Family Dog Meet Gizmo & The Gremlins

The Adventures of Family Dog and Gizmo (also known as Tim Burton, Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg Presents: Family Dog and Gizmo vs. Gerte LeStrange and Gremlins) is a 1992 American traditionally animated adventure comedy romantic fantasy family holiday film produced by Tim Burton, Chris Columbus and Steven Spielberg's Amblimation studio, directed by Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells, Ralph Eggleston and Stephen J. Anderson, co-directed by Peter Hewitt and inspired by Jim Davis' comic strip and creator of Garfield and released by Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment. It was released on November 25, 1992. However, the film was only a underperformance at the box office, earning $31 million at the box office, largely due to competition with the much more successful Aladdin. This makes it the second film to be produced by Amblimation (after the first film, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)). Despite its largely mixed received by critics, its strong sales on home video spawned a television series spinoff titled Family Dog and Gremlins which debuted on ABC Saturday Morning four years after the film debuted in theaters - though it was made without Spielberg's involvement - and uses the same Tim Burton and Brad Bird's character designs and most of the same voice cast.

Film Summary:
When the Binsford's nephew Peter and his wife Irene brings home mogwai Gizmo, Family Dog accidently gets him wet. Family Dog and Katie are in love and Now the gremlins are back and running mayham to take over Christmas and led by an old enemy of their's Gerte LeStrange!

Plot
The movie opens the day after the dog stops the robbers (Amazing Stories) when Skip's brother Al (Steven Weber) and his 11 year old nephew Peter (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) to see his dog. Later that day Al shows everyone a souvenir from New York, Gizmo, while mogwai Brain (Christopher Plummer) whose seeks two guys and dog ran to the people. At first their skeptical about the rules and responsibility. But later warm up to him as he gets along with Family Dog. Unfortunately Family Dog accidentally gets Gizmo wet via water bowl. Gizmo and Family Dog are nice to meet and wonderful surprise. Unaware of the danger Skip (Steven Seagal), Bev (Bridget Fonda), Buffy (Cassie Cole) and Billy (Pamela Adlon) proposes to sell the mogwais for the holidays, the Mahoney's: Trish (B.J Ward) and Martin (Jim Belushi) gives early Christmas presents for their children, however Al and Skip opens a little present, Fix-It's robot just above the plot of Binsfords engine problems. When Al, of the machine lands on the collapse causing havoc to the neighbors and there not very happy to Skip and Al. Later that snow blizzard on evening, Family Dog licks Peter's face and he's awake also got out the bed while They hiked in the woods, Peter sees the love interest Irene (Thora Birch) during Family Dog sensing smell in the snow whose girlfriend it looks like Tan-Chihuahua a female dog named Katie while the wolves wants to eat them. Peter will protect two dogs, girlfriend and alley cat, Irene trying getting tree stick to fight one of wolf and BANG! before that She, her dog and her cat being pursued by a pack of wolves while Peter and his dog rescued her. Gizmo saved by lives for them. Meanwhile Gerte LeStrange (Linda Hunt) and her large servant Kronka (Neil Ross) were furious about the bad publicity she got on her dog training school steals Brain and Greta after midnight, Not long they after, Peter, Irene, Family Dog, Katie, Cat and Gizmo are returned home but even knows that Peter's parents Skip and Bev agrees with that female dog, Girlfriend and Cat. Next morning Al, the Binsfords and Mahoneys find Spike cocooned after eating leftovers at midnight before everybody goes Christmas shopping. Gerte, Greta and Brain experiments coocoon when Gremlins comes out. Brain proposes a deal with Gerte to kill Gizmo and Family Dog, by taking over the city, the town and Christmas with a gremlin army. That same night, the family dog ​​noticed Kronka's having Santa Claus into Krampus costume, grabs the Christmas bag open the demonic toys, Santa Claus was captured by Gremlins as well that smoke coming out of the house. Apparently Spike played with fire. In a daring action he tried to help Skip when extinguishing the fire when a battery of Gremlins through their home in an arson attack. All the Gremlins thrown them all and fell down in the underground. Family Dog, Katie, Gizmo, Peter, Irene, Cat, Al, Martin, Trish, Skip, Bev, Billy and Buffy was not getting out of here maybe They will should help critters of Santani and the little robots: Kilowatt, Carmen, Wheems, Jetsam and Flotsam wants to come all the along to see Emperor of Fix-Its And Santani (Alan Oppenheimer), who tries them to stop Gerte LeStrange and Brain Gremlins to take over Christmas. They must save the holidays to rescuing Santa Claus. Everybody will hassling to the Gerte and Brain's fortress to rescuing Christmas. Skip will break everyone free but too late, They were captured by Gremlins and sending them to the council of Gerte and Brain to rescuing people, Gremlins will send Binsford and Mahoneys to the dungeon. Just then, Brain kidnaps Irene, intending Gerte will snap fingers to the dogs Angel pursuing cat, Two Dachshunds of K9 Terror captures Katie. Skip and Bev rallies Family Dog, Gizmo and everyone to escape and rescue Irene from Brain and Gerte, Family Dog struggle Angel, and Two Dachshunds of K9 Terror fall off in the struggle, which electrocutes them and Katie's save Family Dog life but are confronted by Brain Gremlin and Gerte LeStrange. Spike remerges and attempts to hurt the families, fortunately Family Dog used his K9 Terror Instinct to tackle and burn the gremlin in the sun. Brain leads the army onwards, Gerte and Brain unleashed gremlin packs on everybody. All the Santani critters and All the robots of Fix-Its battles against all the Gremlins however Gizmo, Billy, Buffy and Al holds the glass when the lantern rising as they do killing and burn them all. Fighting for their lives they discover that Gerte is the one doing this, as revenge against Family Dog for ruining her business. Gerte attempts to chaos and turn into all kinds of monsters like a necromorph-looking creature, stormy ink beast, and a spider doll-looking creature but The Binsford’s and Mahoney’s were kidnapped by Gerte. Peter, Irene, Gizmo, Dog, Cat and Katie discover that the Binsford and Mahoney were kidnapped by Gerte to Gerte's abodedend dog school. Catching a ride by Fix-Its they make it back to the training school. Inside Gerte attempts to hostage them and eat them, before they burst in. She shots and burns by Gizmo’s arrow, Gerte apears with Irene threatening to hurt her unless they hand over the dog. Cat, Katie and Family Dog tricks Gerte and uses K9 Terror on her then She falling into an abyss and she stabbed by shattered rock. Everyone sees Gerte and Brain is gone for eternity of being good and Katie sees Gizmo and Family Dog are okay and they are heroes, while Kronka is thrown in jail. While Peter, Irene, Two canine lovers and cat, Al and his girlfriend Greta Gremlin, The Binsfords and Mahoneys, Fix-It robots, Santani critters all The citizens of New York rejoices in Christmas Celebration and Christmas Caroling to the Tree of being happy ending and Finally Gizmo holds Misled Toe to Katie and Family Dog looked at each other and touched noses. Katie and Dog that shared kiss together. Two dogs are marriage, happy to be reunited with her ​​true love.

Cast

 * Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Peter Binsford (Skip and Bev’s 11 year old nephew)
 * Thora Birch as Irene Rosa (Peter’s 11 year old girlfriend; Peter’s love interest)
 * Steven Seagal as Skip Binsford (the father)
 * Bridget Fonda as Bev Binsford (the mother)
 * Linda Hunt as Gerte LeStrange (the leader of Gremlins and Brain Gremlin, the secondary antagonist)
 * Christopher Plummer as Gerte LeStrange’s Brain Gremlin, the main antagonist
 * Pamela Adlon as Billy Binsford
 * Cassie Cole as Buffy Binsford
 * Jim Belushi as Martin Mahoney (Skip Binsford’s buddy)
 * B.J. Ward as Trish Mahoney (Bev Binsford’s friend)
 * Howie Mandel as Gizmo, the deuteragonist and Magwoi.
 * Frank Welker voice effects of Family Dog (dog barking sound, the main protagonist; Peter's pet male dog); He is a male Bull Terrier, Irene's pet cat (cat meowing sounds), Pack of Wolves (the major antagonists; howling, snarling sound), Two Dachshunds (one of antagonists, barking and snarling sound), Mohawk/Stripe, Other Gremlins, Critters of Santani
 * Mary Kay Bergman voice effects of Katie (dog barking sound, Irene’s pet female dog; tritagonist) She is a female Tan Chihuahua, also voice actress speaks as New York Reticence / Greta Gremlin, a female gremlin, Al's love interest.
 * Danny Mann voice effects of Angel (dog barking and snarling sound, a territory antagonist' Gerte's pet guard poodle)
 * Charlie Adler as New York Reticence / Old Lady / Kronka, Gerte's assistant
 * Alan Oppenheimer as Lord
 * Fred Tatasciore as Mall Santa/Santa Claus
 * Russi Taylor as News Reporter
 * Tress MacNeille as Viva / New York Reticence
 * Greg Burson as Police Officer
 * Bob Bergen as New York Reticence
 * Steven Weber as Al (Skip Binsford’s buddy)
 * Jack Angel, Daran Norris, Richard Steven Horvitz and Tom Kenny as New York Reticence
 * Mark Dodson as Daffy Gremlin, Lenny, George, TV network announcer
 * Kirk Thatcher as Most of the Gremlins
 * Joe Dante as Beanie Gremlin, Witch Gremlin

Production credits
Story Adapted by Sherri Stoner, Chris Columbus and Paul Dini

Based on Characters by Amazing Stories' Family Dog by Brad Bird and Gremlins by Joe Dante and Chris Columbus

Story by Tim Burton, Chris Columbus, Sherri Stoner and Jim Davis

Animators: Bill Kroyer, Eric Goldberg, Dale Baer, Chris Buck, Bibo Bergeron, Ralph Eggleston

Effects Animators: Mike Smith, Paul van Geyt, Michel Gagne, Glenn Chaika

Animation Production Designed: Dale Baer and David W. Cutler

And the Creative Talents of Richard Hoppe, Barry Temple, Dave Suding, Jerry Rees, Retta Davidson, Tom Ferriter, Walt Stanchfield, Jane Baer, Sylvia Mattison, Douglas Krohn, Matthew O'Callaghan, Susan I. Craig, Jay Jackson, Terrey Hamada, Fujiko Miller, Toby Shelton

Art Direction: David W. Cutler

Layout: Michael Peraza, Jr., Sylvia Roemer, Gary M. Eggleston

Background: David W. Cutler, Tim Burton, Coleman, Brian Sebern, Kathleen Swain, Tia W. Kratter, Donald A. Towns

Production Manager: Edward Hansen, Cynthia Henrich-Woodbyrne

Editors: Nick Fletcher

Music Editors: Jack Wadsworth, Dennis Ricotta

Assistant Director: Timothy O'Donnell

Production Assistant: Tim Johnson

"Family Dog" themed by Danny Elfman and "Gremlins" themed by Jerry Goldsmith

Music Composed and Conducted by Danny Elfman and James Horner

Music Performed by London Symphony Orchestra

Executive Producers Chris Columbus, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy

Film screenplay by Jim Davis, Brad Bird, Sherri Stoner and Deanna Oliver

Produced By Tim Burton, Steven Spielberg and Robert Watts

Directed by Simon Wells, Phil Nibbelink, Ralph Eggleston and Stephen J. Anderson

Co-directed by Peter Hewitt

Production
Five years after the success of the original film at Amazing Stories episode, the animated full-length feature film based on the episode/short film was produced by Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton (who was involved in the story's production and character designs). The animation production was The Baer Animation Company, Amblimation and Warner Bros. Feature Animation and distributors Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment for a U.S.A. and Canada domestic release.The production begins in August 1990 - April 1991 before animation full-length feature film were finally finished from the Kroyer Films, The Baer Animation Company and Amblimation animation house in U.K.. The film was released in November 25, 1992. In March 28, 1991, The animation production was wrapped and completed on the full-length feature film.

Music
The score for the film was composed and conducted by James Horner and Amazing Stories short film Family Dog and Joe Dante's Gremlins themed by Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek, John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. The music performed by The London Symphony Orchestra.

Reception
The film received generally mixed reviews from critics. Critical response aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 40% of critics gave positive reviews based on 159 reviews with an average score of 5.5/10.

Credits
The Adventures of Family Dog and Gizmo/Credits

Animated Series
Family Dog is a animated series by Tim Burton & Steven Spielberg. The show has been rendered slightly and has some of the new cast from before. Very little is known about the pilot for the animated TV adaptation of Joe Dante's film Gremlins, possibly titled Gizmo and the Gremlins. According the series was to involve Gizmo, the one good mogwai of the film and its sequel, fighting against the evil Gremlins. The pilot was the only episode that entered production.