Rusty: A Dog's Tale
| Rusty: A Dog's Tale | |
|---|---|
 US DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Shuki Levy |
| Written by | Shell Danielson Shuki Levy |
| Produced by | Shuki Levy Haim Saban |
| Starring | Hal Holbrook Rue McClanahan Laraine Newman Charles Fleischer Blake Foster Rodney Dangerfield Bobcat Goldthwait Doug E. Doug Suzanne Somers Patrick Duffy Animals were cared for and trained by Worldwide Movie Animals |
| Cinematography | Frank Byers |
| Edited by | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly |
| Music by | Inon Zur |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
Release date | September 22, 1998 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Rusty: A Dog's Tale (Known as Rusty: The Great Rescue on Home Video) is a 1998 family film directed by Shuki Levy and starring Hal Holbrook and Rue McClanahan.[1] The movie was produced by Saban Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment under the CBS/Fox Video label.
Synopsis
The film is about two orphans named Jory (Blake Foster) and Tess (Danielle Keaton). Their cousins Bart (Charles Fleischer) and Bertha (Laraine Newman) try to take them away from their grandparents (Hal Holbrook and Rue McClanahan) because the two children have trust funds from their late parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog (Matthew Lawrence) decides to save them.
Partial cast
- Hal Holbrook as Boyd Callahan
- Rue McClanahan as Edna Callahan
- Laraine Newman as Bertha Bimini
- Charles Fleischer as Bart Bimini
- Blake Foster as Jory
- Danielle Keaton as Tess
- Beau Billingslea as Sheriff Wilson
- Michael J. Pagan as Dylan Wilson
- Vincent Schiavelli as Carney Boss
- Ken Kercheval as Carl Winthrope
- Gigi Goyette as Gladys the Waitress
- James Mathers as Man at Carnival
- Voices
- Rodney Dangerfield as Bandit the Rabbit
- Bobcat Goldthwait as Jet the Turtle
- Doug E. Doug as Turbo the Turtle
- Suzanne Somers as Malley the Dog
- Patrick Duffy as Cap the Dog
- Matthew Lawrence as Rusty the Dog
- Charlie Adler as Agent the Snake
- Mary Kay Bergman as Myrtle the Duck
- Jennifer Darling as Mrs. Cluck
- Melissa Disney as Boo the Cat
- Tony Oliver as Rebel the Dog
- Nick Jameson as Ratchet the Raccoon
- Frank Welker as Boss Duck
- Jane Singer as Koo the Pigeon
- Rue McClanahan as Latte the Cow/Zelda the Duck
- Additional Voices
Reception
Of the film's 2006 re-release on DVD, Andre Dursin of The Aisle Seat offered that the film, a "very cute, impossible-to-dislike tele-film from Shuki Levy and Haim Saban easily trumps their more bombastic children’s fare (like the Power Rangers).[2]
References
- ^ "Rusty: The Great Rescue (1998)". New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ Dursin, Andre (21 March 2006). "Rusty: The Great Rescue". The Aisle Seat. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
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- 1998 films
- American films
- Films about dogs
- 1998 drama films
- American drama films
- 20th Century Fox direct-to-video films
- Saban Entertainment films
- Films about orphans
- Films directed by Shuki Levy
- Films scored by Inon Zur
- Films with screenplays by Shuki Levy
- Films with screenplays by Shell Danielson
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