Directed by Tom Dey
Produced by John Davis
Written by Brad Anderson (Comic strip),Vince Di Meglio,Tim Rasmussen
Music by Christopher Lennertz
Cinematography Greg Gardiner
Editing by Don Zimmerman
Studio Regency Enterprises Davis Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) May 27, 2010 (2010-05-27) (Argentina)June 4, 2010
Running time 87 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Tagline : Live Large
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Cast
* Lee Pace as Phil Winslow
* Judy Greer as Debbie Winslow
* William H. Macy as Don Twombly
* Raugi Yu as Drama Trainer
* Finley Jacobsen as Brian Winslow
* Caroline Sunshine as Barbara Winslow
* Miliana Haines as Sarah Winslow
* Frank Topol as Bosco's Owner
* Michael Teigen as Gray
* Glenn McCuen as Bodie
* David Williams as Anton Harrison
* Christopher Attadia as Jock
* Heather Doerksen as Jessica
* Graylen Cameron as Giant Teenage Boy
* Sydney Imbeau as Little Girl (uncredited)
* Scott Nicholson
* Hugo Steele
Marmaduke (v. Owen Wilson) is a Great Dane living in rural Kansas with a cat named Carlos (v. George Lopez). His owner Phil (Lee Pace) works for Bark
Organic dog food. Phil is very strict, from Marmaduke's perspective.One day Carlos tells Marmaduke that he overheard Phil saying that they were being transferred
to Orange County. They move from Kansas into their new house in California. Phil's boss, Don Twombly (William H. Macy), has the goal of getting Bark Organic
into every Petco store in the country. Phil and Don meet at the dog park to discuss Phil's assignment - an ad campaign to win over Petco. There, Marmaduke meets
a beautiful dog named Jezebel (v. Fergie), whose boyfriend is Bosco (v. Kiefer Sutherland), a controlling and violent dog with two minions named Thunder and
Lightning. Bosco intimidates Marmaduke, who does not want to fight.Marmaduke then meets Mazie (v. Emma Stone), who develops a crush on Marmaduke. He
also meets Giuseppe (v. Christopher Mintz-Plasse), a Chinese Crested dog who is afraid of everything, and Raisin, a highly intelligent but decidedly minute Dachshund.
They get together at night and crash a pedigrees-only party thrown by Bosco, only to be scared away by Bosco. Marmaduke then asks Mazie to help him get a girl,
whom she presumes is herself but is actually Jezebel.Marmaduke has Carlos pretend to be lost in the dog park, and the two stage a fight in front of all the other dogs
in order to boost Marmaduke's perceived toughness. Marmaduke then enters a dog surfing contest put together as a promotional stunt by Phil to sway Petco and
beats Bosco, who is an established dog-surfing champion. They get into a fight, which appalls the Petco executives.He then takes Jezebel on Mazie's dream date,
which the latter watches from afar. While the Winslow family are on Don's boat, Marmaduke throws a party, with most residents of the dog park attending save
Mazie, Guiseppe and Raisin. Bosco crashes the party and discovers it was Carlos at the dog park. He then exposes Marmaduke, who loses his pedigree friends. He
is left with no friends and a destroyed house. When Phil discovers the house in a wreck, he locks Marmaduke outside for the night. Marmaduke runs away, and
leaves Mazie a toy that she had given him earlier. Mazie goes to Marmaduke's house, and Carlos tells her Marmaduke never returned. She then goes looking for him.
Marmaduke in the meantime has met Chupadogra, a wise, elderly English Mastiff (v. Sam Elliott) who is feared throughout Orange County for presumably killing his
owner. In reality, he ran away to lead the pack, but they abandoned him. He has spent the time alone in the woods with nothing but a blanket and his old water bowl,
which reads "Buster". Buster/Chupadogra tells Marmaduke to go home and return to his family, and then distracts a dog catcher. Marmaduke leaves, but gets lost.
In the morning, the family discover him missing and begin searching for him. Mazie and the family find him at the same time on the streets, but Mazie falls into the
subterranean rainwater conduit after the street below her collapses. Marmaduke jumps in after her and Phil tries to retrieve him, but the fire department tries instead.
The fireman saves Mazie, but loses Marmaduke in the raging water. By this time, Phil has been fired for missing the meeting for the last chance with Petco. Phil then
runs to the aqueduct that the conduits lead to and finds Marmaduke in the raging waters. He jumps in after him and begs Marmaduke to let go of the branch he's
holding onto and let the waters carry him to Phil. He reluctantly does, and is saved. Several kids get that on video and put it on Youtube. Since it generates almost
700,000 hits, Phil is rehired. Phil then talks about moving back to Kansas, but the entire family wants to stay in California. He and Don are thinking of ideas for
commercials, having gotten Petco. They ask each other about if the dogs could talk to each other, or even dance.The finale then shows Marmaduke, Jezebel,
Mazie, Giuseppe, Raisin, and Buster, among others, dancing and singing "What I like About You", which turns out to be the commercial. In the end, Marmaduke
and Mazie are dating, Marmaduke and Jezebel are friends, Buster has presumably gotten a family, and all is well.