| | | Get ready for mush hour!
Features: DVD
When Miami dentist Ted Brooks (Cuba Gooding Jr.) finds out that he's been named in a will, he travels to Alaska to claim his inheritance. Once there, however, his dreams turn to mush when discovers he's been left a mischievous team of sled dogs--Demon, Nan, Diesel, Scooper, Yodel, Sniff, Mack and Duchess--who've got it in for him! Making matters even worse is the crusty mountain man Thunder Jack (James Coburn), who's also got it in for the city slicker. Wanting to claim the dogs for himself, Jack urges Ted to hotfoot it back to warmer climates. As Ted's life goes to the dogs, Thunder Jack becomes a real challenge and Ted vows to learn to mush, no matter what it takes.
"Delightful family film: warm, charming and very, very funny." KNX/KCBS Radio
"It's playful... adventuresome and enjoyable." The Miami Herald
"Fun for the whole family" US Weekly
"Disney movie-making magic at its best." Sun Sentinel
Editor's Note
Director Brian Levant (BEETHOVEN) goes to the dogs again in Disney's SNOW DOGS. Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars as Ted Brooks, a successful Miami dentist who finds out that he was adopted, and has to travel to Alaska for the reading of his birth mother's will. There, he meets the small community of crazies that were his mother's friends. Barb (Joanna Bacalso), a beautiful bar owner, is the most welcoming. Ted learns that he has inherited his mother's property, including her team of rambunctious sled dogs. A crusty old-timer, Thunder Jack (James Coburn), tries to buy the dogs, but Ted decides he will learn how to race a dogsled, and enter the Arctic Challenge, a local race. Handling the mischievous pooches, particularly the "alpha" dog, Demon, turns out to be much harder than expected. Levant keeps the action moving at a swift pace, particularly during Ted's hilariously disastrous first run with the dogs. Gooding clowns like a pro, and Coburn is wonderful as the grizzled dogsled veteran. Kids will fall in love with all the dogs, who are given animated facial expressions. Nichelle Nichols (of STAR TREK fame) plays Ted's mom, and pop star Sisqo plays his best friend back in Miami.
Plot Summary
Theatrical release: January 18, 2002
| Features | Featurette "Tolkenta On Ice" | | Audio Commentary With Director Brian Levant And Producer Jordan Kerner | | Deleted And Extended Scenes | | Featurette "Going To The Dogs" | | Featurette "Chillin' With The Actors" | | "Ted's Arctic Challenge" Set-Top Game | | Fullscreen Version | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Surround, French 5.1 Dolby Digital |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista (Disney) |
| Release Date: 8/2/2005 |
| Running Time: 139 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 2650803 | | UPC: 00786936184914 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...Small children will be amused by the frenetic antics of Cuba Gooding Jr...." 01/14/2002 p.52Box Office
"...[The dogs] are beautiful and bright....It's all very cute..." 03/01/2002 p.60-1 |
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