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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   4,224 votes
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Director:
L.Q. Jones
Writers:
Harlan Ellison (story)
L.Q. Jones (writer)
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Release Date:
November 1975 (USA) more
Tagline:
A rather kinky tale of survival more
Plot:
A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Strange and enjoyable. more (88 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Don Johnson ... Vic
Susanne Benton ... Quilla June Holmes

Jason Robards ... Lou Craddock
Tim McIntire ... Blood (voice)
Alvy Moore ... Doctor Moore
Helene Winston ... Mez Smith
Charles McGraw ... Preacher
Hal Baylor ... Michael
Ron Feinberg ... Fellini
Michael Rupert ... Gery (as Mike Rupert)
Don Carter ... Ken
Michael Hershman ... Richard
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L.Q. Jones ... Actor in Porno Film
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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
LQ/JAF more

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Trivia:
The screenplay was started by Harlan Ellison, who wrote the novella on which it is based. Ellison encountered writer's block, and so producer Alvy Moore and L.Q. Jones took over and wrote the script. Ellison praised the film after its premiere, to the relief of Moore, but there are rumors that Ellison later condemned the film. more
Quotes:
Vic/Albert (to sentry): If my gun picks up one rust spot you're gonna wake up with a crowd around 'ya. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Cosby Show: A Girl and Her Dog (#3.10)" (1986) more

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24 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
Strange and enjoyable., 4 January 2004
7/10
Author: dusikyon from USA

The setting of this film is not only a material wasteland, but a moral one as well. Our protaganists are a wandering teenage misogynist and his super-intelligent telepathic dog. The latter helps the former to locate potential rape victims. Their pursuit of one particular sexual quarry leads the young man on a journey into a subterranean perversion of smalltown America. The dog is the most sympathetic character in the movie, and is brilliantly voiced by Tim McIntire.

If you are able to wrap your head around the bizarre moral construct, this film is a nihilistic hoot.

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