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:

The goose is loose

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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

The license plate on the camping couple's truck reads "A113" This refers to a classroom at CalArts.

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Goofs

When Humphrey and Kate go to sneak aboard the truck, the bottom door is opened during Kate's failed attempt, yet a few moments later the bottom door is closed again with nobody having closed it.

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Quotes

Kate: [Kate tries to stand on to a slippery rock and looks down to see a river] Humphrey!
Humphrey: [Tarzan yell and swings towards Kate] Don't worry Kate, it's all part of the plan
Kate: I can see that
Humphrey: Kate, grab my tail.
Kate: Grab your what?
Humphrey: Take those alpha jaws and grab...
[Kate bites Humphrey tail]
Humphrey: OW! my tail, my tail

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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 11 October 2010 (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Breathe Easy"
(uncredited)
Written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson & Lee Ryan
Performed by Blue
Produced by DEEKAY

User Reviews

Lovely Family animation movie

Saw this lovely animation movie with family during my vacations. Had not heard much about it as there was not much TV promotions and publicity before the release, but was pleasantly surprised by the high quality of animation, character building, the story and many other aspects. For my family it turned out to be a perfect vacation movie. The soundtrack of the movie is also worth mentioning here. Referring to another review here criticizing the movie for beyond understandable reasons, I believe movies are made for having fun, and criticizing them for stupid reasons like this movie was inspired by whatever is nonsense, because at the end of the day most of the animation movies including by all top studios follow the fun, family, adventure, thrills, some moral/ethics at the end of the story themes and this one's no exception. We enjoyed it throughly until it lasted plan to buy the Blu Ray disc for the kids as they loved it as much.