Firehouse Dog (2007)

Director:

Todd Holland

Writers (WGA):

Claire-Dee Lim (written by) &
Mike Werb (written by) ...
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Release Date:

4 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Hollywood's Coolest Dog Just Got Hotter

Plot:

Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid (Hutcherson) to get the station back on its feet.

Plot Keywords:

Skateboard | Firefighter | Dog | Father Son Relationship | Fire

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 31

6:30 PM

HBO

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Josh Hutcherson	...	Shane Fahey
Bruce Greenwood	...	Connor Fahey
Bill Nunn	...	Joe Musto
Scotch Ellis Loring	...	Lionel Bradford
Mayte Garcia	...	Pep Clemente
Teddy Sears	...	Terence Kahn
Arwen	...	Rexxx / Dewey the Dog
Frodo	...	Rexxx / Dewey the Dog
Rohan	...	Rexxx / Dewey the Dog
Stryder	...	Rexxx / Dewey the Dog
Steven Culp	...	Zachary Hayden
Dash Mihok	...	Trey Falcon
Bree Turner	...	Liz Knowles
Hannah Lochner	...	Jasmine "J.J." Presley
Claudette Mink	...	Captain Jessie Presley
Shane Daly	...	Burr Baldwin
Matt Cooke	...	Corbin Sellars
Katie Finneran	...	Felicity Hammer
Brandon Craggs	...	Oscar
Joseph Zita	...	Josh
Kathryn Haggis	...	Mrs. Renzi
Randy Triggs	...	Captain Marc Fahey
Carl Barlow	...	Animal Control Officer
Dan Duran	...	Dapper Host
Zoe Mugford	...	Perky Co-Host
Eric Weinthal	...	City Official
Diavion Henningham	...	Lionel’s Son #1
Djano Henningham	...	Lionel's Son #2
Jeffrey R. Smith	...	Parachute Prop Guy
Steven Cartwright	...	Neu Hotel Doorman
Aaron Abrams	...	Policeman at Bridge
James Arnold	...	TV Field Reporter
Dan Willmott	...	Electrician
B.J. McQueen	...	Tomato Truck Driver
Paul Stephen	...	Mayor
Ramona Pringle	...	Picnic Trophy Presenter
Magdalena Alexander	...	Mayor's Executive Assistant
Joseph Adam	...	Ceremony Reporter #1
Joanna Bennett	...	Ceremony Reporter #2
Sevag Sagherain	...	Trey's Limo Driver
Dave Grimshaw	...	Crowd Member
Isaac Oton	...	Crowd Member
Sean Lally	...	Crowd Member
Bob Koherr	...	Voice of Marc Fahey (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorly Jean-Louis	...	Tia - Lionel's Wife
Lauren Patten		(as Lauren Van Patten)
Micah Sauers	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Todd Holland

Writing credits (WGA)
Claire-Dee Lim		(written by) &
Mike Werb		(written by) &
Michael Colleary		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Colleary	....	producer
Mitch Glick	....	associate producer
Michael J. Maschio	....	producer
Mike Werb	....	producer

Original Music by
Jeff Cardoni

Cinematography by
Victor Hammer

Film Editing by
Scott J. Wallace

Casting by
Elizabeth Barnes
Tina Gerussi
Meg Liberman
Camille H. Patton

Production Design by
Tamara Deverell

Art Direction by
Aleksandra Marinkovich

Costume Design by
Judith R. Gellman

Makeup Department
Patricia Keighran	....	makeup department head
Kelly Shanks	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Anna Beben	....	unit production manager
Marisa Clayton	....	post-production supervisor: Modern VideoFilm
Jeffrey Harlacker	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Libby Hodgson	....	first assistant director
David C. Malcolm	....	additional assistant director
Patrick Murphy	....	third assistant director
Andrew Pritchard	....	third assistant director
Tim Singh	....	second assistant director

Art Department
John Baumgartner	....	storyboard animatic
Deryck Blake	....	property master
Denniston Karl Brown	....	on-set decorator
Rossana DeCampo	....	key scenic artist
Britt Doughty	....	art department apprentice
Britt Doughty	....	second assistant art director
Dawn H. Fisher	....	first assistant art director
Jason Graham	....	first assistant art director
J. Ryan Halpenny	....	assistant art director
Itsuko Kurono	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Eric Apps	....	adr mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Pat Cassin	....	second boom operator
Gavin Coford	....	boom operator
Susan Dawes	....	supervising sound editor (as Susan Shackelford Dawes)
Seann Dougherty	....	animatic sound designer
Henry Embry	....	sound mixer
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor
Jamie Hardt	....	assistant sound editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
R.J. Kizer	....	dialogue editor
Daryl Lathrop	....	adr recordist
Savannah Rae Linz	....	looper
Craig Mann	....	sound recordist
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recordist
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor
Unsun Song	....	sound re-recordist
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Troy	....	dialogue editor
Brett Voss	....	animatic sound designer
R.J. Kizer	....	adr editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Warren Appleby	....	special effects coordinator
Jason Board	....	special effects rigging foreman
Aaron Dinsmore	....	special effects technician
David Reaume	....	special effects technician
Jason Detheridge	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
James Andrykowski	....	first assistant visual effects
Jason Ang	....	colour pipeline supervisor
Paul Arion	....	digital compositor
Greg Baxter	....	visual effects production supervisor
Michael Becki	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
John Peter Bernardo	....	visual effects editor
Tracy Blagdon	....	visual effects coordinator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Erik Bruhwiler	....	digital compositing supervisor: Digital Dimension
Lisa Carr-Harris	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Todd Carson	....	junior compositor: Digital Dimension
Michael Cashore	....	digital effects artist
Insung Choi	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Ovidiu Cinazan	....	digital artist
Aurelian Ciobota	....	digital compositor
Sean Craig	....	animator
Tony Cybulski	....	digital compositor: C.O.R.E Digital Pictures
Brian Davidson	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Julio Del Hierro	....	texture/fur artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Paul DeOliveira	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Saeed Faridzadeh	....	digital artist
Eugene Fung	....	I/O technician: C.O.R.E. Digitial Pictures
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension
Maria Gordon	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Di He	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Matthew Horner	....	digital effects artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Kelvin Kanagaraj	....	technical director: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Anthony Kramer	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Dimension
Daniel Lee	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Sean Looper	....	pipeline technical director: Digital Dimension
Tina McGill	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Landon Medeiros	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension
Landon Medeiros	....	visual effects production assistant: Digital Dimension
Samara Melanson	....	visual effects executive producer: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Kyle Menzies	....	visual effects supervisor: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Roubina Messerkhanian	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Dave Olivares	....	digital artist
Duncan Orthner	....	motion control
Ken Ouellette	....	technical director: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Marco S. Paolini	....	digital compositor
Rob Pieke	....	research & development: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Joe Raasch	....	digital compositor: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Mahmoud Rahnama	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digitial Pictures
Mark Rakocy	....	title designer
Mark Rakocy	....	visual effects
Lisa Reid	....	visual effects coordinator: C.O.R.E. Digitial Pictures
Carrie Richardson	....	visual effects production manager: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Peter Robbinson	....	software trainer: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Andy Roberts	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dimension
Lee Roderick	....	lead compositor
Iain Royle	....	systems administrator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Daniel Rubin	....	lead key compositor: Digital Dimension
Amir Shachar	....	senior lighting artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Brian Smallwood	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Rick Smith	....	digital compositor: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Ryan T. Smolarek	....	lead compositor
Jay Stanners	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Sam Suh	....	systems administrator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Jim Su	....	character modeller/rigger: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Ji Hyung Sung	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Tammy Sutton	....	2D supervisor: Digital Dimension
Tammy Sutton	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Mark Thomas-Stubbs	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Martin Tori	....	on-set visual effects supervisor: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Tim M. Townsend	....	digital compositor: C.O.R.E Digital Pictures
Phi Tran	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dimension
Tommy Tran	....	digital compositor
Mark Tureski	....	effects film scanner
Ronald van Rij	....	digital compositor
Tracey Vaz	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Dan Walker	....	digital artist
Alphonso Young	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Robert Zwirner	....	digital artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

Stunts
Brad Bunn	....	stunts
Scotty Cook	....	stunt double
Shelley Cook	....	stunt coordinator
Blair Johannes	....	stunt performer
Layton Morrison	....	stunts
Billy Oliver	....	stunt double
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunt performer
Robert Racki	....	stunts
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunt driver
Bryan Thomas	....	stunts
Alicia Turner	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Bojin	....	best boy
Dave Bouskill	....	rigging gaffer
Bryan Forde	....	gaffer
Marek Krawczyk	....	assistant rigging chief lighting technician
Bruce Macaulay	....	still photographer
Robert McAdam	....	electrician
Malcolm Nefsky	....	key grip: second unit
Michael Soos	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Michael Spicer	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Michael Spicer	....	cinematographer: second unit
Paul Thompson	....	digital video assist operator: StormVision
Jim Westenbrink	....	director of photography: second unit

Casting Department
Elizabeth Barnes	....	casting associate
Michael Hothorn	....	casting executive
Jamie Sparer Roberts	....	casting executive
Matthew Lessall	....	casting executive (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Brian Farley	....	post-production coordinator
Todd Fulkerson	....	additional editor
Joe Talbot Hall	....	assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Robb Porter	....	post-production coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Kathy Thomson	....	digital colorist

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Tony Blondal	....	additional orchestrator
Stephen Coleman	....	orchestrator: conductor
Patrick Houlihan	....	music supervisor
Rick Ippolito	....	additional orchestrator
Robert Puff	....	music librarian
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
Michael T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
Gustavo Borner	....	score mixer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John Coles	....	driver: Todd Holland
Bill Hong	....	driver: insert car (as William Hong)
Dana Howes	....	transportation coordinator
Ian C. Harris	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
David Allsberry	....	animal trainer
Coralie Brady	....	assistant location manager
Ursula Brauner	....	animal coordinator
Ursula Brauner	....	head dog trainer
Brad Davis	....	production accountant
Sheri Davis	....	animal wrangler
Scott Director	....	adr artist
William Engel	....	medic
Devon Evans	....	animal trainer
Nadia Guglieri	....	second script supervisor
Morgan Hunwicks	....	assistant production coordinator
Michael Kessler	....	assistant to producer
Kelly Kiernan	....	production executive
Nora Lem	....	craft service
Stanley Lidon	....	location production assistant
Susan Marucci	....	script supervisor
Trelawnie Mead	....	truck supervisor
Nik Mills	....	location assistant
Andre Paquin	....	second assistant accountant
Michelle Ramez	....	payroll accountant
Lisa Shamata	....	unit publicist
Steve Sheridan	....	second assistant accountant
Dave Ian Smith	....	fire safety
Michelle K. Smith	....	production secretary
Alan Sutton	....	fire safety officer
Alan Sutton	....	technical advisor
Cassidy Watkins	....	assistant to director
Shawn Weber	....	dog trainer
Sara Woomer	....	assistant: Todd Holland

Production Companies

• C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
• New Regency Pictures
• Regency Enterprises

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Handmade Digital

Other Companies

• Boone's Animals for Hollywood  animals provided by
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Chien de la caserne, Le (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for sequences of action peril, some mild crude humor and language.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:6 | Canada:PG (Alberta) | South Africa:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | UK:PG | Canada:G (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario/Quebec) | Ireland:PG | Sweden:7 | South Korea:All | Finland:K-7 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | USA:PG (certificate #42566) | Singapore:PG | Venezuela:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

Trivia:

The dogs featured in the pictures at the end of the movie (during the credits) were winners of a photo/essay contest hosted by www.dogster.com. Members had to submit a photo of their dog along with an essay explaining why their dog is a hero.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the Medel ceremony there are brown leaves all over the red carpet. In the long shot facing the stage there are no leaves.

Quotes:

Lionel Bradford: I hate it when he says "meat stew" like that. Why doesn't he just tell us what's in it?
Terence Kahn: It's meat.
Lionel Bradford: Mmm-hmmm. More like mystery meat.
Pep Clemente: Yeah, but it's starting to taste more and more like -
[they stop and see Dewey leaving droppings in the stew pot]
Pep Clemente: Dog, you just read my mind.

Movie Connections:

References Jurassic Park (1993)

Soundtrack:

The Envy

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okay, some people just got issues from what i can see from the last comments.

so what if the dog's stunts are not believable? so what if it's not some high-tech or flashy movie and instead in some people's opinion - "a low-budget movie"? for me - i loved that movie.

i thought it wasn't going to be as good as i thought it would be but i had a change of mind - i actually loved it. well of course, when i found out josh hutcherson was in it, i got all curious about it. :P people - it's just a movie. you don't have to put up mean comments up on here. for me, it was moving and the plot was more actually based more on the father and son than on the dog as i thought it would be.. but again i was wrong. :] it had the classic basic character's in a movie - the heroes and the bad guys.

plus, the humor in the moving kept me laughing throughout the movie. i swear, the grin on my face was like implanted or something on there. :] it's a movie based on family relationships - dealing the loss of someone special, and a dog's trust and loyalty.

of course, it's not some Hollywood flashy movie or blockbuster or anything like that but it's enjoyable and will keep you interested, i'm sure of that. :]