Ozzy (film)

Ozzy
Ozzy
Directed by	Alberto Rodríguez; Nacho La Casa
Screenplay by	Juan Ramón Ruiz de Somavía
Story by	Juan Ramón Ruiz de Somavía
Produced by	Jeff Bell; Ibón Cormenzana; Phyllis Laing; Nacho La Casa; Ignasi Estapé; Ken Zorniak
Music by	Fernando Velázquez
Production; companies	Arcadia Motion Pictures; Tangent Animation
Distributed by	Buena Vista International (Spain); Entertainment One Films (Canada)
Release date	October 14, 2016 (Spain);
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Spain; Canada
Language	English
Budget	$8.5 million

Ozzy (also known as Ozzy: The Great Furscape) is a 2016 animated comedy film. The film stars Guillermo Romero, José Mota, Fernando Tejero, and Michelle Jenner.

The English dub consists of Jeff Foxworthy, Rob Schneider, Frankie Quinones, and introducing Lexi Walker.

Plot

When the Martins are not allowed to bring their beloved beagle Ozzy with them on vacation to Japan, they drop him off at Blue Creek, which is supposed to be a spa and resort for dogs run by Grunt, the villainous St. Bernard. Little do they know, it’s actually a prison for dogs. A month after they return home from their trip to pick him up, they’re told that Ozzy passed away as he and his friends Chester the elderly Fox terrier, Fronky the Dachshund and Doc the Old English Sheepdog need to work together to break out and reunite with their families again.

Cast

Guillermo Romero as Ozzy
Dani Rovira as Fronki
José Mota as Vito
Carlos Areces as Nathaniel Robbins
Michelle Jenner as Paula
Fernardo Tejero as Radar
Elsa Pataky as Madden
Pablo Espinosa as Mike
Selu Nieto as Dominic

English cast

Jeff Foxworthy as Grunt
Rob Schneider as Vito
Frankie Quinones as Radar
Lexi Walker as Paula
Jeff Espinoza as Jeff
Stephen Hughes as Ted, Nathaniel Robbins, Twin #1, Carlin, Mike
Robbie K. Jones as Tex, Dominic, Twin 2
José Luis Martinez as Remy, Afghan Commentator, Additional Voices
Jonathan D. Mellor as Chester
Benjamin Nathan-Serio as Ozzy, Eddie, Fronky
Amanda J. Nolan as Susan
Kurt Schiller as Bob
Jimmy Shaw as Decker
Colleen Terry as Maddie, Reporter
Garrett Wall as Flash

Additional voices by Jeff Espinoza, Stephen Hughes, Robbie K. Jones, José Luis Martinez, Kurt Schiller, and Garrett Wall

Crew

English dub

Joseph Wilka - Voice Director

Production

The film was co-produced by Spain's Arcadia Motion Pictures, Capitán Araña, and Pachacamac, and Winnipeg's Tangent Animation. Pre-production was done in Spain, and animation was produced in Canada using Blender software.^[1]

Executive producer, Jeff Bell described the movie as a "Pixar-like quality that falls into the prison movie genre with funny tributes to the great prison classics. It's a story about friendship, loyalty, courage and the ability to find the best in ourselves when facing a tough situation".

The film had a budget of 8.5 million dollars.^[2]

Release

Disney released the film in Spain on 14 October 2016. The film was released by Signature in the U.K. on 21 October 2016, and Entertainment One in Canada.

References

^ ^a ^b "Disney Will Release 'Ozzy' in Spain Tomorrow". Cartoon Brew. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ Tangent Animation: Making Ozzy with Blender, retrieved 2021-03-11

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[Cartoon_Brew-1] "Disney Will Release 'Ozzy' in Spain Tomorrow". Cartoon Brew. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

[2] Tangent Animation: Making Ozzy with Blender, retrieved 2021-03-11

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