Dogs in Space

Name: Dogs in Space
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-12-18
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Michael Hutchence, Saskia Post, Nique Needles

1986
R
1h 43m

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6.4/10

1.3K

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Drama

Two man are the key members of a band called 'Dogs in Space' and share a house in a Melbourne suburb with a variety of young music fans and social misfits, including a college student and a ... Read allTwo man are the key members of a band called 'Dogs in Space' and share a house in a Melbourne suburb with a variety of young music fans and social misfits, including a college student and a transient and apparently nameless teenage girl.Two man are the key members of a band called 'Dogs in Space' and share a house in a Melbourne suburb with a variety of young music fans and social misfits, including a college student and a transient and apparently nameless teenage girl.

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Michael Hutchence and Saskia Post in Dogs in Space (1986)

Tony Helou and Nique Needles in Dogs in Space (1986)

Deanna Bond, Saskia Post, and Laura Swanson in Dogs in Space (1986)

Deanna Bond and Michael Hutchence in Dogs in Space (1986)

Michael Hutchence in Dogs in Space (1986)

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Trivia
This film is based on real life and several of the people the characters are based upon appear in the movie as extras. At the car flip-over party, the runaway girl sits on the lap of the real Sam, Michael Hutchence's character. The real Tim, filmmaker Richard Lowenstein, is seen in a blue and white striped shirt and wearing a head scarf at the same party. The real little guy in the trench coat appears outside the restroom where the movie little guy in a trench coat is shooting up. Chuck plays himself; that is the real Chuck Meo on screen. The real Sam can also be seen at the club, watching the woman doing the Nick Cave cover.

Goofs
In Luchio's bedroom there is a sticker for the FM radio station Triple M. At time the film was set, MMM did not exist (it began as EON-FM at that time) and there were in fact no commercial FM radio stations broadcasting in Melbourne. The radio station the cast do listen to, 3XY, was an AM station that changed to FM and became Triple M; this may have been a bit of product placement.

Quotes
Tim: Better watch out, Sammy. You'll get healthy eating all that crap.

Connections
Featured in Idiot Box (1996)

Soundtracks
Shivers
Written by Rowland S. Howard (as Roland S. Howard)
Performed by The Boys Next Door (aka The Birthday Party)

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8/10

very cool

An interesting look at a house of drughead punks/homeless types in late 1970s/early 80s Australia (someone said Melbourne eh? That'd figure...certainly wasn't Brisbane! :-) ) Kinda like the Sid and Nancy of Oz, including the bittersweet ending. Although it's been years since I saw this film, and it's not available anywhere in the States (although I did see a copy in a Sydney video rental place...anyone wanna sell me one?) I distinctly recall Michael Hutchence's gloomy smackhead character experiencing THE most realistic acid trip at a party I've ever seen on film (and trust me, that's sayin something). Pretty plot less, yes, but worth it just for that scene.

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