Hotel for Dogs
Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American family comedy film directed by Thor Freudenthal in his directorial debut, and based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. Starring Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Kyla Pratt, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle, the film tells the story of two orphaned siblings (living in foster care, and played by Roberts and Austin), who secretly take in stray dogs along with their family dog at a vacant hotel.
Plot
Orphaned siblings Andi and Bruce swindle a pawn shop owner in order to buy food for their dog, Friday. However, they are quickly caught and brought to the police station where they get picked up by their social worker, Bernie Wilkins who takes them back to their foster parents, Lois and Carl Scudder, who do not appear to care for either Andi, Bruce, or even Friday. Despite his sympathy for the siblings, Bernie warns them against deliberately getting into trouble in order to escape their foster parents.
More details
| author | Bob Schooley Jeff Lowell Lois Duncan Mark McCorkle |
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| contentLocation | Louisiana |
| director | Thor Freudenthal |
| editor | Sheldon Kahn |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | abandon animal control animal control service boston terrier break in crime scene dog pound english mastiff force foster home foster parents grand hotel live at morning new family orphan pawn shop pet store police station pound rescue dog shop owner sibling social worker steal strange event stray dog their way walk |
| musicBy | John Debney |
| producer | Ewan Leslie Jason Clark Jonathan Gordon Lauren Shuler Donner |
| productionCompany | Cold Spring Pictures |
| publisher | DreamWorks Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Louisiana |
| theme | children's comedy |