Elmer The Great Dane (film)

Elmer The Great Dane is a 2006 live-action film directed by Matt Lopez and music composed by Christophe Beck, 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 female doberman pinscher who is Mr. Porter's pet dogwho knocked down Mikey making him scream with her loud mighty bark, then she chases Mikey in the courtyard during "Who Let The Dogs Out" by Baha Men, and she chases Mikey for the second time when "Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen is played in Bob and Travis' radio, and then she later chases Elmer around the street while he was looking for Mikey, Katie and their parents, and got defeated away startled by a pomeranian named Jilly, and was sent to the dog pound by Mr. O'Neil. During the final battle, Elmer attacked her by defeating his mighty charge and his loud mighty bark and she runs to the metal door and slammed herself to death to scare her away for good.
 * 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.
 * Dee Bradley Baker also voices as The Eagle, a bald eagle who flew high in the tree tops during "You're My Best Friend" by Queen
 * 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 Mikey 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, then she uses her loud mighty bark to startle away a female doberman pinscher named Fifi, and then she bites Bob the police officer during the final battle, and finally she was adopted by Mikey Hastings and Katie Hastings and their family, at the end of the movie, she and Elmer made best friends forever.
 * Jason Biggs as Veterinarian, a vet who checks to see if Elmer was cured.
 * Dee Bradley Baker also voices as Stray Cat, a gray striped tabby cat who made a minor appearance when Elmer was looking for Mikey, Katie and their parents.
 * 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) Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
 * 3) Livin' On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
 * 4) Jessie's Girl – Rick Springfield
 * 5) You're My Best Friend – Queen
 * 6) Come On Eileen – Dexy's Midnight Runners
 * 7) Breathe – Faith Hill
 * 8) St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) – John Parr
 * 9) Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
 * 10) Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
 * 11) Who Let The Dogs Out – Baha Men
 * 12) Hungry Eyes – Eric Carmen
 * 13) You Really Got Me – The Kinks
 * 14) (I Just) Died in Your Arms – Cutting Crew
 * 15) Happy Together – The Turtles
 * 16) September – Earth, Wind & Fire
 * 17) What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
 * 18) Can't Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
 * 19) 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.
 * Elmer the Great Dane first aired on Disney Channel on November 10, 2009.
 * Elmer the Great Dane first aired on Cartoon Network on September 6, 2010.
 * Elmer the Great Dane first aired on Nickelodeon on April 26, 2013.
 * Elmer the Great Dane first appeared at Regal Hamilton Commons during the 2019 Summer Movie Express.
 * Lassie make a cameo appearance when Mikey told Elmer the two of them needed to go home.

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, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 03 (Used for Stray Cat in a high pitch)
 * Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 02 (Used for Stray Cat in a high pitch)
 * Sound Ideas, DOG, POMERANIAN - SMALL DOG, BARKING, ANIMAL (Used for Dachshunds and Jilly.)