Marmaduke

***Marmaduke*** is a 2010 American live action talking animal

family/comedy movie adaptation of Brad Anderson's comic strip of the same name. The film centers on a rural Kansas family and their pets; a Great Dane named Marmaduke (voiced by Owen Wilson), and his best friend, a Balinese cat named Carlos (voiced by George Lopez); as the family relocates to Orange County, California and has to face the challenges of starting a new life. The film was released on June 4, 2010 and was met with largely negative reviews.

## Plot

Marmaduke (Owen Wilson) is a Great Dane, living in rural Kansas with his best friend who is a cat named Carlos (George Lopez). His owner, Phil (Lee Pace), works as a marketing director for a dog food company. Phil is very strict with Marmaduke. His wife is Debbie (Judy Greer) and they have three children, Brian (Finley Jacobsen), Barbara (Caroline Sunshine) and Sarah (Milana Haines).

One day, Carlos tells Marmaduke that he overheard Phil saying that they were being transferred to Orange County. He later goes to a dog park where he meets an overconfident Chinese Crested named Giuseppe (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), a tomboyish Australian Shepherd named Mazie (Emma Stone), a wise Dachshund named Raisin (Steve Coogan), and a beautiful rough collie named Jezebel (Fergie), whose boyfriend is Bosco (Kiefer Sutherland), a tough and callous Beauceron with two Miniature Pinscher minions named Thunder (Damon Wayans Jr.) and Lightning (Marlon Wayans). Later that night, Marmaduke and the mutts get together at night and crash Bosco's pedigrees-only party, only to be scared away. Marmaduke asks Mazie to help him get a girl, whom she presumes is herself but is Jezebel.

Marmaduke has Carlos pretend to be lost in the dog park, and the two stage a fight in front of all the dogs to boost Marmaduke's popularity. Marmaduke enters a dog surfing contest put together as a promotional stunt by Phil to sway Petco and beats Bosco, who is the reigning dog-surfing champion. They get into a fight, appalling the Petco executives in the process. As a result, Phil hires a dog trainer named Anton to help him control Marmaduke, albeit with little success.

Marmaduke takes Jezebel on Mazie's dream date, which the latter watches from afar. While the Winslow family are on Don's boat, Marmaduke throws a party; most residents of the dog park attend, save for Mazie, Giuseppe and Raisin. Bosco crashes the party after discovering that Carlos lives with Marmaduke and the Winslows. He exposes Marmaduke, who loses his friends. When the Winslows return and Phil discovers the house in a wreck, he locks Marmaduke outside. Marmaduke runs away and leaves Mazie a toy she had given him earlier. Mazie goes to Marmaduke's house, and Carlos tells her that he left the house. As she looks for him, Marmaduke meets Chupadogra (Sam Elliott), a wise, elderly English Mastiff who is feared for presumably eating his owner. In reality, he ran away to lead a pack, but they abandoned him. He has spent the time alone in the woods with nothing but a blanket and his old water bowl, which reads "Buster". Buster tells Marmaduke to return to his family while he still has one and distracts a dog catcher. Marmaduke leaves but gets lost.

The next morning, the family discover that Marmaduke is missing and begin searching for him. Mazie and the family find him at the same time on the streets, but Mazie falls into the subterranean rainwater conduit after the street below her collapses. Marmaduke jumps in after her and Phil tries to retrieve him, as well as the fire department. The fireman saves Mazie but loses Marmaduke in the raging water. By this time, Phil has been fired for missing the meeting for the last chance with Petco. He then runs to the aqueduct that the conduits lead to and finds Marmaduke in the raging waters. He begs Marmaduke to let go of the branch he's holding onto and let the waters carry him to Phil. He reluctantly does, and is saved. Several kids get that on video and put it on YouTube. Since it generates almost 700,000 hits, Phil is rehired. Phil then talks about moving back to Kansas, but the entire family wants to stay in California. Marmaduke later confronts the pedigrees, saying that differences shouldn't matter, that they're all dogs and should have an equal share of the park. Everyone agrees and turn on Bosco, who leaves, after revealing his fear of bees, which Marmaduke is also afraid of. Meanwhile, the YouTube video also wins the company the Petco deal. Phil and Don begin thinking of new commercials when they ask each other about if the dogs could talk to each other, or even dance.

The finale then shows Marmaduke, Carlos, Jezebel, Mazie, Giuseppe, Raisin, Thunder, Lightning, and Buster, among others, dancing and singing "What I Like About You", which turns out to be the commercial. In the end, Marmaduke and Mazie are dating, Marmaduke and Jezebel are friends and all is well. Marmaduke then passes gas in the bed as he winks at the camera.

## Cast

### Humans

* Lee Pace as Phil Winslow
* Judy Greer as Debbie Winslow
* William H. Macy as Don Twombly
* Raugi Yu as Drama Trainer
* Finley Jacobsen as Brian Winslow
* Caroline Sunshine as Barbara Winslow
* Mandy Haines and Milana Haines as Sarah Winslow
* Frank Topol as Bosco's Owner
* Michael Teigen as Fastidious Man (uncredited)
* Sydney Imbeau as Little Girl (uncredited)
* Glenn McCuen as Bodie
* David Walliams as Anton Harrison
* Heather Doerksen as Jessica

### Dogs and cats

* Owen Wilson as Marmaduke: a Great Dane who is the main protagonist of the film. A large dog, he loves Debbie's cooking and tries to get Phil to listen to Brian and Barbara.
* George Lopez as Carlos: a Balinese who is Marmaduke's "stepbrother" and best friend who speaks with a Spanish accent.
* Emma Stone as Mazie: an energetic Australian Shepherd tomboy who has a crush on Marmaduke. She welcomes him into the local gang to make him feel at home in LA.
* Fergie as Jezebel: a kind-hearted Rough Collie.
* Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Giuseppe: a nervous, stylized Chinese Crested Dog.
* Steve Coogan as Raisin, an intelligent Dachshund who speaks with a British accent.
* Kiefer Sutherland as Bosco: a Beauceron who is the main antagonist of the film. He becomes jealous of the other male dogs in the gang, including its newest arrival.
* Damon Wayans, Jr. as Thunder: one of Bosco's sidekicks, a Miniature Pinscher.
* Marlon Wayans as Lightning: Thunder's twin brother and also Bosco's sidekick.
* Sam Elliott as Chupadogra: an elderly English Mastiff who is believed to have gotten rabies and eaten his owner. His real name is Buster.
* Todd Glass as Doberman / Shasta
* Randall Montgomery as Sweater Dog
* Devon Werkheiser as Drama Dog #1 / Shroom Dog #2 / Golden Dog / Cocker Spaniel
* Chris Colfer as Drama Dog #2 / Shroom Dog #1 / Beach Dog #1
* Ryan Devlin as Deuce / Beach Dog #2
* Jeffrey Garcia as Beach Dog #3
* King Kedar as Surfing Award Dog / Beach Dog #4
* Hope Levy as Afghan Hound #1
* Anjelah Johnson as Afghan Hound #2
* Josh Gad as Bandana Dog
* Francisco Ramos as Purse Chihuahua #1
* Bernardo de Paula as Purse Chihuahua #2
* Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo as Purse Chihuahua #3
* Jack McGee as Dalmatian
* Hudson Thames as Delinquent Dog

## Release

*Marmaduke* was released on June 4, 2010, by 20th Century Fox to 3,213 theaters in the US. It was released on DVD and blu ray on August 31st, 2010.