- Available March 9, 2010
- Feature run time: Approximately 88 minutes
- Rated: PG (US) – Bonus Material Not Rated In US, G (Canada)
- FastPlay™: FastPlay enabled
- Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- ASIN: B0034GK78C
SYNOPSIS
Dan (Robin Williams) and his best friend and business partner Charlie (John Travolta) are on the verge of the biggest deal in the history of their sports marketing firm when their lives are turned upside down by a surprise visit from Dan’s ex-wife Vicki (Kelly Preston). Vicki has big news for Dan—their ever-so-brief liaison produced twins Zach (Conner Rayburn) and Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta), now seven-years-old and in need of a dad to keep an eye on them for two weeks. With only high-living playboy Charlie for support, Dan’s bumbling attempts at “on the job training” in fatherhood result in a series of disastrously funny exploits that lead him to a new understanding of what really matters in life. Featuring an extraordinary cast of comedy purebreds including Seth Green, Matt Dillon and Lori Loughlin, Old Dogs will have audiences rolling over and begging for more.
Bonus Features
Old Dogs on single-disc DVD also includes:
• A Collection of Hilarious Deleted Scenes and Bloopers
• Audio Commentary by the film’s director Walt Becker, producer Andrew Panay, and writers David Diamond and David Weissman
The single disc Blu-ray Hi-Def version includes the same bonus features, plus:
• “Every Little Step” — A new music video performed by John Travolta and Ella Bleu Travolta
The three-disc Combo Pack (BD+DVD+Digital Copy) includes all of the above as well as:
• “You’ve Been A Friend To Me” — A music video performed by Bryan Adams
• “Young Dogs Learn Old Tricks”
MY THOUGHTS
I watched this movie with RB and we really enjoyed it. We have both always enjoyed Robin Williams and John Travolta as actors so to have them paired together in a comedy delighted us. Robin Williams is a wonderful actor but he just shines when he’s doing comedy, and while John Travolta excels in action/adventure type of movies he has great comedic timing. In Old Dogs, Dan (Robin Williams) meets up with an old flame after many years. His prep for this date is hysterical, especially the incident in the tanning booth. He meets up with the woman and discovers he is the father of her twin 7 year old children. She has been sentenced to jail and needs him to take care of the children. Having no other children, he doesn’t know how to father. He only has his single partner and friend Charlie (John Travolta) to look to for advice. Dan sneaks his twin children into his singles housing complex, which leads to a comedy of errors including Dan and Charlie switching medications accidentally. Eventually the kids go back to their mother and Dan heads to Japan for work. Will he move back for his children? Will he forgive Vickie for not telling him about the children? You’ll have to watch the movie yourself to find out.
Here’s the trailer.
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