Beethoven's Big Break

Beethoven's Big Break (formerly known as Beethoven: The Reel Story and sometimes referred to as Beethoven's 6th) is a 2008 American family film and is the sixth installment in the Beethoven series. It was released on DVD on December 30, 2008. The film could be considered a reboot of the series, as it completely disregards all storylines from the previous five films, though some scenes in this film include references to the original storyline. Plot Eddie, a struggling animal trainer and widowed father, is an assistant animal trainer to Sal DeMarco, an untalented, egocentric animal show host. Both men have been hired to train the animals for a film called Frizzy, The Bichon Frise: Sal as the dog handler, and Eddie is given only the responsibility of training the lizard. When Frizzy is kidnapped, Sal blames Eddie for being responsible for the dog handling. Eddie is promptly fired by the severe producer Patricia. The director Stanley and Patricia refuse to pay the ransom and they decide to instead hold auditions for the new Frizzy. Meanwhile, Eddie's son, Billy, is walking around town when he discovers a large, stray dog is following him. Billy then brings the dog home and names him Beethoven when the dog shows interest in Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th symphony, after initially trying to call him Wolfgang. Eddie comes home to discover that, not only is his job gone, but now his house is wrecked by an oversized dog adopted by his son. It transpires that the one responsible for Frizzy's disappearance is Sal, accompanied by his two other cronies Tick and Bones. He admonishes them for not waiting until Frizzy had already shot some of the film, in order to make her valuable.