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    Alpha Dog Director: Nick Cassavetes Cast: Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone

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    • DVD Release Date: 05/01/2007
    • Original Release: 2006
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 31,437

    Viewer Rating: (5 ratings)

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    A Cautionary Tale: The Making of Alpha Dog; Witness timeline - Get detailed information on each witness as the shocking events unfold

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    Scene Index

    Disc #1 -- Alpha Dog
    1. Parenting (Main Titles) [4:33]
    2. Business As Usual [3:21]
    3. Knocking 'Em Dead [6:05]
    4. It's On [6:58]
    5. Got to Get Out [4:58]
    6. Pay Up [3:52]
    7. Playing Games [5:58]
    8. Day One [2:00]
    9. Looking for Truelove [:08]
    10. Day Two [:42]
    11. Finding a Solution [:33]
    12. Day Three [1:27]
    13. Marco... Polo... [1:03]
    14. Going Home [1:41]
    15. Looking at Life [5:02]
    16. No Choice [:28]
    17. Their Own Rules [1:29]
    18. Closing In [2:29]
    19. On the Run [:42]
    20. End Titles [4:42]

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    Editorial Reviews

    A drug dealer moves on to bigger crimes in an effort to settle a score with disastrous results in this drama inspired by actual events. Though barely out of his teens, Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) has already built a lucrative career for himself selling drugs -- he has his own home, a luxury car, and posse of friends who do double duty as his crew, including Elvis (Shawn Hatosy), Frankie (Justin Timberlake), and Tiko (Fernando Vargas). While life at Johnny's house is usually a constant party interrupted by occasional dope deals, Johnny has lost all of his patience with Jake Mazursky (Ben Foster), a regular customer who has run up a large tab that he can't pay. Determined to clear Jake's account, Johnny and his boys plan to kidnap Jake and hold him for ransom, but when they happen upon his 15-year-old stepbrother, Zack (Anton Yelchin), they impulsively decide to take the youngster instead. Jake's father, Butch (David Thornton), and his stepmother, Olivia (Sharon Stone), are already furious with their junkie son when they learn about Zack's disappearance, and aren't sure what they should do. Meanwhile at Johnny's place, Frankie takes a liking to young Zack, who already admires his brother's high-flying lifestyle, and introduces the kid to the joys of grown-up partying, which he takes to with dangerous zeal. Also featuring Bruce Willis as Johnny's father, Alpha Dog was based on the real-life story of Jesse James Hollywood, who at the age of 21 became one of the youngest people to ever appear on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    Despite the Horrifying Material, the Film is Well Madeby Anonymous

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    May 05, 2007: ALPHA DOG is a tough movie to watch and to review. The story, in part because it is true, is repugnant, and the slice of life in 1999 in the San Gabriel Valley, California is disturbing to the point of nausea. But this heinous kidnap/murder of a 15-year-old kid by his peers is captured in an intense manner by writer/director Nick Cassavetes in the way he has cast, directed, and propelled this story of the infamous Jesse James Hollywood to the screen. It is tough to watch but it needed to be put in front of us to make us examine current parenting/adolescent dysfunction and the possible results. The story is so well known that summarizing it is most likely unnecessary. Cassavetes uses the superimposed documentary technique to validate the times and the characters involved in this crime ridden case. The true problem begins with severely dysfunctional parenting and extends into the drug and alcohol abusing, moneyed by crime, irreverent amoral teenagers driven by greed and lack of self discipline that results in the wasted death of a kid who happened to be the brother of one of the troubled, drug addled teenies: a 15-year-old was kidnapped and murdered for a bad drug debt of $1200.! The cast is strong and includes Emil Hirsch as Johnny (the Alpha Dog), Justin Timberlake, Shawn Hatosy, Fernando Vargas, and Vincent Kartheiser as Johnny's 'gang' Ben Foster as the addicted debtor whose brother Anton Yelchin is killed and Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, David Thornton, and Harry Dean Stanton as some of the severely dysfunctional parents. They make a fine ensemble cast, especially the despicable characters they are asked to portray. The language is wholly gutter oriented and becomes tiresome - just like listening to it on our streets. Cassavetes ends his film with a survey of the consequences faced by each of the characters and that helps bring closure to an otherwise difficult bit of history to swallow. If only there were some hopeful solutions for changing this type of behavior given, but then that might have blunted in impact of the film. Grady Harp

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    It wasn't too bad!by Anonymous

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    May 05, 2007: Alpha dog was a really good movie. At first I thought it was just another boring flick,but I was wrong. I also doubted Justin Timberlake as well, however his role wasn't bad. He played it better than I thought. Can't always jugde a book by it's cover!

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen edition.