Beverly Hills Chihuahua

***Beverly Hills Chihuahua*** is a 2008 American family adventure comedy movie produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the first in the *Beverly Hills Chihuahua* series and one of the other live action talking animal movies.

## Beverly Hills Chihuahua

### Starring

Drew BarrymoreJamie Lee CurtisAndy GarciaGeorge Lopez

### Budget

$20 million

It is directed by Raja Gosnell and was released on October 3, 2008. The films stars Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis and Manolo Cardona as the human leads and Drew Barrymore, George Lopez and Andy García in voice-over roles. The plot centers on a female Chihuahua named Chloe, who gets dognapped in Mexico and has to escape from an evil Doberman, El Diablo, with help from a lonely German Shepherd, Delgado and a hyperactive male Chihuahua, Papi, who has a desperate crush on her. A sequel, *Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2*, was released direct-to-DVD on February 1, 2011, and *Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!* was released on September 18, 2012.

## Plot

In Beverly Hills, California, wealthy businesswoman Vivian "Viv" Ashe leaves her richly pampered pet chihuahua, Chloe, with her irresponsible niece, Rachel, while she embarks on a business trip for ten days. Papi, the gardener Sam's pet Chihuahua, has an unrequited crush on Chloe, by which she is disgusted. On a whim, Rachel decides to go to Mexico with her friends and brings Chloe along. When Rachel leaves Chloe alone in the hotel room to go dancing at a club, Chloe goes looking for her, but gets dognapped as she tries to find Rachel and is sent to the dog fights in Mexico City. There, she meets a street-smart German Shepherd named Delgado. Rachel comes back to the hotel and is frantic when she finds Chloe missing.

Chloe is picked to fight in the pit against El Diablo, a fierce Argentinean-Bolivian Doberman Pinscher. Delgado helps her escape the dog fights, unleashing the other dogs from their cages and unlocking the ring to allow both Chloe and himself to flee. After several arguments, he then decides to return her to Beverly Hills safely. Meanwhile, Rachel and Sam go to the Mexican police and offer rewards in an effort to find Chloe. El Diablo is sent by the dog fight ringleader, Vasquez, to capture Chloe and obtain the reward.

Chloe and Delgado split up when Delgado goes to get help to return Chloe to Beverly Hills. While he is gone, Chloe saves a pack rat named Manuel from being eaten by an iguana named Chico. Manuel gratefully offers to take Chloe's collar to a ship for the captain to read it, and Chloe accepts. When Delgado returns and finds out what happened, he explains that it was all a con to steal Chloe's expensive collar, and that in reality, iguanas are vegetarians.

The dogs reach the border by train, but they're caught when the conductor wanders back to the place they and the other dogs are hiding. They're forced to jump out, eventually arriving in the barren deserts of Chihuahua, where Delgado explains that he was a former police dog; he was retired after he lost his sense of smell during a raid and a sneak attack from El Diablo. Chloe and Delgado are attacked by a group of mountain lions, but are rescued by a group of Chihuahuas led by a long-haired Chihuahua named Montezuma. Montezuma teaches Chloe that Chihuahuas are a "tiny but mighty" breed, and tells her to find her bark. He offers Chloe to stay with them, but she declines, saying that someone could be waiting for her at home. She realizes she loves Papi, but was never able to give him a chance.

Rachel and Sam are in Puerto Vallarta and find that Chloe was spotted in the state of Chihuahua. After tracking Chloe and Delgado from Mexico City, El Diablo arrives in Chihuahua and attempts to capture Chloe. Papi saves her and ends up getting captured in a cage inside an abandoned Aztec temple. Delgado encounters Manuel and Chico with Chloe's collar, and Manuel frantically explains that they wanted Delgado to smell the collar to find Chloe. Delgado responds that he can't, but Manuel convinces him to try. Delgado smells the collar, and is finally able to track Chloe's scent, taking the collar with him. Chloe rescues Papi, but Delgado discovers that El Diablo had vanished. Rachel finds Chloe, and Vasquez is arrested by the police.

Chloe returns safely to Beverly Hills without Vivian finding out what happened and accepts a romantic relationship with Papi, as well as Rachel with Sam. The characters' fates are later revealed: Delgado returns to being a police dog in Mexico; El Diablo is recaptured by Delgado and is adopted by a rich lady who "had a passion for fashion"; Chico and Manuel move to Beverly Hills and become rich; and Papi and Chloe have their first date.

## Cast

* Jamie Lee Curtis as Vivian "Viv" Ashe
* Piper Perabo as Rachel Ashe
* Manolo Cardona as Sam Cortez
* Ali Hillis as Angela
* Maury Sterling as Rafferty
* Jesús Ochoa as Officer Ramirez
* José María Yazpik as Vasquez
* Eugenio Derbez as Store Owner
* Caleb Clayton Poynter as Cheb
* Marguerite Moreau as Blair
* Alasdair G.W. Simpson as Gardener #2 / foog (uncredited)

### Voice cast

* Drew Barrymore as Chloe - a White Chihuahua
* Andy García as Delgado - a German Shepherd
* George Lopez as Papi - a Chihuahua
* Edward James Olmos as El Diablo - a Doberman
* Plácido Domingo as Montezuma (nicknamed Monte) - a Long-haired Chihuahua
* Paul Rodriguez as Chico - an Iguana
* Cheech Marin as Manuel - a Rat
* Loretta Devine as Delta - a Toy Poodle
* Leslie Mann as Biminy - a Yorkshire Terrier (uncredited)
* Luis Guzman as Chucho - a Mongrel
* Michael Urie as Sebastian - a Pug
* Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo as Rafa - an American Pit Bull Terrier
* Matthew Valks as Himself (uncredited)

### Home media

*Beverly Hills Chihuahua* was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on March 3, 2009 in the US and May 25, 2009 in the UK on Disney DVD and Blu-ray. As of November 1, 2009, the DVD has sold over 3 million copies generating $59,918,764 in sales revenue.