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DVD Features
- DVD Release Date: February 3, 2009
- 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16×9 televisions)
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
- French and Spanish Language Tracks
- Subtitles: Closed Captioned
- Suggested Retail Price: $29.99
The Movie
Space Buddies is the third in the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Buddies series. So far, we’ve seen Air Buddies released in 2006, and Snow Buddies released in 2008. The Buddies are, of course, the offspring of the basketball playing Golden Retriever made famous in Disney’s 1997 film Air Bud. Between that film’s release and 2002, 3 more Air Bud films were released; Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998) in theaters and Air Bud: World Pup (2000) and Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002) on home video. This makes the Bud and Buddies series the longest-running series in Disney history. That’s right, more than everyone’s favorite VW, Herbie.
Having never actually seen any of the previous seven films, it behooved me as a Disney nut and a parent to check out Space Buddies. Joining me in my screening was my 10 year-old daughter, Samantha. She is a big animal lover, and a fan of the previous Buddies films. After all, what self respecting fourth-grade girl could resist adorable talking puppies? Mr. Ed, Babe, and Charlotte’s Web aside (right…you didn’t cry at the end of Charlotte’s Web? OK), I’ve never been a fan of talking animal movies, but I figured I’d see what all the fuss is about.