The Dog Who Saved Summer

Synopsis: School's out for summer... but not at the Bannister house! When their beloved dog Zeus (voiced by Mario Lopez) destroys a party planned by Belinda (Elisa Donovan), Grandma (Mindy Sterling) suggests they send him to obedience school. Things start off on the wrong paw when Zeus's owner George (Gary Valentine) runs afoul of the school's no-nonsense instructor Vernon (Martin Kove) and Zeus manages to fail every lesson. To make matters worse, Vernon's K-9 assistant, Apollo (voiced by William Zabka) makes class no dog-gone fun. With Zeus failing to improve, the Bannister children Kara and Ben (Francesca Capaldi and Cole Jensen) fear that the pound may be Zeus's next stop. Desperate to turn things around, Zeus enlists the help of a janitor, Mr. Lee (James Hong), who shares his unique training methods. Will Zeus' newfound skills help him win top dog at the school's showcase and foil a trio of bumbling thieves (Dean Cain, Patrick Muldoon, Joey "Coco" Diaz) determined to make this a bummer summe
Genre: Family
Director(s): Sean Olson
Production: Production Media Group
 
IMDB:
5.5
PG
Year:
2015
89 min
135 Views


( Music playing )

Zeus:

Ah, summer.

The kids are out of school,

the parents are out of patience,

and the sprinklers are

ripe for playing.

That's my house right there,

and this is

where our story begins,

just another Saturday afternoon

for the Bannister family.

That's Belinda.

She's quickly becoming one of

the top party planners in town.

- Where's George?

- Zeus:
And she's got her hands full.

- George? What is he doing?

- ( sizzling )

George?

George, I'm talking to you.

What? Belinda,

I'm in the weeds over here.

What are you doing?

You look like a campfire.

My eyes are burning.

I thought the girls might want

some Bannister bacon

buffalo burgers.

Honey, that sounds very heavy.

Well, they're char-broiled.

I need you to go

inside and check on the kids,

and get yourself cleaned up.

Okay, but you relax.

I think the party's

going great so far.

That's me, Zeus, you know,

like the Greek god.

Anyway, this is the story

of how I saved summer.

This is Agent Bannister

reporting to command.

I've reached the objective.

Stand by for recon.

( Door closes )

All right, let's see.

Looks like a member

of the royal family.

She's being guarded

by some sort of mutant.

Seems to be dripping

acidic slime from its mouth.

Whew. I'm going in.

- Ben!

- Princess is down!

- I repeat, the princess is down.

- Dad!

- Abort mission. I repeat,

abort mission.

Ben, are you terrorizing

your sister?

- No.

- Will you please tell him

- to leave me alone?

- Yeah.

Leave her alone

and go get lost, okay?

And Kara, it smells like Riley needs

a diaper change or something.

- Can you take care of that?

- That's gross, Dad.

- Why do I always have to do it?

- Because

- I have allergies.

- You do not have allergies.

Yeah? Talk to my doctor.

(sighs)

Come on, Versace.

Let's get Mommy some clients.

And of course,

I wanna thank my dear friend

Belinda Bannister for throwing

the best baby shower

I could ask for.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

You are so welcome

and I'm just so glad

that everyone's

enjoying themselves.

We'll do dessert

and gifts shortly.

- Okay.

- Perfect.

Oh, boy.

I smell trouble,

or maybe it's just

too much perfume.

Excuse me.

Just one minute, okay?

- Lovely shower, Belinda.

- I know why you're here.

I can't come to give

a friend a little support?

You just want

to check out the competition.

- Versace:
And the grub.

- Don't even think about it.

Heh! Thing is, in order for you

to be my competition,

you have to be

in the same league as me.

Oh, call Marilyn for all

your party needs...

Weddings, showers,

bar mitzvahs, quinceaeras.

I love your dress,

by the way. You look beautiful.

Okay, okay, fine, fine.

Poach all you like,

but everybody here

is having a great time.

Come on, Versace.

Let's go mingle.

Versace:

I smell frosting.

Hey, what do you think

you're doing?

Get down from there, now.

Life is a banquet,

and most poor suckers

are starving to death.

- Don't you dare.

- Why? It's not chocolate.

I mean it.

Would it upset you

if I just took a little nibble?

- Versace:
Oops.

- The cake! Zeus!

Versace:
Pardon me, ladies.

Do you have any Grey Poupon?

Zeus:
Hey, you.

Get back here.

Woman:

Where are they going?

Versace:
Oh, look, presents.

Are those for me?

Not the presents.

Versace:
Can't stop

to smell the roses.

Zeus:
Belinda's been working

on this all summer.

My garden!

Versace:

Nice shoes.

Zeus:

Now I've got you!

- Zeus!

- Uh-oh.

- You are in trouble, buddy.

- Best party ever.

It is a little funny.

- Come on.

- My nice party's ruined!

Belinda:
You should have seen it.

Everything ended up in the pool.

And then George made the kids

dive in to get everything out.

And you thought your party

wasn't going to be memorable.

Dog:
Ha! In the Bannister house,

every day's a memorable one.

Mom, it's not funny.

This was supposed to be the

kickoff for my big, new career.

I mean, who's gonna hire me now?

Don't you talk that way.

Come on now. You've just made

one little mistake.

No one's going

to even remember it.

- ( Phone dings)

- Oh, wait.

Lillian Bland just tweeted it.

Mom, I told you

to stay off the Twitter.

How else is

the Firefly troop leader

going to get

the announcements out, huh?

Mom, this is serious.

Oh, honey, all you have to do

is make sure

- that it never happens again.

- Heh. Famous last words.

And how am I supposed

to do that?

Well, take the dog

to obedience school.

All he needs is a refresher.

- Hey, go faster.

- Stop. You go faster.

- Hey.

- Grandma:
Boys!

Well, I guess it couldn't hurt

to check it out.

Oh, keep your chin up,

sweetheart.

Things always have

a way of working out.

Yes. Well, they can't

get much worse, now can they?

- Hey, we picked this for you.

- Oh! Thank you so much.

Isn't that sweet? Why don't

you go with the other kids?

Oh, Belinda, you'll never guess,

two of the troopers

just gave me a beautiful plant.

Wait a minute.

Is this poison ivy?

Noah, Remy, this is poison ivy!

Oh, my God, Belinda.

I've got to take myself to the hospital.

Man:
Do you know what

I had for lunch today?

Man #2:

Yeah, what, no.

- Man #1:
Neither do I.

- Man #3:
It doesn't matter.

What we need

to be doing right now

is planning out our next score.

Now you're talking, Ted.

Got one of your great ideas?

Two words, boys.

Princivali Jewelers.

Home to a very,

very rare diamond.

Medium rare?

Passed down

from Italian royalty rare.

Tony Rosas will give us

three mil a piece for it.

- Oh! That's a lot of mils.

- Man #1:
We're rich.

So when do we boost it?

Just as soon

as we get out of here.

Hey, I got the entire

thing planned out right here.

That's my Ted.

Good news, fellas.

Judge Martin says there's not

enough evidence to hold you.

- You're being released.

- Oh, ho, ho, ho!

- Let's do it now!

- We're free.

We're free. We're free.

We're free.

- Okay.

- Not so fast.

Not enough evidence

to hold them.

We got your face

all over the security cameras.

- What, no...

- Pop a squat. You're going nowhere.

- We'll be back for you, Ted.

- Don't worry about it, Ted,

because we're going

to take care of that thing.

- No!

- We're gonna get the money

and then we're going

to come back and get you.

Wait, no! You can't do this

without me.

- We'll be back, Ted.

- We got this.

We got this, Ted.

They're doomed.

Doomed.

Zeus:
I love going to

the mall in the summer.

The families, the smells,

the sound, the...

George:

Obedience school?

Belinda, I don't think

this is necessary.

It was just a little mistake.

George, a little mistake?

Did you know that I have lost

clients because of this?

No, I didn't.

Well, honey, if you

were paying attention,

you would know that this could

cost me my entire career.

Okay, okay, So I messed up a little,

but who hasn't accidentally

destroyed a backyard soiree

once in a while?

Is Zeusy in trouble?

Honey, Zeusy just needs

to learn how to behave better

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