Ozzy (2016)

Ozzy (also known as Ozzy: The Great Furscape) is a 2016 animated comedy film. The film stars Guillermo Romero, José Mota, Fernando Tejero, and Michelle Jenner.

The English dub consists of Jeff Foxworthy, Rob Schneider, Frankie Quinones, and introducing Lexi Walker.

Plot

Ozzy, a Beagle, lives with the Martins and his best friend, Paula. When the family receives an invitation to a Comic Festival in Japan, quarantine regulations prevent them from bringing Ozzy along. With no help from relatives, they see a television advertisement for Blue Creek, a dog hotel for pets whose owners are travelling.

The family takes Ozzy to Blue Creek, where Mr Robbins points out the hotel's many comforts. Impressed, Susan and Ted decide to leave Ozzy in his care. After they leave, Mr Robbins and his assistant, Dominic, secretly transport Ozzy and the other dogs to the real Blue Creek, a dog prison. Ozzy tries to escape, but is caught and brought to Grunt, the St. Bernard warden. Ignoring Ozzy's protests, Grunt removes his collar and assigns him the number 463. Ozzy shares a cell with Fronky, a near-sighted Dachshund, who explains that the dogs were left here by their owners. Still, Ozzy hopes his owners will return. Fronky shares his escape plan and invites Ozzy to join it.

While sorting painted toy saucers, Ozzy accidentally creates a mess on the conveyor belt. The other prisoners punish him by shoving him into a washing machine. Feeling left out, he befriends Fronky. That soon leads to friendships with elderly Fox Terrier Chester, who delivers comics, and mute Sheepdog Doc. Chester opens up to Ozzy about being abandoned. Ozzy remains hopeful his family will come back for him, despite Chester's advice to give up.

A little dog named Radar announces day six, celebrating the release of Vito, the inmates’ tiny black-and-white Chihuahua leader. When Vito attacks Ozzy for remarks about his appearance, Chief Guard Decker warns him that he will be returned to solitary confinement. Vito ominously tells Ozzy they will meet again. Later, Ozzy notices that Fronky is missing. He returns after his fifteenth failed escape attempt and shares that he was once a guide dog for a blind man named Bob. Radar informs Ozzy that Vito wishes to meet with him. Following a race against Flash, Vito offers Ozzy the chance to become his runner. Ozzy requests 24 hours to consider it.

The next day, Fronky, Chester, and Doc warn Ozzy against entering the races, worried it will lead to trouble. Despite Vito’s threats, Ozzy refuses to compete or intentionally lose for him. When Grunt volunteered to race in Ozzy’s place and deliberately lose to ensure Vito’s victory, Ozzy turned him down. As Vito and Grunt escalate their harassment, Ozzy’s friends are punished for supporting him. Disheartened after Decker insists that no one was coming for him, Ozzy resolves to make things right. Upon the Martins’ return, Mr Robbins falsely claims Ozzy had died, leaving the family devastated.

For their escape plan, the group decides to hide in boxes of toy saucers to sneak onto a delivery truck. First, they need to acquire a blueprint from the warden’s office. Chester reluctantly agrees to help when Fronky threatens to destroy his comics. While Grunt is gone, Ozzy, Chester, and Doc slip in to grab the blueprint. Doc comes across photos of himself with his owner, Mike, and Ozzy comforts him, promising they’ll be together again. They escape through a window just as Grunt suddenly returns. Ozzy then trains for the race that Vito has made a deal with Grunt about. If Ozzy wins, the prisoners get better food. If he loses, they'll face harsh conditions. On race day, Chester warns of severe consequences for escaping, and Ozzy, worried about the collective punishment, considers abandoning the escape to focus on winning.

At the racetrack, where they face the prison guards’ champion, Jock, Ozzy vanishes when the lights are cut before the finish line. Vito orders his henchmen to find him, only to discover the exits are locked. Ozzy escapes with his friends, including a restrained Chester, through the ventilation system and hides in a delivery truck. Just as they are about to flee, Decker recaptures them, and Chester’s confession of leaving an oil stain worsens matters. Fronky, Chester, and Doc are then placed in solitary confinement. When Grunt confronts Ozzy, he retaliates by locking Grunt out and reveals that the race was rigged. Ozzy then restores the prisoners' memories by tossing their collars out, prompting the dogs to unite, overpower the guards, and capture Mr Robbins. Ozzy rescues Fronky and Chester. When attempting to rescue Doc, Decker attacks him, but with Fronky’s help, Ozzy defeats him and frees Doc, while Vito, also known as Sugar, defeats Grunt and opens the gate for everyone to escape.

Once home, Ozzy reunites Fronky and Doc with their families, while Chester, initially alone, is later adopted by the Martins, who find Ozzy alive. Mr Robbins faces 20 years in prison for animal cruelty, and all the prison dogs are reunited with their families. Ozzy learns to face his fears and stands up to the neighbourhood paperboy.

Voice cast

Guillermo Romero as Ozzy

Dani Rovira as Fronki

José Mota as Vito

Carlos Areces as Nathaniel Robbins

Michelle Jenner as Paula

Fernardo Tejero as Radar

Elsa Pataky as Madden

Pablo Espinosa as Mike

Selu Nieto as Dominic

English dub

Jeff Foxworthy as Grunt

Rob Schneider as Vito

Frankie Quinones as Radar

Lexi Walker as Paula

Jeff Espinoza as Jeff

Stephen Hughes as Ted, Nathaniel Robbins, Twin #1, Carlin, Mike

Robbie K. Jones as Tex, Dominic, Twin 2

José Luis Martinez as Remy, Afghan Commentator, Additional Voices

Jonathan D. Mellor as Chester

Benjamin Nathan-Serio as Ozzy, Eddie, Fronky

Amanda J. Nolan as Susan

Kurt Schiller as Bob

Jimmy Shaw as Decker

Colleen Terry as Maddie (Ozzy's girlfriend), Reporter

Garrett Wall as Flash

Additional voices by Jeff Espinoza, Stephen Hughes, Robbie K. Jones, José Luis Martinez, Kurt Schiller, and Garrett Wall

Crew

English dub

Joseph Wilka - Voice Director

Production

The film was co-produced by Spain's Arcadia Motion Pictures, Capitán Araña, and Pachacamac, and Winnipeg's Tangent Animation. Pre-production was done in Spain, and animation was produced in Canada using Blender software.

Executive producer, Jeff Bell described the movie as a "Pixar-like quality that falls into the prison movie genre with funny tributes to the great prison classics. It's a story about friendship, loyalty, courage and the ability to find the best in ourselves when facing a tough situation".

The film had a budget of 8.5 million dollars.

Release

Disney released the film in Spain on 14 October 2016. The film was released by Signature in the U.K. on 21 October 2016, and Entertainment One in Canada.

References

External links

Ozzy at IMDb

Ozzy at Rotten Tomatoes

Ozzy at Library and Archives Canada