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.
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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 rules prevent them from bringing Ozzy along. With no help from relatives, they take Ozzy to Blue Creek, a dog hotel where owners can leave their pets while they travel.
Susan and Ted decide to leave Ozzy in Mr Robbins’s care when he impresses them with the hotel's luxuries. 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 they catch him and bring him to Grunt, the St. Bernard warden. Grunt ignores Ozzy's protests, removes his collar, and assigns him number 463. Ozzy shares a cell with Fronky, a near-sighted Dachshund, Fronky explains that their owners left the dogs here. Ozzy still hopes his owners will return. Fronky shares his escape plan and invites Ozzy to join it.
While sorting painted toy saucers, Ozzy accidentally makes 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.
The next day, the inmates celebrate the release of their leader, Vito, a tiny black-and-white Chihuahua leader. When he 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.
Fronky, Chester, and Doc warned Ozzy not to enter the races, fearing it would only cause trouble. Even with Vito’s threats, Ozzy refused to compete or throw the race for him. When Grunt offered to take Ozzy’s place and purposely lose to secure Vito’s win, Ozzy declined. As Vito and Grunt’s harassment escalate, Ozzy’s friends are punished for supporting him. Feeling devastated after Decker told him no one was coming for him, Ozzy decided to set things right. When the Martins returned, Mr. Robbins lied that Ozzy had died, leaving the family heartbroken.
For their escape plan, the group aims 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 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, whilst competing against 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 and Decker 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 saves Fronky and Chester, then faces off against Decker. With Fronky’s help, he takes Decker down and frees Doc, while Vito, also known as Sugar, beats Grunt and unlocks the gate, allowing everyone to escape.
Upon returning home, Ozzy reunites Fronky and Doc with their families, while Chester, initially alone, is eventually adopted by the Martins, who also reunite with Ozzy. 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.
