Cats and Dogs
(2001)
Village Roadshow
83 minutes
PG
Director: Lawrence Guterman.
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander
Pollock, Miriam Margolyes. Voices: Alec Baldwin, Tobey Maguire,
Michael Clarke Duncan, Charlton Heston, Joe Pantoliano, Susan
Sarandon, Sean Hayes, Jon Lovitz.
Format: Widescreen. Ratio 1.85:1, 16:9 enhanced. Single-sided,
dual-layer disc.
Language: English. Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subtitles: English for Hearing Impaired.
Extras: HBO First Look Special, Teaching a Dog New
Tricks, storyboard comparisons, theatrical trailer, hidden
features, DVD-ROM extras - alternate ending, create a secret
ID for your pet, screensaver, wallpaper, weblink.
Comments: For me there were two highlights of the extras
package - the First Look Special and Teaching a Dog New Tricks.
Both deal with how an animal and computer-generated images
were trained/used to make it look as if the animals were talking.
Not only that, but the seriously cutting-edge technology used
to place CGI faces on to real animals is fascinating. The
other extras are okay, but these are worth getting the DVD
for.
