''Ozzy'' (also known as ''Ozzy: The Great Furscape)'' is a 2016 computer-animated comedy film. The film stars Guillermo Romero, José Mota, Fernando Tejero, and

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. The English dub consists of

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, Frankie Quinones, and introducing Lexi Walker.

Plot

When the Martins are not allowed to bring their beloved beagle Ozzy with them on vacation to

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, they drop him off at Blue Creek, which is supposed to be a

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and

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for dogs run by Grunt, the villainous St. Bernard. Little do they know, it’s actually a

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for dogs. A month after they return home from their trip to pick him up, they’re told that Ozzy passed away as he and his friends Chester the elderly

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, Fronky the

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and Doc the Old English Sheepdog need to work together to break out and reunite with their families again.

Cast

* Guillermo Romero as Ozzy *

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as Fronki * José Mota as Vito *

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as Nathaniel Robbins *

as Paula * Fernardo Tejero as Radar * Elsa Pataky as Madden *

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as Mike * Selu Nieto as Dominic

English cast

as Grunt *

as Vito * Frankie Quinones as Radar * Lexi Walker as Paula * Jeff Espinoza as Jeff * Stephen Hughes as Ted, Nathaniel Robbins, Twin #1, Carlin, Mike * Robbie K. Jones as Tex, Dominic, Twin 2 * José Luis Martinez as Remy, Afghan Commentator, Additional Voices * Jonathan D. Mellor as Chester * Benjamin Nathan-Serio as Ozzy, Eddie, Fronky * Amanda J. Nolan as Susan * Kurt Schiller as Bob * Jimmy Shaw as Decker * Colleen Terry as Maddie, Reporter * Garrett Wall as Flash Additional voices by Jeff Espinoza, Stephen Hughes, Robbie K. Jones, José Luis Martinez, Kurt Schiller, and Garrett Wall

Crew

English dub

* Joseph Wilka - Voice Director

Production

The film was co-produced by Spain's Arcadia Motion Pictures, Capitán Araña, and Pachacamac, and

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's Tangent Animation. Pre-production was done in Spain, and animation was produced in Canada using Blender software. Executive producer, Jeff Bell described the movie as a " Pixar-like quality that falls into the prison movie genre with funny tributes to the great prison classics. It's a story about friendship, loyalty, courage and the ability to find the best in ourselves when facing a tough situation". The film had a budget of 8.5 million dollars.

Release

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released the film in Spain on 14 October 2016. The film was released by Signature in the U.K. on 21 October 2016, and

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in Canada.

References

External links

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