A young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Director:
L.Q. Jones
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Title: A Boy and His Dog (1975)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Don Johnson | ... | Vic | |
| Susanne Benton | ... | Quilla June Holmes | |
| Jason Robards | ... | Lou Craddock | |
| Tim McIntire | ... | Blood (voice) | |
| Alvy Moore | ... | Dr. Moore | |
| Helene Winston | ... | Mez Smith | |
| Charles McGraw | ... | Preacher | |
| Hal Baylor | ... | Michael | |
| Ron Feinberg | ... | Fellini | |
| Michael Rupert | ... | Gery (as Mike Rupert) | |
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Don Carter | ... | Ken |
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Michael Hershman | ... | Richard |
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, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved. The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. They use him for impregnation purposes, and then plan to be rid of him. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Like many artifacts of the 60s & 70s, y'hadda be there...at least in order to feel a protective fondness for what is without question a very flawed movie. The miracle of this film was that it was made AT ALL. (Due in no small part to the tenor of the times it sprang from. The shackles on pop culture and genre fiction were loosening, allowing for more serious themes and treatment; of course, two years later STAR WARS would tighten the shackles again.) I'm a little amazed at the many posters bitching about cheap sets, poor fx, etc. Does everyone watch a movie EXPECTING a 50-million-dollar budget and CGI up the wazoo? If so, we're in deeper trouble than I thought. I look at A BOY AND HIS DOG with great affection as a sincere attempt to do something different, provocative and heartfelt, and although it's informed by a naive leftist worldview I don't share, there's a great deal of audacious creativity at work here that transcends many of the budgetary limitations. You'd think oddities like this would be treasured as artifacts of a more open and experimental period in movie history, rather than derided for falling short of INDEPENDENCE DAY's store-bought bombast and opticals. Go figure...