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Epicurus.com - A Boy & His Dog
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List Price: $24.95
Our Price: $22.49
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Manufacturer: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Starring: Hal Baylor, Susanne Benton, Don Carter, Ron Feinberg, Michael Hershman
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0720229910897
Format: Color
Label: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Manufacturer: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-11-18
Running Time: 90
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Theatrical Release Date: 1975-11
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Editorial Reviews:
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A BOY AND HIS DOG is a wild, kinky and darkly hilarious cinematic adventure, a cult classic for almost 30 years and an inspiration for an era of sci-fi films, including the Mad Max movies. Based on the Nebula winning novella by Harlan Ellison and directed by L. Q. Jones, it stars Don Johnson, Jason Robards and Susanne Benton.
Set in the year 2024 in Post-Apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic (Johnson) and his telepathic dog Blood (voiced by Tim McIntyre) are happy scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War Four, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats. When they find a woman named Quilla Jones (Benton), she lures Vic into a bizarre underground city, where he is to be used against his will to impregnate dozens of young ladies!
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good sci fi movie: "Classic"? funny world after the fall movie.
Comment: I remember hearing about it, back in the day,
but this is the first time I actually have seen it.
It reminds me of the Mad Max movies in the 80's:
probably Don Johnson's first role.
The telepathic dog thing is pretty good.
It took mankind 10000 years to build any civilization,
and as Einstein once predicted,
it was pretty much all gone in five days.
We seem very much bent on a future much like this;
even the dates are close; 2008 WW IV....
Customer Rating:
Summary: As good as Dr. Strange Love and BladeRunner
Comment: The title for the review speaks volumes: in my opinion this as good as the above listed SciFi films. This is not the Don of Miami vice or the Alvy Moore of Green Acres or the Jason Robards of Once Upon a Time in the West. LQ Jones, Dodo McQueen, writes a suberb script. It's the vision of the future none of us wants, but some of us fear. This film is unique and a must have for any Cult Film aficionado.
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Summary: A title
Comment: Pretty much what you'd expect from a mid-70's sci-fi movie as far as production and effects go. Some of it is a bit silly, but the post-apocalyptic world is a bit darker and harsher than most "hopeful" films of the genre and period. Obviously they were trying to push the limits of acceptable, and occasionally taste. Still, one can't help but wonder if the whole movie was little more than a set-up for the somewhat morbid closing joke...
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Summary: A Cult Classic
Comment: "A Boy and His Dog" (1975) is science-fiction satire based on a well-known Harlan Ellison story. The movie takes us on the adventures of a young scavenger, Vic, (a VERY young Don Johnson) and his intelligent, telepathic dog, Blood, in post-apocalyptic Arizona. Blood and Vic need each other to survive, to find food for both and the girls for Vic. Blood is always hungry, and Vic always wants a woman. That's the common through-line of the entire movie, and it drives Vic to do things he might not normally do. Or might he? This low tech, well-paced film is dark and funny, making it deserving of its cult status.
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Summary: Great Movie - Horrible Release
Comment: "Horrible" is for the DVD release, not for the wonderfully quirky movie. They must have found the worst available VHS copy to dup to DVD. My old VHS has better picture and sound quality. If you're a fan of the movie, do yourself a favor and wait for a remastered DVD release.
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