Snow Dogs
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| Snow Dogs | |
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 Snow Dogs promotional poster |
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| Directed by | Brian Levant |
| Produced by | Casey Grant Jordan Kerner |
| Written by | Gary Paulsen (book) |
| Starring | Cuba Gooding Jr. James Coburn Nichelle Nichols Joanna Bacalso Sisqo |
| Music by | John Debney |
| Cinematography | Thomas E. Ackerman |
| Editing by | Roger Bondelli |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista |
| Release date(s) | January 18, 2002 (USA) |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $33,000,000 |
| Followed by | Eight Below (2006) |
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Snow Dogs is a 2002 live-action movie, released in the USA on January 18, 2002 by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Brian Levant. It's based on the book Winterdance. The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod written by Gary Paulsen.
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[edit] Plot
Theodore "Ted" Brooks (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a renowned dentist of Miami, Florida, travels to the wilds of Alaska to claim his inheritance left by his late mother - seven Siberian huskies and a border collie - and discovers his roots. Totally out of his element, he has to face challenges he has never dreamed of: blizzards, thin ice, an intimidating, crusty old mountain man called Thunder Jack (played by James Coburn in one of his final roles), his aggressive, defiant new lead dog, Demon, and the Arctic Challenge Sled Dog Race which is only two weeks away.
While his stay in Tolketna, Brooks tries to find his father, but he can't manage. Instead, Thunder Jack wants to buy all of his sled dogs, especially Demon. But Brooks tries to do his best to learn mushing, but he doesn't even really start.
He gives up after his first, unsucessful tries and sells the dogs to Thunder Jack. With the dogs, Thunder Jack takes part in the Arctic Challenge Race but is not able to finish it because of a storm. He rescues himself and the dogs to a cave.
Brooks, whom is back in Miami, watches a TV report about the Race and sees, that Jack could not manage to finish it. He immediately starts a rescue mission for Jack and finally brings him over the finish line.
[edit] Cameos
Also appearing in the $33 million budget film are Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols as the mother of Ted Brooks and R&B singer Sisqó as his brother. There is also a brief, walk-on performance by singer-songwriter Michael Bolton (it's presumed the main character is a big fan of the singer, as he plays one of the singer's records at the beginning, and he has songs throughout the film).
[edit] Cast
[edit] Human roles
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Dr. Theodore "Ted" Brooks
- James Coburn as James "Thunder Jack" Johnson
- Sisqó as Dr. Rupert Brooks
- Nichelle Nichols as Theodore Brooks mother
- Michael Bolton as himself
[edit] Dogs
- Fly as Nana
- D.J. as Demon
- Floyd as Mac
- Speedy as Scooper
- Shadow as Diesel
- Buck as Sniff
- Koda as Yodel
D.J., Koda, and Shadow also starred in Eight Below.
[edit] Production
Most scenes were filmed in Canmore, Alberta. The City of Tolketna, Alaska which is the main place in the film, is only an invented place for the movie.
Many of the dogs and mushers used in the film were locals. Arcticsun Siberian Husky Kennel from Edmonton, Alberta supplied 3 mushers and 27 dogs for the film, including doubles for the hero team. They be seen thoughout the film. Two of the dogs came from Kortar Kennels, in Ontario.
[edit] Awards
John Debney won the ASCAP Award in 2003 for the soundtrack of "Snow Dogs".
[edit] Trivia
- The tagline of the movie is "Get ready for mush hour!".
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Snow Dogs - Official Disney Link to DVD-Content of Snow Dogs
- Snow Dogs at the Internet Movie Database
- Arcticsun Siberian Huskies - Many of the dogs in this film came from Arcticsun Kennels in Alberta.
