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George Hickenlooper (writer)
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Two guys. One girl. Someone loses.
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Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that...
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The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
(From The Hollywood Interview. 8 December 2009, 10:25 PM, PST)
Kevin Spacey to Play George Hickenlooper's Casino Jack
(From FirstShowing.net. 13 May 2009, 11:34 PM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 8 December 2009, 10:25 PM, PST)
Kevin Spacey to Play George Hickenlooper's Casino Jack
(From FirstShowing.net. 13 May 2009, 11:34 PM, PDT)
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It's a dog's life in Dogtown
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rory Cochrane | ... | Curtis Lasky | |
| David Shackelford | ... | Jessie Jim | |
| Trevor St. John | ... | Philip Van Horn | |
| Price Carson | ... | Cab Driver | |
| Karen Black | ... | Rose Van Horn | |
| Bradford L. Schlei | ... | Terry (as Brad Lindsley) | |
| Natasha Gregson Wagner | ... | Sara Ruth | |
| Ryan James | ... | Young Phillip | |
| Jennifer Ingersoll | ... | Young Dorothy (as Jennifer A. Ingersoll) | |
| John Livingston | ... | Ted Essig | |
| Harold Russell | ... | Blessed William | |
| Gary Walkow | ... | Balding Man | |
| Theodore Clarfield | ... | Young Ezra | |
| Blayn Barbosa | ... | Young Curtis | |
| Jon Favreau | ... | Ezra Good |
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Howling at the Moon (USA) (working title)
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99 min | USA:92 min (video version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Portugal:M/16 (video premiere)
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Harold Russell's final film appearance.
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Referenced in "Fastlane: Wet (#1.7)" (2002)
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"Dogtown" peers deep into the lives of a handful of middle America working class men and women, all classmates K thru' 12 in a small town, who at age thirty are old enough to know they'll never realize the dreams they dared to dream, now frozen in time, trapped, needy, clinging, and beaten down. Hickenlooper spreads this harsh slice-of-life indie drama out over a character range from the low life to the clean cut, sufficiently blurring good and bad, balancing sensationalism against realism while painting a portrait of pain on a canvass of finely nuanced visages. An excellent watch for indie lovers.