Sometimes I stumble onto family comedy, like the Tom Dey (2010) film for Fox and Regency, “Marmaduke”, the talking Great Dane, with the voice
of Owen Wilson (sorry, no gams shown).
His family (Lee Pace and Judy Greer) get moved to the O.C.
(that’s Orange County, California, complete with the theme song from the famous
Fox TV series) from Kansas, to the dislike of territorial pets, who include
Carlos the Cat (George Lopez). The big
boss (William H Macy) wants Phil (Pace) to market organic dog food to
Petco. The household pets, with the help
of their new friends, wreak havoc in the house, and then with the LA sewer
system.
What do family pets think about? What would they say to
us? They see the same world we do with
very different eyes and ears, as amateur filmmakers who track cats with mounted
cameras have found out. Back in the
1950s there was a television show called “The People’s Choice” with a talking
dog named Cleo.
The O.C. except gives us a cameo of the very handsome Adam
Brody.
You can hear the “O.C.” theme on this Fox trailer (no embed
offered), link.
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