Fido Dido (1993 film)

Fido Dido is a 1993 American animated comedy film directed by Mala Miles, written by Sue Rose, Joanna Ferrone, Sid John and Mala Miles, based on the character of the same name by Sue Rose and Joanna Ferrone, and produced by Sid John. The film stars Charlie Sheen as the voice of Fido Dido, with other voice roles being provided by Meg Tilly, Danny DeVito, Shelley Long, Paul Eiding and Jodi Benson.

The film was produced by Mala Miles Productions and it was released by New Line Cinema on July 2, 1993. It received mixed reception from critics and grossed $172.8 million on a $32 million budget.

Plot
Fido Dido, who had to drink with 7-Up and Slice, goes to Hollywood to see his new movie, and his wife had taken care of it, preparing a director to shoot a new movie with Fido as the star of a blockbuster project, from a screenplay by his son. His brother learned their own action stunts, and prepared to look to the time travel in the future. At Fido Dido Studios in Hollywood, the crew prepared to shoot Fido Dido's greatest starring role.

His girlfriend has taken care of the project, and Fido Dido was in romance with her love. Then the editing process proceeded to remove scenes. The director has love with Fido's vision, and the screenwriter has taken care of it, and Fido Dido has finished filming his starring project.

As Fido had finished shooting it, the director has taken care of the project, and the producer sent the screening copies to Fido Dido Studios, who just liked the project and after the first screening, Fido had signed on for a big-budget motion picture. The composer is hired to score Fido Dido's screening project, and decided to let Fido to create their sound effects on a potential project/starring vehicle for Fido Dido.

Fido Dido offered a $50 million budget to the film and decided to let the studio to distribute the film and wanted to complete the project. The audience screenings love it, and a mere year later, Fido went to the theater to see his new film, and decided to show promise with the audience, with a majority of fictional critics liked the movie. When Fido's movie was finished, the film was over, ending in what would be his new role for Fido Dido.

Cast

 * Charlie Sheen as Fido Dido
 * Meg Tilly as Fido's Wife
 * Danny DeVito as Fido's Aunt
 * Shelley Long as Fido's Girlfriend
 * Paul Eiding as Brian Letter
 * Jodi Benson as Sophie Letter

Production
In 1987, Sue Rose, who created Fido Dido saw a screening of the 1987 film The Workers. Rose eventually signed a 5-year option with producer Mala Miles to make an adaptation of the Fido Dido commercials and drawings.

Mala signed a deal with New Line Cinema, being impressed by the distribution of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to distribute Fido Dido in 1991. Charlie Sheen, Meg Tilly, Danny DeVito, Shelley Long and Paul Eiding, all of them were previously from The Workers joined the cast. Jodi Benson, which Mala Miles felt impressed with the role in The Little Mermaid joined the voice cast later on.

Release
Fido Dido was released on theaters on July 2, 1993 by New Line Cinema.

Marketing
This film was accompanied by marketing from Hasbro, Kaneko USA, United Features Syndicate, McDonald's and CBS.

Home media
Fido Dido was initially released on home video on November 23, 1993 by New Line Home Video, and it was distributed on VHS by Columbia TriStar Home Video and on Laserdisc by Image Entertainment. Fido Dido became the top video seller by Christmas 1993, and it was proven successful.

It was later released on DVD on March 26, 1997 by New Line Home Video, becoming the first titles on the format.

Box office
Fido Dido grossed $85.3 million in the United States and Canada and $87.5 million, with a worldwide total of $172.8 million. In the United States, the film opened alongside Tom Cruise's The Firm, a rerelease of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Son in Law and it grossed $28.7 million, debuting at number one. According to Fido Dido creator Sue Rose, it became the most ambitious box office opening in history according to reports by New Line.

Critical reception
Fido Dido received mixed reception from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave a score of 65%, based on 106 reviews. Metacritic gave the score a 58 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". CinemaScore gave the film an "B+" on an average A+ to F scale.