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 Nick Cassavetes captures the driving energy and sordid anomie of contemporary youth culture in his unflinchingly told cautionary tale, Alpha Dog. Based on the true story of Jesse James Hollywood, a midlevel drug dealer whose ambition and ruthlessness led him to become the youngest man ever to appear on the FBI's Most Wanted List, Alpha Dog offers a glimpse of the rawness and reality of teenage life on the edge.
The film stars Emile Hirsch as a teenage suburban drug dealer, Johnny Truelove, whose "gangsta" fueled lifestyle of sex, guns, and drugs is far over the top of customary adolescent restraints. When a competitor/client cheats him, he and his posse "kidnap" the client's younger brother, who is more than willing to spend days partying with little sense or anticipation of his fate. But as events spiral out of Johnny's control, the real consequences of his deadly games become inexorable.
Featuring a marvelous ensemble cast that includes Justin Timberlake (whose work is a revelation), Ben Foster (equally so), Bruce Willis, and Sharon Stone, this is dense, galvanizing filmmaking, seething with tension and culminating in a tragedy that would be shocking if we weren't so aware of the kind of world we live in, a place with kids who live without mores, parents who don't have a clue, and ongoing conflict between the lingering innocence of youth and moral disintegration and dissolution.
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Directed by
Nick Cassavetes
Starring
Emile Hirsch (Johnny Truelove)
Justin Timberlake (Frankie Ballenbacher)
Anton Yelchin (Zack Mazursky)
Shawn Hatosy (Elvis Schmidt)
Ben Foster (Jake Mazursky)
Sharon Stone (Olivia Mazursky)
Dominique Swain (Susan Hartunian)
Fernando Vargas (Tiko 'TKO' Martinez)
Paul Johansson (Pete Johansson)
Olivia Wilde (Angela Holden)
Lukas Haas (Buzz Fecske)
Bruce Willis (Sonny Truelove)
Heather Wahlquist (Wanda Haynes)
Amanda Seyfried (Julie Beckley)
Vincent Kartheiser (Pick Giamo)
Harry Dean Stanton (Cosmo Gadabeeti)
Matthew Barry (Interviewer)
Alex Solowitz (911 (aka Bobby Kaye))
Christopher Marquette (Keith Stratten)
David Thornton (Butch Mazursky)
Charity Shea (Sabrina Pope)
James Finnerty (Tim Foley)
Danny A. Abeckaser (Latino Youth #1)
James A. Molina (Latino Youth #2)
Bobby Cooper (Bob Nolder)
Xan Cassavetes (Jonna Kirshner)
Holt McCallany (Det. Tom Finnegan)
Courteney Cox-Arquette (D.A. Erica Price)
Veronica Ross (9-Year-Old Kirshner)
John Ross (5-Year-Old Kirshner)
Alex Kingston (Tiffany Hartunian)
Chuck Pacheco (Chucky Mota)
Chris Kinkade (Juergen Ballenbacher)
Alan Thicke (Douglas Holden)
Joshua Alba (Klemash)
Mario Ardila Jr. (Santa Fe Kid #2)
Neill Barry (Officer Howard)
Nina Barry (Rose)
Matt Borlenghi (John Kirschner)
Shelley Burkard (Bullrider)
Frank Cassavetes (Adrian Jones)
Sasha Cassavetes (Santa Fe Kid #3)
Kikey Castillo (Claudia Martinez)
Max Charles (Bar Patron)
Shera Danese (Abby)
Nancy De Mayo (Dale Dierker)
Jesse Erwin (Employee)
Greg Fitzpatrick (Detective)
Menina Fortunato (Bar Patron)
Tamara Garfield (Bar Patron)
Paulina Gretzky (Santa Fe Kid #1)
Ron E. Harris (Little League Umpire)
Amber Heard (Alma)
Janet Jones (Elaine Holden)
Vincent Laresca (Doug Davenport)
Lefty (Adolf)
Todd Lewis (Mr. Hartunian)
Christina Lindley (Teenage partier)
Sabrina Machado (Bar Girl)
Tzi Ma (Coroner)
Angela Meryl (Party Girl)
Mycole Metcalf (Sunshine Parsons)
Laura Nativo (Elvis's Girl)
Frank Peluso (Lumpy Yeager)
Lizzy Press (Saleslady)
Regina Rice (911's Girl)
Sadie (Dale Dierker's Dog)
Musetta Vander (Connie Jones)
Alec Vigil (P.J. Truelove)
Kristen Williams (News Reporter)
Will Wright (Chester)
Written by
Nick Cassavetes
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