Alpha Dog

Year:

2007

Duration:

USA:122 min | USA:117 min (Sundance Film Festival) | Germany:118 min | Argentina:122 min

Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Nick Cassavetes

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2007-01-12

Filming Locations: California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $7,411,750 (USA) (14 January 2007)

Gross: $15,229,325 (USA) (18 February 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Xan Cassavetes

Janet Jones

Olivia Wilde

Alpha Dog

Amber Heard

Alpha Dog

Bruce Willis

Sonny Truelove

Matthew Barry

Interviewer (as Matt Barry)

Emile Hirsch

Johnny Truelove

Fernando Vargas

Tiko 'TKO' Martinez

Vincent Kartheiser

Pick Giaimo

Justin Timberlake

Frankie Ballenbacher

Shawn Hatosy

Elvis Schmidt

Alex Solowitz

Bobby '911'

Alec Vigil

P.J. Truelove

Harry Dean Stanton

Cosmo Gadabeeti

Frank Cassavetes

Adrian Jones

Nicole Dubos

Neighborhood Girl on Couch

Regina Rice

Dance Bitch Girl

Laura Nativo

Party Girl

Ben Foster

Jake Mazursky

David Thornton

Butch Mazursky

Anton Yelchin

Zack Mazursky

Sharon Stone

Olivia Mazursky

Heather Wahlquist

Wanda Haynes

Jesse Erwin

Employee

Paul Johansson

Peter Johansson

Danny A. Abeckaser

Latino Youth #1 (as Danny Abeckaser)

James Molina

Latino Youth #2 (as James A. Molina)

Nancy De Mayo

Dale Dierker (as Nancy DeMayo)

Chuck Pacheco

Chucky Mota

Frank Peluso

Gay 'Lumpy' Yeager

Shera Danese

Abby

Greg Williams

De Rosa

Joshua Alba

Klemash

Shirley Kurata

Lu

Patrick Nguyen

V.C.

Chris Kinkade

Juergen Ballenbacher

Dominique Swain

Susan Hartunian

Chris Marquette

Keith Stratten

Alex Kingston

Tiffany Hartunian

Amanda Seyfried

Julie Beckley

Charity Shea

Sabrina Pope

Bobby Cooper

Bob Nolder

Stephanie A. Fowler

Delores Stratten (as Stephanie Fowler)

Natasha Elliott

Bathroom Party Girl

Alan Thicke

Douglas Holden

Rick Salomon

Salesman

Lukas Haas

Buzz Fecske

Adrianna Belan

Leigh Fecske

Holt McCallany

Detective Tom Finnegan

Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst

Bartender (as Heather-Elizabeth Parkhurst)

Mario Ardila Jr.

Santa Fe Kid (uncredited)

Matthew Borlenghi

John Kirschner (uncredited)

Curt Clendenin

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Angela Meryl

Party Girl (uncredited)

Berna Roberts

Bar Girl (uncredited)

Emilio Roso

Undercover Cop (uncredited)

Sadie

Dale Dierker's Dog (uncredited)

Kristen Williams

Reporter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

During filming, Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney Ronald J. Zonen provided copies of virtually every document in his file on the real life case and served as an unpaid consultant to the film.

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Ben Foster risked his sight for the movie by adding glaucoma drops to his eyes for much of the shoot to dilate his pupils, making him appear to be high. He'd hide in the bushes at night and cover his eyes between takes to keep the lights from shining into them. He would also talk to Nick Cassavetes with his eyes closed.

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Almost at the end of the film you can hear 'Say Goodbye Hollywood' by Eminem, which is a actual reference to the real life Johnny Truelove (Jesse James Hollywood)

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Goofs

The film is set in 1999, but several background vehicles are newer than that, including a 2001 Volvo V70, 2005 Chrysler Town and Country, 2001 GMC Yukon Denali, and 2003 Toyota Sequoia.

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At the party, when Julie and Zack go in the refrigerator, Julie grabs 2 beers and tilts them completely upside-down, but nothing comes out.

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The Grn Apple Tree baseball tee worn by Frankie late in the film was sold in the mid 2000's.

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Quotes

Angela Holden: [Sitting bored in bed] You wanna fuck?

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Frankie Ballenbacher: [to Johnny] Let's just grease the kid. That it's taken care of and we're not running around here like a bunch of fuckin' Chinamen!

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Jake Mazursky: I WILL TAKE YOU DOWN TO HELL WITH ME!

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Faq

Q

In the end, when the audience is told what happend to the people involved and who went to prison for what, how much of this is accurate and how many things are made up?

A

Most of it is accurate. Go to the source link to find out.Source: http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/jesse_james_hollywoo/8.html

Q

Is this based on a book?

A

No. The film is a fictionalization of the real life case of Jesse James Hollywood who was convicted of orchestrating the kidnapping of the brother of a former friend who owed money to Jesse and subsequent murder of said kidnapped brother.

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