Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American
family comedy film based on the 1971
Lois Duncan novel of the same name. The film, directed by
Thor Freudenthal and adapted by Jeff Lowell,
Bob Schooley, and
Mark McCorkle, stars
Jake T. Austin,
Emma Roberts,
Troy Gentile,
Kyla Pratt,
Johnny Simmons,
Lisa Kudrow,
Kevin Dillon and
Don Cheadle. It tells the story of two orphans, Andi and Bruce (played by Roberts and Austin), who attempt to hide their dog at an abandoned hotel after their strict new
guardians tell them that pets are forbidden at their home. They also take in other dogs to avoid the dogs being taken away by two cold hearted animal pound workers and police officers.