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Directed by | Raja Gosnell |
Produced by |
David Hoberman Todd Lieberman John Jacobs Ricardo Del Río |
Screenplay by | Analisa LaBianco Jeff Bushell |
Story by | Jeff Bushell |
Starring |
Jamie Lee Curtis Piper Perabo Manolo Cardona Drew Barrymore Andy García George Lopez José María Yazpik Edward James Olmos |
Music by | Heitor Pereira |
Cinematography | Phil Meheux |
Edited by | Sabrina Plisco |
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Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20 million |
Box office | $149.3 million |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 American family comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the first in the Beverly Hills Chihuahua series. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and was released on October 3, 2008. The films stars Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis and Manolo Cardona as the human leads and Drew Barrymore, George Lopez and Andy Garcia in voice-over roles. The plot centers on a Chihuahua, Chloe, who gets dognapped in Mexico and has to escape from an evil Doberman, El Diablo, with a help from a lonely German Shepherd, Delgado and a hyperactive male Chihuahua, Papi, who has a desperate crush on her. A sequel, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, was released on direct-to-DVD on February 1, 2011, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! was released on September 18, 2012.
In Beverly Hills, California, wealthy heiress Vivian "Viv" Ashe leaves her richly pampered pet chihuahua, Chloe, with her irresponsible niece, Rachel, while she embarks on a business trip for ten days. Papi, the gardener Sam's pet Chihuahua of Mexican descent, has an unrequited crush on Chloe, by which she is disgusted. Rachel decides to go to Mexico with her friends and stay at a hotel by the beach. When Rachel leaves Chloe alone in the hotel room to go dancing at a club, Chloe goes looking for her. Chloe gets dog-napped as she tries to find Rachel and is sent to the dog fights in Mexico City. There, she meets a street-smart German Shepherd named Delgado. Rachel comes back to the hotel and is frantic when she finds Chloe missing.