Alpha and Omega (2010)

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack's social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.

Directors:

Anthony Bell, Ben Gluck

Writers:

Chris Denk (screenplay), Ben Gluck (original story),

Stars:

Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Justin Long	...	Humphrey (voice)
Hayden Panettiere	...	Kate (voice)
Dennis Hopper	...	Tony (voice)
Danny Glover	...	Winston (voice)
Larry Miller	...	Marcel (voice)
Eric Price	...	Paddy / Mooch (voice)
Vicki Lewis	...	Eve (voice)
Christina Ricci	...	Lilly (voice)
Chris Carmack	...	Garth (voice)
Brian Donovan	...	Salty (voice)
Kevin Sussman	...	Shakey (voice)
Maya Kay	...	Bear Cub (voice) (as Maya Feltheimer)
Christine Lakin	...	Reba (voice)
Marilyn Tokuda	...	Claws / Janice (voice)
Eric Lopez	...	Can-do (voice)

Storyline

In Jasper National Park, the wolves, Kate and Humphrey, have known each other since puppyhood, but they are on the oppose ends of the Western Pack's social structure with Kate as the energetic Alpha daughter of the pack leader and Humphrey being the good humoured Omega. That social structure forces Kate to accept an arranged marriage with Garth of the Eastern Pack to unite the packs for peace, regardless of Humphrey's hopeless attraction for her. Before that union can occur, Kate and Humphrey are captured by the park's rangers and sent to an Idaho park as part of a wolf repopulation project. Mindful of her duties, Kate is determined to return to Jasper and Humphrey offers to help with the assistance of two odd geese. However, as this disparate pair struggle through the dangers to get home, a growing mutual appreciation of their talents and then a deeper love threatens to disastrously complicate everything if they make it back.

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Plot Keywords:

park | wolf | national park | idaho | geese | 

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Taglines:

A Pawsome 3D Adventure

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for rude humor and some mild action

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [be]

Country:

USA India

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alpha and Omega in 3D

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£643,425 (UK) (22 October 2010)

Gross:

£2,996,462 (UK) (3 December 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Family Entertainment, Crest Animation Productions, Relativity Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dennis Hopper's last film.

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Goofs

When Humphrey is water-skiing on the river while being pulled by Marcel, Kate is on the right bank. After Humphrey gets launched into the air and tries to use Marcel's wings to fly back to the ground, they land on the left side of the river. Kate appears right above them. She was on the other side of the river, and she doesn't appear to have swum.

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Quotes

Paddy: [Kate is about to marry Garth even though the two birds know she and Humphrey are in love] Now, I'm a stickler for tradition, but this one I just don't understand.
Marcel: These wolves are mysterious creatures.

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Connections

Referenced in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Feels Like Tonight"
(uncredited)
Written by Dr Duke & Max Martin
Performed by Daughtry

User Reviews

Alpha and Omega : The High Maintenance Couple

Alpha and Omega is a competent baby-sitter but doesn't have quite the chops to be as absorbing for adults as well, as Pixar movies do. The movie is a standard fare love story and standard fare animal animation somewhat encased in a male bashing advertisement's philosophy. Humphrey is the idiotic male whose carelessness actually is a major plot point in the story while Kate is a mature, responsible, competent hunter, pretty, yada yada and so on.

The quality of the movie is top notch, and has a beautiful 3D that creates makes the scenes look much better and vibrant, though darker like using sunglasses using the 3d glasses. The movie is reminiscent of a lot of animal movies that happen in jungles that partially cross paths with humans. The golfer geese are funny and the bears, caribou all provide a lively background for the story to unfold.

Great movie to go with your daughter if you can bear the kid directed non-Pixar movies.