Beethoven's Big Break
Beethoven's Big Break is a 2008 American comedy film and is the sixth installment in the Beethoven series. The film stars Jonathan Silverman, Jennifer Finnigan, Rhea Perlman, Stephen Tobolowsky, Oscar Nunez, Joey Fatone, Cesar Millan, Moises Arias, and Eddie Griffin.
It was released on DVD on December 30, 2008. The film could be considered a reboot of the series, as it completely disregards all storylines from the previous five films, though some scenes in this film include references to the original storyline.
Plot
Eddie Thornton is an assistant animal trainer to Sal DeMarco, an untalented, egocentric animal show host. Both men have been hired to train the animals for a film called Frizzy, The Bichon Frise. When Frizzy is kidnapped, Sal blames Eddie. Eddie is promptly fired by producer Patricia. Director Stanley and Patricia refuse to pay the ransom and hold auditions for the new Frizzy.Meanwhile, Eddie's son, Billy, is walking around town when he discovers a large, stray dog following him. Billy brings the dog home and names him Beethoven when the dog shows interest in Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th symphony. Eddie comes home to discover his house wrecked by an oversized dog.
The one responsible for Frizzy's disappearance is Sal, along with Tick and Bones. Stanley and Patricia have difficulties finding the right dog. Eddie arrives with Billy and Beethoven to pick up his lizard, Pete. Beethoven bursts in and performs a chase scene with Pete the Lizard. Beethoven and Eddie are hired on the spot and Sal is fired.
Eddie is charged with having Beethoven perform stunts in the film, but Beethoven proves to be "untrainable", and instead, crashes through the scene and makes a sloppy mess. Stanley finds these scenes even funnier and has them printed. Lisa, the film's writer, asks to spend more time with Beethoven.
As revenge for being fired, Sal orders his henchmen to kidnap Beethoven. Eddie, Billy, and Lisa head to Sal's show stage and rescue Beethoven. Sal and his goons are arrested, and Eddie and Lisa begin a relationship.
Cast
- Cujo as Beethoven
- Jonathan Silverman as Eddie Thornton "Lizard Guy"
- Jennifer Finnigan as Lisa Waters
- Moises Arias as Billy Thornton
- Eddie Griffin as Stanley Mitchell
- Haley Pullos as Roxy Rose
- Rhea Perlman as Patricia Benji
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Sal DeMarco
- Oscar Nunez as Tick
- Joey Fatone as Bones
- Stefanie Scott as Katie
- Cesar Millan as Himself
- John Augello as Studio Executive
- Grant Elliott as George Newton
- Zach Kosnitzky as Lewis
- Ali Eagle as Craft Service Person
- Adam Vernier as Marco