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Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief -- Maya Dolittle, who can talk to animals like her father, is placed on special assignment by the President of the United States of America.

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Director:
Craig Shapiro
Writers:
Matt Lieberman and
Matt Lieberman (story)
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Release Date:
4 March 2008 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Family See more »
Plot:
Maya Dolittle, who can talk to animals like her father, is placed on special assignment by the President of the United States of America. | Add synopsis »
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Cast

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Kyla Pratt ... Maya Dolittle

Peter Coyote ... President Sterling

Malcolm Stewart ... Chief Dorian

Niall Matter ... Cole Fletcher

Elise Gatien ... Courtney Sterling

Karen Holness ... Lisa Dolittle

Christine Chatelain ... Selma

Kwesi Ameyaw ... Prince Tharoor

Stephanie Belding ... Doris Park-Weaver
Christopher Gaze ... Academic #1
Andrew McIlroy ... Academic #2

Kirsten Kilburn ... Co-Ed

Adam Thomas ... Frat Boy

Jason Griffith ... Guard (as Jase-Anthony Griffith)
Alex Kliner ... Janitor

Jennifer Coolidge ... Daisy (voice)

Richard Kind ... Groundhog (voice)

Phil Proctor ... Monkey (voice)
Ben Diskin ... Anteater (voice)

Greg Ellis ... Wallaby (voice)

Nolan North ... Parrot (voice)

Diana Yanez ... Chinchilla (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Eliza Bayne ... Various Talking Animals (voice) (uncredited)
Keith Dallas ... Director (uncredited)

Norm MacDonald ... Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
Steve Oatway ... Mailman (uncredited)
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Directed by
Craig Shapiro 
 
Writing credits
Matt Lieberman 

Kathleen Laccinole 
Matt Lieberman  story

Produced by
John Davis .... producer
Connie Dolphin .... co-producer
Brian Manis .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Don MacDonald 
 
Cinematography by
Ron Stannett 
 
Film Editing by
Michael Trent 
 
Casting by
Corinne Clark 
Jennifer Page 
Jason L. Wood 
 
Production Design by
Brentan Harron 
 
Art Direction by
Kirsten Franson 
 
Set Decoration by
Victoria Söderholm 
 
Costume Design by
Lorraine Carson 
 
Makeup Department
Emanuela Daus .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Craig Forrest .... unit production manager
Dawn Knight .... post-production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexia S. Droz .... second assistant director
Marian Koprada .... third assistant director
David Markowitz .... first assistant director
Ali Salamati .... third assistant director
 
Art Department
Maureen Carey .... construction buyer
Ken Davies .... property master
Terry Gonsalves .... on-set dresser
Trevor Oleksy .... head greensperson
Dan Snelgrove .... carpenter
Lynn Werner .... assistant set decorator
 
Sound Department
William Butler .... production sound mixer
Ken Lee .... boom operator
Dorian Pareis .... backgrounds editor
Greg Stewart .... sound re-recording mixer
John R.S. Taylor .... dialogue editor
 
Special Effects by
Murray Campbell .... special effects coordinator
Myriam Cournoyer .... special effects technician (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Anton Agerbo .... visual effects producer
Blake Anderson .... visual effects supervisor: Tinderbox
Jae Lyoung Choi .... animator
Daniel Chuba .... visual effects executive producer
Liam Cripps .... visual effects producer: Tinderbox
Mark A.Z. Dippé .... visual effects executive producer
Jeannine Dupuy .... visual effects coordinator
Ryan Epp .... digital compositor
Laura Fremmerlid .... compositor
John Gajdecki .... visual effects supervisor
Man Hong Han .... lead modeler
Warren Hickman .... visual effects editor
Nick Hsieh .... lead compositor
Manovigianek Jehman .... visual effects
Christine Kang .... modeler
Emil Kerie .... visual effects
Hyunwook Kim .... animator
Yeonsoo Kim .... lighting & effects
Boyoung Ko .... animator
Charles Lai .... digital compositor
Charles Lai .... on-set visual effects coordinator
Min Hee Lee .... lead compositor
Minwon Lee .... compositor
Seung Yong Lee .... CG supervisor
Taesung Lee .... modeler
Youngki Lee .... visual effects producer
Bongkyu Lim .... compositor
Choonshik Lim .... animator
Patrick McNabb .... lead animator
Fatima Mojaddidy .... systems administrator: Hammerhead Productions
Sung Oh Moon .... lead animator
Hailey Soyoung Park .... visual effects coordinator
Min Su Park .... visual effects supervisor
James William Roberts .... visual effects
Jaesoon Ryu .... lighting & effects
Joshua S.H. Son .... visual effects producer (as Joshua Sohn)
Kel Story .... visual effects production assistant
Wes Takahashi .... visual effects producer
Greg Vernon .... visual effects executive producer: Tinderbox
Dan Weir .... cg artist: Tinderbox
Hyunseong Yu .... animator
 
Stunts
Duane Dickinson .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jeremy Lundstrom .... camera trainee
Larry Marwick .... first assistant camera
Nathan McTague .... digital imaging technician
Richard Walden .... director of photography: second unit
 
Casting Department
Sara Brown .... extras casting assistant
Kate Hubbell .... casting associate
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Jones .... set costumer
Kurtis Reeves .... costumer: preparation
 
Editorial Department
Eugene Baldovino .... post-production assistant
Petra Demas .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Jane Ashworth .... assistant music supervisor: S.L. Feldman & Associates
Don Mann .... music editor
Sarah Webster .... music supervisor
 
Transportation Department
Rick Harasyn .... transportation captain
Peter Huff .... driver: cast
Allan Morgan .... transportation coordinator (as Al Morgan)
 
Other crew
Wendy L. Adjoury .... assistant production coordinator
Dan Carr .... location manager
Bonnie Judd .... monkey coordinator/trainer
Ryan Judd .... monkey trainer
Ingrid Kenning .... script supervisor
Janet Lane .... accounting clerk
Louisa Main .... production coordinator
Korey Petrie .... production assistant
Simon Cavan Taylor .... assistant to director
Shawn Swanky .... trainee assistant location manager (uncredited)
 

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MPAA:
Rated PG for brief mild language and some rude behavior
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Runtime:
Argentina:85 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
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Certification:
USA:PG | Finland:K-3 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Sweden:7 (DVD rating)
Filming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaSee more »
Company:
DD4C ProductionsSee more »

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3 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
emotional Intelligence, 6 July 2009
Author: tedg (tedg@FilmsFolded.com) from Virginia Beach

I'm absolutely hypnotized by the stories that stories make. I often think of stories having their own agency, doing whatever they need to do to survive. That can take one of two paths I think.

The first is the path I normally pay attention to. A story can coax and guide it's tellers and receivers toward paths that matter, that penetrate and dissolve bits of us. These matter, and it's not just interesting to look at what they are and why they affect us, but also how they became so.

And then you have other path, which you could consider the quantity over quality model, where a story evolves so that it can simply be repeated. These reflect rather than make worlds and they thrive on a parasitic energy from other stories. I think that is what we have here.

The Dolittle story in it's basic form has been around for eons I suppose. In films I first encountered it as something which could carry some simple endearments spiced with enough humor to entertain. But that form has no juice today.

So it evolved, attracting Murphy and support to become something more colorfully funny, adapting a raunchy persona. But the fertility fades on that as well.

Now I suppose that there is a branch of evolution for all stories where they end up a Saturday afternoon kids babysitting material. And I suppose that this story already was headed in that direction. But the specific form is interesting at least. It has moved to the "black" theme part of the story ecosphere.

It's a comfortable, secure niche that guarantees longevity and repetition because it links to an audience that uses such stories to define self.

The story form has these elements: the focus is on women and how they make the world right. In every case, there is an environment in which men live and which has a dysfunctional dynamic, needing the common sense of women, common sense that is deeper in the African American woman than anywhere.

The chief character is always the same. Here she has poor grades and a focus on "social skills." she seems inept at first, but her pluck allows a situation in which she can apply her "emotional intelligence" to the problem. It invariably is the result of some family dynamic which incidentally explains deficiencies in our heroine.

She does her stuff and the world is made right, to the befuddled who lack this gift. In this case, it is the president that needs help, and by implication the soul of Africa (literally) that needs to be saved.

An interesting thing here is that the story includes multiple references to endangered species and preserved ecostructure in the context of personal (meaning in this sense, animal) personal inadequacies

Survival folded into survival.

Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

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