Trey, discovering his idolization for Scattergood, manipulates Bodi into convincing Scattergood to give him some guitar lessons at his mansion, though he knows a little secret about Angus' security set-up. However, Bodi is humiliated after losing a guitar contest to arrogant snow leopard Trey ( Matt Dillon), who was a bounty hunter sent by Linnux to sabotage his musical dream and kidnap him. He attempts to join a band consisting of the down-to-earth fox Darma ( Mae Whitman) and absent-minded goat drummer Germur ( Jorge Garcia).

At the bus station, Bodi is discovered by two of Linnux's henchman, Riff ( Kenan Thompson) and Skozz, and he orders them to kidnap Bodi, reasoning it is his chance to take over Snow Mountain.īodi arrives at the city, and heads to Rock and Roll Park as it is where Scattergood began his career. Bodi is given a bus ticket to a nearby city, but Khampa makes him promise to give up music if his trip doesn't work out. After Khampa and some of the guard sheep accidentally cause Bodi to unleash a false alarm on the village while dressed as wolves (in an attempt to scare him straight), village elder Fleetwood Yak ( Sam Elliott) convinces Khampa to let Bodi follow his dream. Bodi steals a traditional dramyin from a den of locked up instruments, adds additional strings to make it a conventional Western guitar, and neglects his duties in favor of becoming a musician, putting him at odds with his father. Among the items, Bodi becomes interested in a radio and listens to rock music, becoming entranced with British rock legend Angus Scattergood ( Eddie Izzard). Khampa has some local sheep disguised as Mastiffs to give the illusion the village has multiple guards to keep the wolves at bay, but Bodi has trouble perfecting his father's signature move the Iron Paw, which projects a powerful blast that can only happen if Bodi 'finds the fire.' Khampa has forbidden music in the village as it distracted Bodi from his duties when he was younger.Īfter a disastrous training session, Bodi indirectly causes a nearby flying plane to drop a package. Simmons), who years ago drove out a pack of gangster grey wolves, led by the villainous Linnux ( Lewis Black). Teenage Tibetan Mastiff Bodi ( Luke Wilson) is expected to be the next guard of the village of Snow Mountain, succeeding his father Khampa ( J. A sequel titled Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park was released on Jon DVD and Blu-ray. Miller who died while riding his mountain bike near his Topanga home.

The film is dedicated to producer David B. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $24 million worldwide against a production budget of $60 million. It was released on July 8, 2016, in China by Huayi Brothers and on February 24, 2017, in the United States by Summit Premiere. The film follows a young Tibetan Mastiff who leaves his mountain home village to become a rock musician in the big city after a radio falls from the sky. Simmons, Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, Lewis Black, Kenan Thompson, Mae Whitman, Jorge Garcia, Matt Dillon, and Sam Elliott. The film based on the Chinese graphic novel Tibetan Rock Dog by Zheng Jun, albeit its basic premise has been significantly altered. The film is directed by Ash Brannon in his solo directorial debut, from a script by Brannon and Kurt Voelker. Rock Dog ( simplified Chinese: 摇滚藏獒 traditional Chinese: 搖滾藏獒 pinyin: Yáogǔn Zàng'áo literally ' Rock and Roll Tibetan Mastiff') is a 2016 computer-animated comedy film produced by Mandoo Pictures and Huayi Brothers.

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