“A lost dog can bring you home.”
When a friendly cabbie tells two young sisters the story of a boy named Leo who moved to Manhattan with his family, a magical adventure begins. While adjusting to the big city and enjoying the days leading up to Christmas, Leo accidentally loses his dog Ramona in Central Park. Leo is devastated by his loss until a magical creature named Little Spirit appears.
Danny DeVito
Cab Driver / Narrator (voice)
Lucy Liu
Leo's Mother (voice)
Freddy Rodríguez
Leo's Father (voice)
Brenda Song
Big Sister (voice)
Fred Newman
Little Spirit / Ramona / Squirrel / Pigeon (voice)
Rachel Schier
Dylan (voice)
Brian Williams
Rock Granite (voice)
Michael Hall D'Addario
Leo (voice)
Sally Winters
Girls' Mom / Knitting Lady (voice)
Todd Cummings
Narrator - Dead Fish (voice)
Little Spirit: Christmas in New York is a family, animation, fantasy film released in 2008 exploring themes of department store, cab driver, christmas, missing dog. Directed by Leopoldo Gout, it stars Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu, Freddy Rodríguez. When a friendly cabbie tells two young sisters the story of a boy named Leo who moved to Manhattan with his family, a magical adventure begins. While adjusting to the big city and enjoying the days leading up to Christmas, Leo accidentally loses his dog Ramona in Central Park. Leo is devastated by his loss until a magical creature named Little Spirit appears.
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