Rover Dangerfield (1991)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Directors:

James L. George
Bob Seeley

Writers:

Rodney Dangerfield (story) &
Harold Ramis (story) ...

Release Date:

2 August 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy

Tagline:

You'll laugh! You'll sing! You'll dance! You'll sit up and beg for more!

Plot:

A Vegas show dog gets ditched in the sticks and ends up working on a farm.

Plot Keywords:

Birthday | Boyfriend | Cat | Chicken | Christmas Tree

Cast

Rodney Dangerfield	...	Rover Dangerfield (voice)
Ronnie Schell	...	Eddie (voice)
Ned Luke	...	Raffles (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Heidi Banks	...	Katie (voice)
Eddie Barth	...	Champ (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Gregg Berger	...	Cal (voice)
Dennis Blair	...	Lem (voice)
Mel Blanc	...	Daffy Duck / Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)
Susan Boyd	...	Daisy (voice)
Owen Bush	...	Fisherman #2 (voice)
Louise Chamis	...	Farmer (voice)
Lara Cody	...	Gigi / Chorus Girl (voice)
Bernard Erhard	...	Wolf (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Farmer (voice)
Barbara Goodson	...	Farmer (voice)
Dana Hill	...	Danny (voice)
Bert Kramer	...	Max (voice)
Sal Landi	...	Rocky (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Chicken / Turkey (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Wolf (voice)
Ralph Monaco	...	Truck Driver (voice)
Patricia Parris	...	Farmer (voice)
Robert Pine	...	Duke (voice)
Burton Sharp	...	Farmer (voice)
Michael Sheehan	...	Jose / Sheep (voice)
Shawn Southwick	...	Connie (voice)
Don Stewart	...	Clem (voice)
Ron Taylor	...	Bruno (voice)
Paxton Whitehead	...	Count (voice)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:G

Company:

Hyperion Pictures

Trivia:

When Rover sees the roses that he gives Connie as her birthday present, you can see directly behind him on the wall a picture of Rodney Dangerfield under the words: Appearing Now. Rodney Dangerfield is the voice of Rover and he wrote the story for the movie.

Quotes:

[after "I'll Never do it on a Christmas Tree" he knocks on the front door, door opens,]
Rover Dangerfield: Hey folks! I'll never dampen your holidays!
[door slams shut]
Rover Dangerfield: No respect. No respect at all.

Movie Connections:

Features Rabbit Fire (1951)

Soundtrack:

Happy Birthday To You

Quite Literally, the Dullest Film Ever

Wide-angle shot of trees on a horizon, from a distance; our main characters enter on the right of the horizon and walk, slowly across the horizon. 2 minutes later they leave the far left of the horizon.

Granted the trees and horizon are all very wintery and snowy.

If this sounds like the recipe for a Las Vegas experience, then this the film for you.

If this sounds like some tosser arty director accomplishing his personal dream, at the expense of your cartoon night movie entertainment, then don't touch this film with a 10-foot pole.

Screw Alf, nobody gives a tinker's damn about that space turd. anymore. That freak can definitely kiss my spotty parted rear.

Happily, however, you can fast forward these scenes, and the little fellas skip across the horizons, roads, meadows and snowfields, in a much more enjoyable manner. And the whole turgid, Rover Dangerfield nonsense is over in about 20mins; leaving plenty of time to watch Micheal Eisners Bambi 2 again.