer Sutherland in Bright Lights, Big City.