Hotel for Dogs

Year:

2009

Duration:

100 min

Genres:

Comedy | Family

IMDB rate:

5.3

Director:

Thor Freudenthal

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2009-01-16

Filming Locations: Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $35,000,000

Opening Weekend: $17,012,212 (USA) (18 January 2009)

Gross: $73,023,275 (USA) (24 May 2009)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kyla Pratt

Hotel for Dogs

Tiya Sircar

Hotel for Dogs

Emma Roberts

Andi

Jake T. Austin

Bruce

Don Cheadle

Bernie

Johnny Simmons

Dave

Troy Gentile

Mark

Lisa Kudrow

Lois Scudder

Kevin Dillon

Carl Scudder

Ajay Naidu

ACO Jake

Eric Edelstein

ACO Max

Robinne Lee

Carol

Yvette Nicole Brown

Ms. Camwell

Maximiliano Hernández

Officer Mike

Andre Ware

Officer Jeff

Jonathan Klein

Evan

Ruben Garfias

Department Store Employee

Kenny Vibert

Jason

Stephen Liska

Desk Sergeant (as Steve Liska)

Jeremy Howard

Hot Dog Man

Mariah Buzolin

Beth

Britney Christian

Girl in TV Room

Jim Doughan

Male Reporter

Gina St. John

Female Reporter

Catherine McCord

Mathilda Frohmann

Carina Oakland

Passerby

Susan Avalos

Mom with Kid in Car

Dwayne Swingler

Officer Clark

Gregory Sporleder

ACO Dooley

Brandon Avalos

Kid in Car

Brendan Wayne

ACO Tanner

Andrea Gold Robinson

Woman with Dog (as Andrea Gold)

Hira Ambrosino

Social Worker

Allison Curtis

Girl Watching Husky Puppies (uncredited)

Georgie Del Junco

Kid (uncredited)

Leslie Del Rosario

Alexa (uncredited)

Bailey Dent

Little Girl Playing with Puppy (uncredited)

Humberto Guida

Bellhop (uncredited)

Kelsey Higgs

Marianne's Friend (uncredited)

Kami Koren

Perfume Lady (uncredited)

Emily Kuroda

Social Worker

Breaunna Lake

Party Girl (uncredited)

Stefan Mavi

City Cop (uncredited)

Spiro Papas

Gyro Vendor (uncredited)

Ivan Reitman

Himself - Closing Credits Sequence (uncredited)

Ashley Rose

Orphan (uncredited)

Sadie

Herself - Closing Credits Sequence (uncredited)

Cole Schaefer

Dad (uncredited)

Scott Sener

Bass Player (uncredited)

Arne Starr

Storeowner (uncredited)

Scott Trimble

Himself - Closing Credits Sequence (uncredited)

George F. Watson

Electronics Shopper (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

It took a long time to teach the dogs to use the feeding machine. Indeed, the first dog in line had to learn not to throw himself onto the fifty bowls of food passing in front of him, and so on.

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Special effects coordinator Michael Lantieri found the making of the ball-throwing machine particularly challenging due to the many settings that had to be calculated and adjusted, such as the ball's weight, the synchronization between the hand's movement and the moment when the ball is thrown, etc...

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One of 3 movies in which Emma Roberts has co-starred with a female lead from the TV series Friends. In Hotel for Dogs, she worked with Lisa Kudrow. She later worked with Courteney Cox in Scream 4 and with Jennifer Aniston in We're the Millers.

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Goofs

When Bruce first checks in Henry near the beginning of the movie, he writes Henry's name in green (at around 4 mins) following Friday's name inscribed in a heart. Later when Bernie is reading from the check-in book, Henry's name is in red (at around 27 mins) and follows Cooper.

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After taking dogs from an Animal Control truck, Mark, Andi, Bruce, Dave and Heather are shown (at around 48:41) in the alley by the hotel walking abreast toward the camera with dogs in their arms and on leashes. There are 8 cuts (9 shots) from 48:41 to 48:52 with many changes the specific dog(s) each kid controls and with Mark switching from the left side of the screen to the right and then back.

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(at around 1 min) Heather is trying to coax the three legged dog onto the ramp, she then praises him saying "good boy". Then at the end (at around 1h 22 mins) Bernie calls her "Chelsea".

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Quotes

Bruce: If you look at it, dogs have three basic needs. That's- that's eatting, sleeping, peeing and pooping.

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Lois Scudder: I'm suing you, I'm suing the state, I'm suing those kids, I'm suing the people who make shrink wrap!

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Bernie: You sold a guy a rock in a box for $20.

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Faq

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A Note Regarding Spoilers

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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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What is this film about?

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The story revolves around two orphans, Andi (Emma Roberts) and Bruce (Jake T. Austin), who refuse to give up their dog Friday as they move from foster home to foster home. They find an abandoned hotel, house their dog there, and wind up taking in all sorts of stray dogs. Unfortunately, Animal Control gets involved, the dogs are about to be put to sleep, and the kids have to break into the pound to save them.

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How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Hotel for Dogs can be found here.

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