Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco
(1996)
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Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco
(1996)
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| Michael J. Fox | ... |
Chance
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| Sally Field | ... |
Sassy
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| Ralph Waite | ... |
Shadow
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Al Michaels | ... |
Sparky Michaels
(voice)
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| Tommy Lasorda | ... |
Lucky Lasorda
(voice)
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| Bob Uecker | ... |
Trixie Uecker
(voice)
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| Tress MacNeille | ... |
French Poodle
(voice)
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| Jon Polito | ... |
Ashcan
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| Adam Goldberg | ... |
Pete
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| Sinbad | ... |
Riley
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| Carla Gugino | ... |
Delilah
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| Tisha Campbell-Martin | ... |
Sledge
(voice) (as Tisha Campbell)
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| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... |
Bando
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| Ross Malinger | ... |
Spike
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| Michael Bell | ... |
Stokey
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Shadow, Sassy and Chance are back! It's been three years since their trek through the woods and over the mountains. Now the family lives in San Fransisco and they're taking a vacation in Canada. Only problem, the pets escape from the airport while being put in the cargo area of the plane. Now their family is in Canada and the pets are all alone in San Fransisco. They meet scruffy bully dogs and a gang of rebel dogs all abandoned and have started their own group. Also looking for them is a "Blood Red Van" driven by bumbling dog catchers. Also Chance meets a girl dog and it's love at first bite. Written by Dylan Self <robocoptng986127@aol.com>
This would be a strange one to watch with the sound turned down. Much of it would consist of two dogs or a dog and a cat staring disinterestedly at each other for half-a-minute at a time. With sound it's a little more entertaining, although in this age of computer games it would probably struggle to keep even younger kids entertained for long. The story is essentially a remake of the original with the action transplanted to the city of San Francisco. Our heroes go through a number of mildly diverting adventures before making their way home. There's a pair of dastardly dog catchers has, I wonder, any film been made in the history of cinema that featured a non-dastardly dog-catcher? I don't know, perhaps in a country where rabies is rife. The dog-catchers give the kids someone to hiss at, but there's nothing particularly threatening about them. Each of the animals involved has a voice, although this being the olden days of the mid-1990s, the cheap technology required to give the illusion that their mouths are actually moving obviously didn't exist, so we have to assume all animals are telepathic, I suppose. The voices, other than Ralph Waite as the older dog, don't really suit. Had I been in charge of the voices I'd have given each the voice of a famous old movie star. It would have kept me entertained.