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Genre
  
Drama, Romance

Screenplay
  
George Hickenlooper

Writer
  
George Hickenlooper

Language
  
English

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Director
  
George Hickenlooper

Music director
  
Steve Stevens

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Dogtown (film) movie poster

Release date
  
April 3, 1997 (1997-04-03) (LAIFF)

Cast
  
Rory Cochrane
(Curtis Lasky),
David Shackelford
(Jessie Jim),
Trevor St. John
(Phillip Van Horn),
Karen Black
(Rose Van Horn),
Natasha Gregson Wagner
(Sara Ruth),
Jon Favreau
(Ezra Good)

Similar movies
  
Related George Hickenlooper movies

Tagline
  
Two guys. One girl. Someone loses.

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Dogtown is a 1997 American drama film by George Hickenlooper about life in the small town of Cuba, Missouri starring Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Harold Russell, and Natasha Gregson Wagner.

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Dogtown


Plot

A failed actor returns to his small hometown, unaware that he has become a local celebrity. Taking advantage of his newfound fame, he attempts to impress an old unrequited crush who has fallen into hard times.

Cast

  • Trevor St. John as Phillip Van Horn, failed actor who returns to his hometown, had crush on Dorothy in high school
  • Mary Stuart Masterson - Dorothy Sternen, former beauty queen, now an alcoholic and depressed hairdresser in off/on relationship with Ezra
  • Jon Favreau as Ezra Good, racist bully from Phillip's past; off/on relationship with Dorothy
  • Karen Black as Rose Van Horn, Phillip's mother who sings in a local band
  • Harold Russell as Blessed William, a war veteran who runs the cigar store This was Russell's final role before his death.
  • Natasha Gregson Wagner as Sara Ruth Van Horn, Phillip's sister and Rose's daughter who is mentally handicapped.
  • Rory Cochrane as Curtis Lasky, bully from Phillip's past; close friends with Ezra

    • Production

    The film was shot entirely in Torrance, California. Hickenlooper intentionally tried to make Ezra Good, Jon Favreau's character, compelling and worthy of the audience's interest despite his repellant racism. Shooting took 24 days. Russell's part was written for him, though he had to be persuaded to take the role.

    Release

    Dogtown premiered at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in April 1997.

    Reception

    Todd McCarthy of Variety called it an "occasionally amusing" melodrama that pales in comparison to Last Picture Show.

    Awards

  • 1998 Hermosa Beach Film Festival: Best Director (George Hickenlooper); Best Screenplay (George Hickenlooper); Best Actress (Karen Black)
  • 1998 Newport Beach Film Festival: Best Director (George Hickenlooper)

    • References

    Dogtown (film) Wikipedia
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