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The film earned $3.4 million on opening day, landing in sixth place behind ''[[Shrek Forever After]]'', ''[[Get Him to the Greek]]'', ''[[Killers]]'', ''[[Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (film)|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]'', and ''[[Sex and the City 2]]''. This was far below the openings of other talking-animal live-action films and a bit disappointing. The film would remain in sixth place over the weekend, with $11.3 million earned for a $3,517 average from 3,213 theaters. |
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{{Infobox film
| name = Marmaduke
| image =Marmaduke ver3.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Tom Dey
| producer = John Davis
| writer = Vince Di Meglio
Tim Rasmussen
Brad Anderson
(comic strip)
| starring = Owen Wilson
George Lopez
Fergie
Kiefer Sutherland
| music = Christopher Lennertz
| cinematography = Greg Gardiner
| editing = Don Zimmerman
| studio = Regency Enterprises
Davis Entertainment
| distributor = 20th Century Fox
| released = June 4, 2010
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $50,000,000[1]
| gross = $3,400,000
| followed by = Marmaduke II
Marmaduke is an 2010 American live-action film adaptation of Brad Anderson's comic strip of the same name. The film centers on the Winslow family and their pets, a Great Dane named Marmaduke, and a Balinese named Carlos, as the family moves from Kansas to California.
Plot
Marmaduke is a Great Dane living in Urban Kansas with a cat named Carlos. His owner Phil (Lee Pace) works for Bark Organic dog food, and is very strict (in Marmaduke's eyes). One day Carlos tells him that he overheard Phil, and that they have been transfered to Orange County. They move into their new house where they meet Phil's boss, Don Twombly. Don's goal is to get Bark Organic in every Petco in the country. They meet at the dog park where Marmaduke meets a beautiful dog name Jezebel (Fergie), whose boyfriend is Bosco, a controlling and violent dog with his two minions Thunder and Lighting. Bosco intimidates Marmaduke, who does not want to fight. He then meets Mazie (Emma Stone) who develops a crush on Marmaduke. He also meets Guiseppe, a Chinese Crested dog who is afraid of everything, and Raison.They get together at night and crash a party for pedigrees only, and are scared away by Bosco. Marmaduke then asks Mazie to help him get a girl, whom she presumes is herself, but is actually Jezebel. Marmaduke then has Carlos pretend to be lost in the dog park, and "fights" him. He then enters a surfing contest Phil put together for dogs, and beats Bosco, who is a surfing champion. They get in a dog fight, which appalls the Petco executives.He then takes Jezebel on Mazie's dream date, which the latter watches from afar. While the family is on Don's boat, Marmaduke throws a party, with most residents of the dog park coming, save Mazie, Guisseppe, and Raisin. Bosco crashes the party and discovers it was Carlos at the dog park. He then exposes Marmaduke, who loses his pedigree friends. He is left with no friends and a destroyed house. When Phil discovers the house in a wreck, he locks Marmaduke outside for the night. Marmaduke runs away, and leaves Mazie a toy that she gave him earlier in the movie. Mazie goes to Marmaduke's house, and Carlos tells her Marmaduke never returned. She then goes looking for him. In the morning the family discover him missing, and search for him too. Marmaduke in the meantime has met Chupadogra, a English Mastiff who is feared throughout Orange County for presumably killing his owner. In reality, he ran away to lead the pack but they abandoned him. He has spent the time alone in the woods with nothing but a blanket and his old water bowl,which reads "Buster".Buster/Chupadogra tells Marmaduke to return to his family, and then distracts a dog catcher. Marmaduke leaves, but gets lost. Mazie and the family find him at the same time, but Mazie falls into the sewers after the street below her collapses. Marmaduke jumps in after her and Phil tries to retrieve him, but the fire department tries instead. The fireman saves Mazie, but loses Marmaduke in the raging water. By this time Phil has been fired for missing the meeting for the last chance with Petco. Phil then goes to the dam that the sewers lead to, and finds Marmaduke in the raging waters. He jumps in after him, and begs Marmaduke to let go of the stick he's holding onto, and let the waters carry him to Phil. He reluctantly does, and is saved. Several kids got that on video, and put it on Youtube. Since it had almost seven-hundred thousand hits,he is re-hired. Phil then thinks about moving back to Kansas, but the entire family disagrees. He and Don are thinking of ideas for commercials, having gotten Petco. They ask each other about if the dogs could talk to each other, and even dance. It shows Marmaduke, Jezebel, Mazie, Guisseppe, Raisin, and Buster, among others, dancing and singing What I Like About You, which turns out to be the commercial. In the end, Marmaduke and Mazie are dating, Marmaduke and Jezebel are friends, Buster has presumably gotten a family, and all is well.
Cast
- Live-action actors
- Judy Greer as Debbie Winslow
- Lee Pace as Phil Winslow
- William H. Macy as Don Twombly
- Raugi Yu as Drama Trainer
- Finley Jacobsen as Brain Winslow
- Caroline Sunshine as Barbara Winslow
- Michael Teigen as Gray
- Voice actors
- Owen Wilson as Marmaduke: a Great Dane and the main protagonist.
- Fergie as Jezebel: a Rough Collie and love interest
- George Lopez as Carlos: a Balinese who is annoyed by Marmaduke.
- Kiefer Sutherland as Bosco: a Beauceron and the main antagonist.
- Emma Stone as Mazie: an energetic Australian Shepherd
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Giuseppe: a stylized Chinese Crested.
- Sam Elliott as Buster (aka Chupadogra): a elderly English Mastiff whom they believe he got Rabies and ate his owner.
- Steve Coogan as Raisin
- David Walliams as Anton Harrison
- Marlon Wayans as Lightning
- Tom Wilson
- Devon Werkheiser as Drama Dog
- Ryan Devlin as Deuce
- Jennifer Louise La Voie as Teacup Poodle
- Damon Wayans, Jr. as Thunder
- Brad Williams as Beagle (uncredited)
Production
The movie was directed by Tom Dey and produced by Regency Enterprises and Davis Entertainment for 20th Century Fox. Amanda Seyfried and Ron Perlman where the first choices of the characters Mazie and Chupadogra but left for unknown reasons.
Release and reception
The film was released on June 4, 2010 by 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises to 3,213 theaters nationwide.
It was released a week earlier in Venezuela on May 28, 2010.
It has been rated PG by the MPAA for "some rude humor and mild language".
Critical reception
The film has been universally panned by critics. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 11% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 56 reviews, with an average score of 3.2/10.[2] The critical consensus is: Dull and unfunny, Marmaduke offers family filmgoers little more than another round of talking animals and scatological humor.[3]
Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote in his review, "The moment I saw Marmaduke's big drooling lips moving, I knew I was in trouble."[4]
Box office
The film earned $3.4 million on opening day, landing in sixth place behind Shrek Forever After, Get Him to the Greek, Killers, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Sex and the City 2. This was far below the openings of other talking-animal live-action films and a bit disappointing. The film would remain in sixth place over the weekend, with $11.3 million earned for a $3,517 average from 3,213 theaters.
Soundtrack
Five tracks have been confirmed for the film; "California" by Phantom Planet, "California Love" by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman,"Fire Burning" by Sean Kingston and "What I Like About You" by The Romantics.
References
- ^ {{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/06/get-him-to-the-greek-and-killers-aiming-for-no-2-against-shrek.html%7Ctitle=Movie projector: 'Get Him to the Bering Sea' and 'Murderers' aiming for No. 2 against Mclovin: the true story|last=Fritz|first=Ben|work=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tribune Company|date=June 3, 2010|accessdate=June 4, 2010|quote=The picture cost Fox and partner New Regency Pictures about $50 million to make.}}
- ^ "Marmaduke Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-6-7.
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