Disney’s Teacher’s Pet
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/teacherspet/main.html
Release Date: 2004-01-16
Cast: Nathan Lane, Shaun Fleming, Rob Paulsen, Debra Jo Rupp, David Ogden Stiers
Director: Timothy Bjorklund
Screenwriter: Bill Steinkellner, Cherie Steinkellner
Music Score: Stephen James Taylor
WorkNameSort: Disney’s Teacher’s Pet
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A Disney rep we spoke to predicted that folks will be taken in by this animated musical, which follows a family dog in his quest to live the life of a human boy. A warm reception would be no shock to us: The TV cartoon that inspired the movie was one of the coolest Saturday-morning entries of the last decade, using the character designs of artist Gary Baseman as a springboard to all sorts of intelligent whimsy. So which genius decided not to screen the movie for critics? (Not reviewed)
This article appears in Jan 14-20, 2004.