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Space Buddies

Space Buddiesis a 2009 Americanscience fictioncomedy film.It is the third film in theAir Buddiesfranchise. It was released on February 3, 2009. LikeAir BuddiesandSnow Buddies,it was released directly onDVDand became the first one to be released onBlu-ray.

Space Buddies
DVDcover art
Directed byRobert Vince
Written byRobert Vince
Anna McRoberts
Based onCharacters
by Paul Tamasy
Aaron Mendelsohn
Kevin DiCicco
Robert Vince
Anna McRoberts
Produced byRobert Vince
Anna McRoberts
StarringJason Earles
Diedrich Bader
Lochlyn Munro
Bill Fagerbakke
Kevin Weisman
Ali Hillis
C. Ernst Harth
Christopher Gauthier
Quinn Lord
CinematographyKamal Derkaoui
Edited byKelly Herron
Music byBrahm Wenger
Gregory Prechel (composer, orchestrator, additional music)
Production
companies
Keystone Entertainment
Key Pix Productions
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Release date
  • February 3, 2009(2009-02-03)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million[1]

Plot

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The film starts with Buddha and his owner, Sam, stargazing. As a shooting star passes, Sam makes a wish that he can touch the Moon. The next day is the day of his school field trip to Vision Enterprises to watch a test launch of theVision 1spacecraft. The pets, however, are not allowed to go, and he has to leave Buddha at home. Buddha meets up with his siblings – Rosebud, Budderball, B-Dawg, and Mudbud – and invites them to come with him to go to see the test launch. They decide to hide in the school bus which soon arrives at the Vision Enterprises, and the dogs go to a space suit machine and put on space suits before following the students, who are being led by Dr. Finkel. The dogs get aboard the Space ShuttleVision 1.At Mission Control in the Vision Enterprises, Pi confirms they are ready for launch. Meanwhile, the dogs take a close look around until they are sealed in the shuttle, which prepares for launch. Astro, who pilots the shuttle from Earth, launches the shuttle, and it flies to space.

At Mission Control, the humans realize the third tank of gas in the shuttle was never filled. With ten hours until the gas runs out, they look for solutions. They eventually decide to pilot the spacecraft to the old R.R.S.S. (Russian Research Space Station). They contact thecosmonautliving in the space station, named Yuri, telling him to refuel theVision 1.AsVision 1connects to the space station, the dogs decide to explore the space station, and they meet a dog called Spudnick who is under the care of Yuri. Spudnick explains that Yuri is quite content to stay in space, yet he wishes to go home. Yuri finds the dogs and becomes happy because the buddies can keep them company, so he traps the buddies in the kitchen, and they are saved later by Spudnick. After Yuri connects the fuel hose to theVision 1,the fuel starts to leak from the hose. Meanwhile, the buddies and Spudnick rush back toVision 1to escape. Yuri activates lockdown to trap the dogs, but they manage to get to theVision 1.Yuri tries to stop them, banging on the control switches, but sparks drop on the fuel, causing an explosion. The dogs escape from the R.R.S.S. as it explodes. Yuri barely escapes using theCosmopodescape vessel.

Vision 1travels to the Moon. Soon after, theVision 1approaches and lands on the Moon. They soon begin to get out of theVision 1and walk around the area within the place they had landed. Mission Control finds that the sounds from their helmets happen to be soft barks, and conclude they are golden retriever puppies, and this is broadcast on the news and the children find out through it. The dogs, while on the Moon, meet aferretnamed Gravity who is their mission control assistant, but since their only communication is from audio, they don't know she is a ferret. She orders them to get back on theVision 1.

When returning toEarth,the path is changed by an unworthy Dr. Finkel. The path's telemetry is reverted into a meteor shower. The "auto-avoidancesystem "takes control of theVision 1,rotating and shifting heavily between every meteor in its path, but theVision 1's data communications antenna is busted when it becomes struck by a meteor. Budderball is sent to repair the antenna by doing a space walk outside of theVision 1.At Mission Control, the adults are puzzled about the change of the telemetry course of theVision 1when Sam accuses Dr. Finkel of changing the path. As Dr. Finkel's denies it, Pi uses the security camera to confirm that Dr. Finkel was indeed at the desk at 7:49 pm, the time when the telemetry course was changed. As Dr. Finkel is taken away by security, Sam approaches Dr. Finkel and calls him "Dr. Stinkel".

The Mission Control center receives Yuri's distress signal in the Cosmopod before theVision 1enters the atmosphere through the blackout zone. They wait 4 minutes until they arrive, but they arrive early.Vision 1ends its mission by slowing down on the takeoff strip. The dogs find out Gravity is a ferret. Yuri crashes his pod, and is rescued by some soldiers, telling them he comes from space.

Pi awards the dogs wings of true heroism, with their title as "Space Buddies". Once at home, Buddha gives Sam aMoon rockhe had taken from his journey, fulfilling his wish of touching the Moon. The film ends with Spudnick back at home with his old owner, Sasha, who says that "it is the journey and friendship that matters the most".

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Home media

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The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray February 3, 2009.[2]

References

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  1. ^http://www.cameraguild.com/index.html?news/guild/080411_BC_Locals.html~top.main_hp[dead link‍]
  2. ^"Space Buddies DVD Movie".CD Universe.RetrievedMay 26,2022.
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