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A Boy and His Dog

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A Boy and His Dog (1975)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:7

Rotten:22

Average Rating:2.7/10

Consensus: An offbeat, eccentric black comedy, A Boy and His Dog features strong dialogue and an oddball vision of the future.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Vic (Don Johnson), survivor of atomic holocaust, wanders hungrily across the bleak desert landscape in search of cans of food buried deep in radioactive ash. His telepathic dog, Blood (Tim... Vic (Don Johnson), survivor of atomic holocaust, wanders hungrily across the bleak desert landscape in search of cans of food buried deep in radioactive ash. His telepathic dog, Blood (Tim McIntire) depends on Vic for food, but Vic needs Blood to find him something much more scarce: female companionship. The bedraggled duo eventually discover an underground society of survivors, called "Down Under," where they have reproduced the look of pre-apocalypse Americana but with frighteningly totalitarian politics. A cult black comedy based on the novella by Harlan Ellison. [More]

Starring: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore

Starring: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore, Helen Winston, Charles McGraw, Tim McIntire

Director: L.Q. Jones

Director: L.Q. Jones

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02/28/05
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The highlight of this DVD is its feature commentary with director L.Q. Jones, critic Charles Champlin, and John Arthur Morrill, the film’s director of photography.

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12/23/03
Film Threat

If you already own this movie on video tape, I have only one thing to say for your old VHS copy: burn, baby, burn!

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Glenn Martin Erickson
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Mostly just a set up to a misogynistic reverse Black Widow joke. Mostly.

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