Dogs in Space

Name: Dogs in Space
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-12-28T05:09:01-08:00
Rating: 63

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82%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 1,184

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Movie Info

A dramatic story about a houseful of youth with no apparent purpose in life, this film features pounding rock music and attitude problems galore. The main setting is a rundown dwelling in an impoverished district near Melbourne, Australia, where conversations ebb, flow, and overlap much like the lives of the people who live there. Strangers also wander in and out of the premises as life continues, for some, more through an indestructible momentum than any internal driving force. Some of the young people go to school, others do nothing but party, and some take drugs. The police tolerate the residents of the house, even when they burn their television set. Sam (Michael Hutchence) and Anna (Saskia Post) are one of the couples that form among the residents, a mismatched pair whose actions lead to tragedy for Anna and an indictment against hard drugs. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Rating:

R
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Richard Lowenstein
Written By:

Richard Lowenstein
In Theaters:

Jan 1, 1987 limited
Runtime:

109 minutes
Studio:

Skouras Pictures

Cast

Michael Hutchence
as Sam

Saskia Post
as Anna

Nique Needles
as Tim

Brian Eno

Deanna Bond
as The Girl

Chris Haywood
as Chainsaw man

Tony Helou
as Luchio

Joe Camilleri
as Terry Toweling Man

Gary Foley
as Barry

Sharon Jeffop
as Leanne

Barbara Jungwirth
as Sam's Mother

Helen Phillips
as Stacey

Adam Briscomb
as Grant

Edward Clayton-Jones
as Nick

Martii Coles
as Mark

Stephanie Johnson
as Erica

Fiona Latham
as Barbara

Caroline Lee Johnson
as Jenny

Chuck Meo
as Charles

John Murphy
as Leanne's brother

Glenys Osborne
as Lisa

Laura Swanson
as Clare

Peter Walsh
as Anthony

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Critic Reviews for Dogs in Space

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (3)

A funny, elegiac, uplifting, and deliciously different movie.

Jan 26, 2006 | Full Review…

Time Out
Top Critic
The background is energetic; too bad the foreground is just as chaotic.

May 20, 2003

Caryn James
New York Times
Top Critic
Richard Lowenstein seems as bored with the proceedings as most spectators are likely to be.

Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
Top Critic
Energetic, youthful, frequently hilarious and ultimately so sad, Dogs in Space is an Australian counter-culture classic.

Nov 17, 2011 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Thomas Caldwell
Cinema Autopsy
Few films connect with the punk experience like Dogs In Space, a slice of life in Seventies Melbourne that brings together all the major concerns of its era.

Sep 12, 2011 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film
An inspired, unremittingly entertaining musical....a bit of timeless pop for your player

Jun 11, 2005 | Full Review…

Caffeinated Clint
Film Threat
This loose, even shallow, structure is a deliberate strategy.

Aug 1, 2001 | Full Review…

Tim Groves
Senses of Cinema

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Audience Reviews for Dogs in Space

Feb 04, 2014

Somehow managed to never see this before, thought it was time I checked it out. Story (and I use that word lightly) is about a group of young people living in a share house (maybe I mean squat, since no one actually pays rent). It just flows along until a tragedy at the end. No huge story to it. I wouldn't say it is fantastic, but I can see why those who grew up with it would love it. Never really liked Michael hutchence or inxs, so that wasn't a factor for me.

Nicki M Super Reviewer
Jan 21, 2007

I love this movie for the pure fact that I am a true blue Michael Hutchence fan!!

.:SexiVixxEN : Super Reviewer