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Alpha Dog (2006) -- A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.
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Alpha Dog (2006) -- A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.
Alpha Dog (2006) -- A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.

Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   34,625 votes
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Director:
Nick Cassavetes
Writer (WGA):
Nick Cassavetes (written by)
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Release Date:
12 January 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
Inspired by true events. more
Plot:
A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Cassavetes should have stayed on task. more (241 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Willis ... Sonny Truelove

Matthew Barry ... Interviewer (as Matt Barry)

Emile Hirsch ... Johnny Truelove
Fernando Vargas ... Tiko 'TKO' Martinez

Vincent Kartheiser ... Pick Giaimo

Justin Timberlake ... Frankie Ballenbacher

Shawn Hatosy ... Elvis Schmidt
Alex Solowitz ... Bobby '911'
Alec Vigil ... P.J. Truelove

Harry Dean Stanton ... Cosmo Gadabeeti
Frank Cassavetes ... Adrian Jones
Nicole Dubos ... Neighborhood Girl on Couch

Regina Rice ... Dance Bitch Girl

Laura Nativo ... Party Girl

Ben Foster ... Jake Mazursky
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Jesse James Hollywood (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive drug use and language, strong violence, sexuality and nudity.
Runtime:
USA:122 min | USA:117 min (Sundance Film Festival) | Germany:118 min | Argentina:122 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | USA:R (certificate #42022) | Ireland:18 | Italy:T | Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:R21 (cut) | France:-12 | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | South Korea:18 | Peru:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Brazil:16 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Chile:18 | Iceland:16
Filming Locations:
Acton, California, USA more

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Trivia:
The tattoo encircling Jake Mazursky's (Ben Foster) neck is the original Hebrew verse from Psalms 109:14, "Let not the sin of his mother be blotted out". more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Jake Mazursky gets into the fight at the party while looking for Truelove, he is hit with a glass bottle and his head begins to bleed. At the end of the fight there is no blood or sign that he was hit by the bottle. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Sonny Truelove: You wanna know what this is all about? You can say it's about drugs or guns or disaffected youth, or whatever you like. But this whole thing is about parenting. It's about taking care of your children. You take care of yours, I take care of mine.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in MTV Video Music Awards 2007 (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Sacrifice more

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49 out of 84 people found the following comment useful.
Cassavetes should have stayed on task., 14 January 2007
6/10
Author: kc1177 from United States

Maybe I just had to wait too long for this one to finally come out. I have never been a Justin Timberlake fan, but he was one of the best things about this movie. You cannot dislike him in this. He does a good job of showing us the moral dilemma he is twisting in. I always love Emile Hirsch but found this character a little one dimensional. Gone were the moments where you can see everything he thinks and feels on his face as when he portrays Z-boy Jay Adams or as Tim Travis in "Imaginary Heroes." He is supposed to be the heartless bad guy in this and since he is portraying a real person perhaps the flatness of this character is due to an accurate depiction of real life Jesse James Hollywood. What this character lacks in emotion, others, such as "Susan" and "Keith," give us a bit more to watch. Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone are believable most of the time, but some moments feel incongruent (Stones final scene for example was over the top and in such a bad way). Likewise Ben Foster's Jake Mazursky is all over the place as a strung out-stressed out loser that starts the whole mess. He has moments of brilliance but otherwise he's just too much. The movie is way too long and tries to focus on every player in this truly tragic story. I would have liked more of Anton Yelchin's Zach and more of the emotional battles of the key characters and far less of the get high and blast out violent rap while insulting our sex partners in front of the whole gang. The story itself is captivating, but the movie tries too hard to do too much and gets in its own way. Yet I don't feel cheated out of the ticket price.

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