Hotel for Dogs (film)

Hotel for Dogs
Hotel for Dogs
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Thor Freudenthal
Screenplay by	Jeff Lowell; Mark McCorkle; Bob Schooley;
Based on	Hotel for Dogs; by Lois Duncan
Produced by	Lauren Shuler Donner; Ewan Leslie; Jonathan Gordon; Jason Clark;
Starring	Emma Roberts; Jake T. Austin; Kyla Pratt; Lisa Kudrow; Kevin Dillon; Don Cheadle;
Cinematography	Michael Grady
Edited by	Sheldon Kahn
Music by	John Debney
Production; companies	The Donners' Company; The Montecito Picture Company;
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks Pictures; Nickelodeon Movies; Cold Spring Pictures;
Release date	January 16, 2009;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$117 million

Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American family comedy film directed by Thor Freudenthal in his directorial debut, and based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. Starring Jake T. Austin, Emma Roberts, Kyla Pratt, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle, the film tells the story of two orphaned siblings (living in foster care), who secretly take in stray dogs along with their family dog at a vacant hotel.

The film is Nickelodeon's second film to be produced by DreamWorks Pictures^[4] after Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and the first Nickelodeon film ever to be produced outside of Paramount Pictures, which still distributed the film for DreamWorks. Shooting began in November 2007 and filming took place entirely in the cities of Los Angeles and Universal City, California.^[5] The dogs in the film were trained for several months before shooting began. Nearly eighty boys auditioned for the role of Bruce before Austin was ultimately selected.^[6] The film was released in theaters on January 16, 2009 by DreamWorks Pictures, and was a box office success grossing $117 million worldwide.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hotel for Dogs (2009)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
^ "Hotel for Dogs (2009)". The Numbers.
^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Franklin, Garth, ed. (2009-01-16). "Hotel for Dogs". Dark Horizons. Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
^ "Filming locations for Hotel for Dogs". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
^ "Trivia for Hotel for Dogs". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-02.

[afi-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hotel for Dogs (2009)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved September 19, 2017.

[numbers-2] "Hotel for Dogs (2009)". The Numbers.

[mojo-3] Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Franklin, Garth, ed. (2009-01-16). "Hotel for Dogs". Dark Horizons. Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

[imdb-locations-5] "Filming locations for Hotel for Dogs". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-02.

[imdb-trivia-6] "Trivia for Hotel for Dogs". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-02.

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