Elmer The Great Dane (film)

Elmer The Great Dane is a 2006 live-action film directed by Matt Lopez, was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and was released on September 23, 2006 along with a 2006 short film Tom and Jerry Go Crazy.

Cast

 * Frank Welker as Elmer The Great Dane, a great dane owned by Mikey Hastings and Katie Hastings and their family.
 * Spencer Fox as Mikey Hastings, Mavis and Johnny's adoptive son and Elmer's owner.
 * Sarah Vowell as Katie Hastings, a teenage girl and Mikey's big sister and Elmer's owner in the day he met her at Joseph Shaner Elementary School and she became a daughter of Johnny and Mavis.
 * Craig T. Nelson as Johnny Hastings, Mikey and Katie's father.
 * Holly Hunter as Mavis Hastings, Mikey and Katie's mother.
 * Jason Lee as Bob, Travis' best friend and a police officer and the antagonist of the film.
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Travis, Bob's best friend and a police officer and the antagonist of the film.
 * Zachary Levi as Mr. O'Neil, a pound worker who works at the dog pound where Elmer The Great Dane lives.
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Fifi, a doberman pinscher who is Mr. Porter's pet dog.
 * John Ratzenberger as Mr. Porter, a man who owns Fifi.
 * Tyler Perry as Principal Dan, a school principal who works at Joseph Shaner Elementary School.
 * Tracy Morgan as Principal Matt, a school principal who works with Dan at Joseph Shaner Elementary School.
 * Frank Welker also voices as The Squirrel, an eastern grey squirrel who got chased by Elmer The Great Dane whenever he sees a squirrel outside the house.
 * Frank Welker also voices as Landon, a golden retriever and black lab mixed breed dog who is April's pet dog.
 * Amy Hill as April, an old woman who owns Landon.
 * Dee Bradley Baker also voices as The Duck, a domestic duck who passed through where Bob and Travis got the dollar and later returns to the other ducks.
 * Frank Welker also voices as The Frog, a common frog who was caught by Mikey Hastings.
 * Sean Astin as Pizza Guy, a pizza delivery man who delivers the pizza for Mikey and Katie.
 * Frank Welker also voices as Jilly, a pomeranian who barks at Elmer The Great Dane in the back seat of the car.
 * Dee Bradley Baker also voices as Dachshunds, the cute dogs who were owned by Katie Hastings.
 * Tom Conway as The Narrator.

Soundtrack

 * 1) Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
 * 2) Jessie's Girl – Rick Springfield
 * 3) You're My Best Friend – Queen
 * 4) Come On Eileen – Dexy's Midnight Runners
 * 5) St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) – John Parr
 * 6) Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
 * 7) Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
 * 8) Who Let The Dogs Out – Baha Men
 * 9) (I Just) Died in Your Arms – Cutting Crew
 * 10) Happy Together – The Turtles
 * 11) September – Earth, Wind & Fire
 * 12) What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
 * 13) I Don't Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

Trivia

 * I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith is played in the trailer and in the ending credits of the movie.
 * Airing on Disney Junior, the Warner Bros. Pictures logo before the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo got replaced by the Universal Pictures logo.

Sound Effects Used

 * Sound Ideas, HUMAN, BABY - CRYING
 * Sound Ideas, SQUIRREL - CHATTERING, ANIMAL, RODENT (H-B)
 * Hollywoodedge, Rottweiler Vicious B PE023601 (Used for Fifi.)
 * Sound Ideas, BIRD, HAWK - SINGLE HAWK SCREECHING, ANIMAL
 * Hollywoodedge, Bird Duck Quacks Clos PE020501
 * Hollywoodedge, Single Frog Croak Cl CRT013001
 * Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - FARM ROOSTER: SINGLE CALL, ANIMAL 01
 * Sound Ideas, DOG, POMERANIAN - SMALL DOG, BARKING, ANIMAL (Used for Dachshunds.)