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Soon after the Lowry Family - Tom, his wife Karen, and their two children, Liz and Widdy - leave the big city and move to the small Northern California town of Placerville, they are 'adopted' by a ver...( read more  read more... )y clever, yet lovable, stray golden retriever - Pilot. It's not long before they discover that Pilot is pregnant. The Lowry family, and especially Liz and Widdy, grow very close to the puppies during their weaning period. But Tom makes it clear that, like most families, they must give away the puppies after they've been weaned. It's particularly hard on Liz and Widdy, but they manage to give all the puppies away, and it's funny and fascinating to see who shows up at the Lowry residence to adopt a puppy. However, Pilot is determined to get her puppies back, and the Lowry Family must endure a comical series of events that make them realize that life is just not the same without the puppies. But retrieving six puppies from people you don't even know is no easy task. And soon, Tom Lowry finds he must choose between his job or his family. With Pilot in the lead, the Lowry's set off on a quest to retrieve Pilot's puppies - an adventure that ultimately leads them into the realization of what it really means to be a family.

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Unrated, 95 min.

Directed by: Paul Schneider

Release Date: July 30, 2001

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DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007

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  • Rosepetal75
    February 23, 2009
    Rosepetal75
    The Lowery Family: Thomas 'Tom" Lowery (Robert Hays), Karen Lowery (Mel Harris), & their 2 children named Elizabeth 'Liz' Lowery (Alana Austin) & Widdy (Taylor Emerson) moved from big city: New York to the small Northern California town of Placerville on June 15th. When a beauti...( read more)ful golden retriever shows up under the table sneaked into the house? They are 'adopted' by a very clever, yet lovable, beautiful female stray golden retriever named Pilot. They discover that Pilot is pregnant according to Vet. Pilot gives birth to 6 puppies named Georgia, Chewy, Bandit, Millkshake, Mr. Dumas, & Wanderer. They give all of the puppies away for adoption when Pilot missed her family. The Lowery family realize the important part of family with Pilot & her puppies on the quest to find Pilot's puppies to bring them home.
  • Knowlesey14
    January 23, 2009
    Knowlesey14
    Thank god the movie had dogs in it, otherwise it would've been twice as bad. Don't see this, go buy a puppy instead.
  • knowlesey
    January 19, 2009
    knowlesey
    Yeah that was pretty bad. Sure the puppies were cute but it was a bad storyline, characters and terrible acting. Only watch if you really wanna see cute Golden Retriever puppies.
  • threefolddado
    October 21, 2008
    threefolddado
    Like it or no, I'm probably gonna see this one.

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