Beverly Hills Chihuahua (film series)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a Mexican-American film trilogy. The films are based on a chihuahua named "Papi" going through adventures alongside his family and friends.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua film series
Directed byRaja Gosnell
Alex Zamm
Lev L. Spiro
StarringGeorge Lopez
Drew Barrymore
Bella Stine
Erick Reyes
Kyla Pelletier
Heidi Klum
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date
2008–2012
Running time
264 minutes
CountryUnited States
Mexico
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Box officeTotal (3 films):
$176,275,867 (DVD Sales)

Films

Occupation Films
Beverly Hills Chihuahua Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3:
Viva la Fiesta!
2008 2011 2012
Director Raja Gosnell Alex Zamm Lev L. Spiro
Producer(s) David Hoberman
Todd Lieberman
John Jacobs
Ricardo Del Río
Brad Krevoy Sara E. White
Writer(s) Screenplay by:
Annalise LaBianco
Jeff Bushell
Story by:
Jeff Bushell
Dannah Feinglass
Danielle Schneider
Dana Starfield
Composer Heitor Pereira Chris Hajiam Heitor Pereira
Cinematography Phil Meheux Robert Brinkmann Greg Gardiner
Editor(s) Sabrina Plisco Marshall Harvey
Heath Ryan
Matthew Colonna
Production company Walt Disney Pictures
Mandeville Films
Walt Disney Pictures
Distribution Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Runtime 91 minutes 84 minutes 89 minutes
Release date October 3, 2008 February 1, 2011 September 18, 2012

Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

Vivian Ashe (Jamie Lee Curtis) leaves her pet chihuahua Chloe, (Drew Barrymore) with her irresponsible niece Rachel (Piper Perabo). However, when Rachel decides to go to Mexico with her friends, Chloe gets dognapped. She is sent to the dog fights and meets a German Shepherd named Delgado (Andy Garcia) who helps her escape the dog fights and attempts to get her back to Beverly Hills. Meanwhile, Rachel is searching for Chloe with Sam (Manolo Cardona) and Papi (George Lopez), landscaper and dog before Aunt Viv gets home.

When Delgado was talking to his friend from when he was in the Mexican Police, Chloe encounters a pack rat named Manuel (Cheech Marin) trying to steal her diamond collar. She is tricked into giving it to him, which was going to be used to get her home. When Delgado and Chloe was smuggled by a Coyote in a train, Delgado created a diversion to so that Chloe would not get caught by the train crew. After jumping off the train, they walked across the Chihuahua Desert, Delgado told Chloe how he lost his sense of smell, when Delgado and his partner were searching for a suspect, he was ambushed by El Diablo and his owner. When he woke up his partner was seriously wounded and was never the same after that night. Neither was Delgado because the next morning, he completely lost his sense of smell. El Diablo (Edward James Olmos), a fierce Doberman Pinscher, is sent by the dog fight ringleader to capture Chloe for the reward.

Later on, Manuel is seen with the collar by Delgado, so Manuel switches sides and helps Delgado find his sense of smell. Delgado sniffs the collar and gets his sense of smell back. He finds Chloe and she returns to Beverly Hills. Delgado gets a job with the police and El Diablo runs away. Chloe and Papi go on a date by the gazebo, and Chloe licks him on the face. Papi mentions that there might be a few miniature baby Chihuahuas in their futures, the two stray dogs that Sam and Rachel adopt on the trail of Chloe go to good homes too, El Diablo is adopted by a lady who has a passion for fashion, and Sam and Rachel start dating.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)

Just married, Papi (voiced by George Lopez) and Chloe (voiced by Odette Yustman)[1] are trying to keep up with their five puppies Papi Jr, Lala, Rosa, Ali and Pep (voiced by Zachary Gordon, Madison Pettis, Chatilly Spalan and Emily Osment) running around the house, creating problem after problem. Aunt Viv (Susan Blakely), Chloe's owner, is in the rain forest for the next 6 months with her niece, Rachel (Erin Cahill) searching for plants for medical research. During this time Sam (Marcus Coloma), Papi's owner and now Rachel's boyfriend, is caring for the whole chihuahua family. Sam takes Chloe, Papi and the puppies back home to meet his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cortez (Castulo Guerra and Lupe Ontiveros). Sam finds out that his family is struggling to pay the mortgage and make bank plans for taking their home and selling it. Chloe and the rest of the dogs decide to compete in a dog show in order to win a large cash prize. Though Papi had initially won, because of the lack of breed papers, he is disqualified. The dogs lose to an arrogant French poodle named Appoline (voiced by Bridgit Mendler). After hearing that Delgado has sons in Los Angeles, the puppies set off to find them. In trying to help, the puppies get caught up in a bank robbery. Meanwhile, Chloe, Papi, Pedro (Papi's brother) and Delgado are in a frenzy trying to find the puppies when they appear running across the television screen at the site of the bank robbery. They all run out to the bank to begin searching for the puppies. The puppies happen to crawl into the duffel bags of the crooks and end up at Hoffman's Bread Factory. Delgado finds a mask with the scent of bread on it which leads them to the factory. They foil the robbery then return home to find that they have been awarded more than enough money to save their house and that Rachel and Aunt Viv have returned. Sam and Rachel happily decided to get married.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! (2012)

Papi (voice of George Lopez) and Chloe (voice of Odette Yustman) are joined their five playful pups. They moved into the posh Langham Hotel, complete with a luxurious doggy spa. But there is trouble in puppy paradise when Rosa, the littlest member of the pack, feels smaller and less special than ever. Papi helps Rosa to find and celebrate her inner strength, which turns out to be bigger than she ever dreamed.

Cast and characters

Character Films
Beverly Hills Chihuahua Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2008 2011 2012
Papi George Lopez
Chloe Drew Barrymore Odette Yustman
Delgado Andy Garcia Miguel Ferrer
Sam Manolo Cardona Marcus Coloma
Rachael Piper Perabo Erin Cahill
Aunt Viv Jamie Lee Curtis Susan Blakely
Papi Jr. Zachary Gordon Logan Grove
Pep Emily Osment
Lala Madison Pettis
Rosa Chantilly Spalan Kay Panabaker
Ali Delaney Jones
Marie Appoline Bouvier Bridgit Mendler
Sebastian Michael Urie Tom Kenny
Delta Loretta Devine
Biminy Leslie Mann
(uncredited)
Alyssa Milano

Scrapped animated series

In the early 2010s, an animated Beverly Hills Chihuahua series was in the works. The series was developed by Tad Stones and Bento Box Entertainment and would have aired on Disney Junior. However, the series fell through and only made it to the pilot stage.[2]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.