Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 01/12/07 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for pervasive drug use and language, strong violence, sexuality and nudity Running Time 1 hour 57 minutes Genre Crime, Drama Director Nick Cassavetes Writer Nick Cassavetes Cast Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Ben Foster, Anton Yelchin, Dominique Swain, Charity Shea, Heather Wahlquist Studio Universal Pictures |
ALPHA DOG
SYNOPSIS
In the sprawling, privileged neighborhoods around
L.A., bored teenagers with too much time and too
much money string one hazy day into another,
looking for the next thrill--doing suburban imitations
of the thug life they idolize from rap music, video
games and movies. When you're living without any
consequences, anything can happen. And in the hot
California summer six years ago, something did.
Inspired by true events, Alpha Dog follows three
fateful days when the lives of a group of Southern
California teens suddenly dead-ended. The film
features a powerful ensemble cast including Ben
Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Emile Hirsch, Christopher
Marquette, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Anton
Yelchin and Bruce Willis and is written and directed
by Nick Cassavetes.
Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) controls the drugs
on the well-manicured streets of his neighborhood.
Where Johnny goes, the party, the girls, and his loyal
gang follow. When he's double-crossed over
missing deal money by raging hothead Jake (Ben
Foster), Johnny and his gang impulsively kidnap
Jake's little brother, Zack (Anton Yelchin), holding
him as a marker and heading to Palm Springs. With
no parents in sight, they grow used to having the kid
around, and Zack enjoys an illicit summer fantasy of
drinking, girls and new experiences.
In the sprawling, privileged neighborhoods around
L.A., bored teenagers with too much time and too
much money string one hazy day into another,
looking for the next thrill--doing suburban imitations
of the thug life they idolize from rap music, video
games and movies. When you're living without any
consequences, anything can happen. And in the hot
California summer six years ago, something did.
Inspired by true events, Alpha Dog follows three
fateful days when the lives of a group of Southern
California teens suddenly dead-ended. The film
features a powerful ensemble cast including Ben
Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Emile Hirsch, Christopher
Marquette, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Anton
Yelchin and Bruce Willis and is written and directed
by Nick Cassavetes.
Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) controls the drugs
on the well-manicured streets of his neighborhood.
Where Johnny goes, the party, the girls, and his loyal
gang follow. When he's double-crossed over
missing deal money by raging hothead Jake (Ben
Foster), Johnny and his gang impulsively kidnap
Jake's little brother, Zack (Anton Yelchin), holding
him as a marker and heading to Palm Springs. With
no parents in sight, they grow used to having the kid
around, and Zack enjoys an illicit summer fantasy of
drinking, girls and new experiences.
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Out in the desert, Johnny and his boys lose sight that the kid is a hostage who can't just be neatly
returned. As the days tick by, the options of how to get themselves out of their situation start to
disappear. Good times turn bad and bad turns worse as Johnny finds himself out of his league with no
idea how to fix it...leading all these players toward a shocking conclusion they never saw coming.
-- © Universal Pictures
returned. As the days tick by, the options of how to get themselves out of their situation start to
disappear. Good times turn bad and bad turns worse as Johnny finds himself out of his league with no
idea how to fix it...leading all these players toward a shocking conclusion they never saw coming.
-- © Universal Pictures