Snow Dogs

Snow Dogs is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Brian Levant, and starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and James Coburn. The film was released in the United States on January 18, 2002 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is inspired by the book Winterdance The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen.

In some scenes, the faces of the dogs are partially animated to give them human expressions like winking or smiling. The animatronic version of Demon was created by Jim Hensons Creature Shop and performed by David Barclay.The films budget was US33 million. Canmore, Alberta, Canada was used to film the fictional city of Tolketna, Alaska. The dogs D.J., Koda, Floyd and Buck also starred in the adventure film, Eight Below. Many of the dogs and mushers used in the film were locals. Two of the hero team doubles and all of Oliviers team were supplied by Nakitsilik Siberians of Bridge Lake, British Columbia. Mountain Mushers from Golden BC supplied the Thunder Jack team. Old Ernies team was supplied by Russ Gregory from Calgary, Alberta. Arcticsun Siberian Husky Kennel from Edmonton, Alberta was one of many kennels including Czyz, Snowy Owl, Gatt racing from the area that supplied background for the film. Two of the dogs came from Kortar Kennels, in Ontario. The animatronic effects were designed and built by Jim Hensons Creature Shop. The special effects were provided by The Secret Lab, the special effects division of Disney. ........

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