Alpha Dog (2006)

February 26th, 2012 12:52 pm

Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers: Nick Cassavetes
Nationality: US
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
Release year: 2006
Running time: 122 min
Box Office: $7,411,750 (USA)
Other Stars: Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin
Character: Amber is Alma
Release Date: USA – 27 January 2006 (Sundance Film Festival)
Rated: R

Synopsis

1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny’s house. On impulse, Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jake’s 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach’s okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach’s minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger ?

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Official Trailer

Trivia

– 2006 Sundance closing film.

– When Wanda Haynes screams “Heil” in Jake Mazursky’s apartment, the entire part was improvised. The cast went along with it, and director Nick Cassavetes kept it in the film.

– The film begins with actual home video of some of the cast members when they were children. Anton Yelchin is the last child shown.

– The word “fuck” and its derivatives is said 411 times.

Filming locations

– California, USA

– Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

– Los Angeles, California, USA