Alpha Dog
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| Alpha Dog | |
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 Promotional poster for Alpha Dog |
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| Directed by | Nick Cassavetes |
| Written by | Nick Cassavetes |
| Starring | Emile Hirsch Justin Timberlake Bruce Willis Sharon Stone Ben Foster |
| Cinematography | Robert Fraisse |
| Editing by | Alan Heim |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Language | English |
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Alpha Dog is an American film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, released on January 12, 2007. Based on the true story of Jesse James Hollywood,[1] the story follows a young drug dealer, Johnny Truelove, and his involvement with the kidnapping of 15 year old Zack Mazursky.
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[edit] Legal hassles
During filming, Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney Ronald J. Zonen provided copies of virtually every document in his file and served as an unpaid consultant to the film, citing his desire to have Hollywood captured. Zonen prosecuted Hollywood’s co-defendants and was poised to prosecute Hollywood. This alleged conflict of interest led to the decision by the California Court of Appeal for the Second District, who ruled on October 5, 2006 that based on Zonen's disclosure of the files — which included confidential information and service as consultant to the film — he should be recused from further involvement in prosecuting Hollywood.[2]
On December 20, 2006, the California Supreme Court granted review on Hollywood and a factually-unrelated case, Haraguchi v. Superior Court, involving the recusal of another prosecutor from Zonen's office, thus effectively staying the order to recuse Zonen.[3] It is unclear how long it will take for the California Supreme Court to decide whether Zonen or his colleague will remain on their respective cases.
NBC's Dateline and Fox Network's America's Most Wanted have been covering the Jesse James Hollywood story
[edit] Reception & box office
Alpha Dog grossed $7.4 million dollars and was in 7th place in the box office on its opening weekend.[4] The film closed on February 22, 2007 after grossing $15.2 million domestically, and $20.3 million worldwide during its six week release. [5]
The film has a score of 53% on rottentomatoes.com.[6]
[edit] Other information
The DVD release is slated for May 1st. There will be a DVD/HD DVD combo package where both forms are included in one box.
Several of the actors' real-life home videos appear during the opening credits, including those of Anton Yelchin, Alex Solowitz and Ben Foster; the clips include Foster's actual Bar Mitzvah.
The Chinese characters prominently displayed among the faux-tattoos on Justin Timberlake's left arm actually mean "ice skating."
[edit] Cast
| Role | Actor | Real-life Counterpart |
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| Johnny Truelove | Emile Hirsch | Jesse James Hollywood |
| Frankie Ballenbacher | Justin Timberlake | Jesse Rugge |
| Elvis Schmidt | Shawn Hatosy | Ryan James Hoyt |
| Jake Mazursky | Ben Foster | Benjamin Markowitz |
| Zach Mazursky | Anton Yelchin | Nicholas Markowitz |
| Olivia Mazursky | Sharon Stone | Susan Markowitz |
| Keith Stratten | Chris Marquette | Graham Pressley |
| Susan Hartunian | Dominique Swain | |
| Bobby "911" | Alex Solowitz | |
| Tiko 'TKO' Martinez | Fernando Vargas | William Skidmore |
| Angela Holden | Olivia Wilde | |
| Buzz Fecske | Lukas Haas | |
| Sonny Truelove | Bruce Willis | Jack Hollywood |
| Wanda Haynes | Heather Wahlquist | |
| Julie Beckley | Amanda Seyfried | |
| Pick Giamo | Vincent Kartheiser | |
| Cosmo Gadabeeti | Harry Dean Stanton | Richard Dispenza |
| Santa Fe Kid #1 | Paulina Gretzky | |
| Elaine Holden | Janet Jones |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/jesse_james_hollywoo/14.html
- ^ http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B188550.PDF
- ^ http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/actions/SL122006.PDF
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alpha_dog/numbers.php
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alphadog.htm
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alpha_dog/
[edit] External links
- Alpha Dog at the Internet Movie Database
- Alpha Dog trailers and photo gallery
- Alpha Dog box office numbers
- Alpha Dog profile & review's
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