Product Details

• Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Joanna Bacalso, Nichelle Nichols, Sisqo
• Directors: Brian Levant
• Writers: Screenplay By Jim Kouf And Tommy Swerdlow & Michae
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Warren Miller Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 14, 2002
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (159 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JKVU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,902 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Snow Dogs" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Snow Dogs is not a fantasy about talking dogs--it's a heartwarming story about personal growth starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and a sled team of Siberian huskies. When Dr. Ted Brooks, a successful, sun-loving dentist from Miami, receives a summons to the minuscule town of Tolketna, Alaska, his mother is forced to confess that he was adopted. Teddy's desire to quickly return to Miami yields to a burgeoning curiosity about his deceased mother and biological father. Teddy's experiences in Alaska acquaint him firsthand with the wonders of sled dogs, the sport of mushing, human sacrifice, and love. The city slicker's hilarious attempts to mush even culminate in a hero's reception at the finish of the prestigious "Arctic Challenge." Snow Dogs is 99 minutes of breathtaking vistas, amusing comedy, and entertainment suited for the entire family. Rated PG due to the occasional outhouse joke and other mild crude humor. --Tami Horiuchi

Product Description

According to producer Jordan Kerner, the weather on location in Alberta, Canada, was tougher than he expected. "I've worked on cold movies before -- THE MIGHTY DUCKS movies were shot in Minnesota. But you really don't know what cold is until you're out in a snowstorm with the wind blowing 50 miles per hour and it's 30 below." The only ones having a great time, Kerner says, were the dogs!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

69 of 72 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A FUNNY AND FURRY ADVENTURE!!! January 6, 2002

By Lori Hoover

Snow Dogs is a laugh a minute adventure into the world of sled dog racing. Cuba Gooding Jr. is a Miami dentist who inherits a team of champion sled dogs and finds out he was adopted.Over the course of the movie he discovers his true place in life. The dogs are cute and steal the action sequences. Finally, a family film that everyone can enjoy. No hocus-pocus or scary stuff!! The only magic here is the power of love between family and friends and the occational winking of the sled dogs. Don't miss this latest Disney classic!

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Let's Be Realistic January 21, 2002

By A Customer

I took my kids (4&5) to this movie and they lauged so hard they could hardly sit still. I too found it amusing in several places. I was pleasently suprised because the previews that I have seen on TV did not do it justice. I walked in to this movie expecting the worst. It is full of slapstick, but the story was over my kids heads. If you go in not expecting the typical Cuba Gooding Jr. role and take it for what it is, a clean lighthearted movie that you can actually take your kids to, then you will enjoy it. As for the rest of the audience, it was a sold out show and I think the adults had as much fun as the kids did.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Misleading trailer. May 23, 2002

By Richard A Schauer VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

If you caught the previews on TV you might have thought this was a fantasy film with talking dogs. Nope! There is a brief dream sequence with Cuba Gooding freezing and hallucinating about the dogs talking to him. The dream bit is entertaining, but the film is not a fantasy. Well, lets just say it is Hollywood's version of reality.

Cuba Gooding is his usual appealing self and James Coburn as Thunder Jack reminds us of why he was a popular star. Cuba Gooding plays a successful dentist in Florida who discovers he was adopted. His biological mother in Alaska has died and left him . . guess what? The dogs, of course. He sets off to visit Alaska and find his true self. The funniest scenes are when Cuba is learning to handle the dogs and drive a dog sled team. This is an ideal movie to watch with the kids. Mine laughed at the right places and were quiet in the right places. They gave it five stars. I am sure they will convince me to watch it with them again in a month or two. I can handle it.

There is an interactive game included on the disc that uses the remote to control a snowmobile. I had to wrestle with Sammy, my five-year-old, to get the remote back again. I won.