Snow Buddies
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| Directed by | Robert Vince |
| Produced by | Robert Vince Anna McRoberts |
| Written by | Robert Vince Anna McRoberts |
| Based on | Characters by Paul Tamasy Aaron Mendelsohn Kevin DiCicco Robert Vince Anna McRoberts |
| Starring |
Jimmy Bennett Mike Dopud John Kapelos Charles C. Stevenson Mary Birdsong-Covey Wendi McLendon-Covey Kris Kristofferson |
| Music by | Brahm Wenger |
| Cinematography | Kamal Derkaoui |
| Edited by | Kelly Herron |
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Keystone Entertainment
Key Pix Productions |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment |
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Running time
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87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $80 million |
Snow Buddies is a 2008 direct to video in the Air Bud series. It was released on DVD on February 5, 2008. The movie was shot on location in Canada at Mount Seymour, North Vancouver, and the town of Ladner, British Columbia.
The five Golden Retriever puppies known as the Buddies from Washington are having fun with their new owners before they go to school. The puppies meet up in the park and decide to play hide and seek. Budderball sees an ice cream truck and decides to go in, forcing the others to try and rescue him. However, the buddies become trapped in a truck heading to Ferntiuktuk, Alaska. Upon arrival, the Buddies meet Shasta, a young Siberian Husky puppy whose 11-year-old owner is determined to win the Alaskan sled dog race. The puppies decide to help Shasta pursue his dreams. Unfortunately, as Shasta has no parents, this puts the puppies in a predicament as there is nobody to teach them how to become snow dogs. Shasta manages to persuade a dog named Talon into teaching the puppies into becoming his new protégés.
When Shasta introduces his owner, Adam, to his new sleigh team, the child is delighted at the prospect of his dreams coming true and the team pursue vigorous training routines. Adam begins building a new sleigh with his team of hard-working puppies. Talon proudly watches as the team's efforts come to fruition and it seems as though they are cooperating as a team. The older town huskies, however, are not impressed and begin to plan their downfall. They reveal to the Buddies that Shasta's parents died when the ice beneath them shattered to dishearten them. They perished on that fateful day.
Talon calls the puppies to the mountain lake one night to view the Northern Lights before he goes of telling Shasta that he knows all he needs to know and that he can become the great leader that her father was. The following morning, the puppies enter the race with Adam. After being reminded how treacherous the race is by the sheriff, the puppies begin their trek while Jean George, last year's champion, cheats by sabotaging the other racer's sled or pushing them of.
Meanwhile, the puppies' parents follow the puppies to Alaska where the Saint Benard dog Bernie informs them of their participation in the race. Meanwhile the sheriff gets a message sent by Fernfield's Deputy Dan asking for any information on the buddies. The Sherrif phones Deputy Dan to inform him that the buddies are in Alaska. A dangerous blizzard forces Adam and the team take shelter in an igloo provided by an Inuit until the storm subsides. They come head to head with their opponent, Jean George, and Adam gets injured.
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