Alpha Dog
Crime, Drama
Universal Studios  (2006) 117 mins R

6.9 (29,041 votes)
Based on true events, Alpha Dog follows Johnny Truelove (Emile Hersch) in his rise and fall as a drug dealer. Johnny and his posse (Justin Timberlake, Shawn Hatosy, Fernando Vargas) kidnap Zach, a young teen (Anton Yelchin) to settle a drug debt. Zach is quickly inducted into a lifestyle of parties and drugs, but Johnny becomes increasingly angry about the situation. Meanwhile, Zach's druggie brother Jake (Ben Foster) is in more and more trouble with his father and stepmother (David Thornton, Sharon Stone). Zach spins out of control in his new life with Johnny and the gang. Trouble can't be far behind. Alpha Dog is based on the story of Jesse James Hollywood, one of the youngest men ever to be listed on the FBI's Most Wanted....

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Cast and Crew
Bruce Willis  ......  Sonny Truelove
Emile Hirsch  ......  Johnny Truelove
Fernando Vargas  ......  Tiko Martinez
Vincent Kartheiser  ......  Pick Giamo
Justin Timberlake  ......  Frankie Ballenbacher
Shawn Hatosy  ......  Elvis Schmidt
Director  .....  Nick Cassavetes
Producer  .....  Andreas Grosch; Sidney Kimmel; Chuck Pacheco
Writer  .....  Nick Cassavetes
Notes
Goofs:
Anachronisms: During the scene in Mazursky's house you see a promo poster for the Xbox game "Men of Valor" on his fridge when in actual the game was not yet released. Men of Valor was released on October 19 2004 (more)

Trivia:
The tattoo encircling Jake Mazursky's (Ben Foster) neck is the original Hebrew verse from Psalms 109:14, "Let not the sin of his mother be blotted out". (more)

Filming Locations:
Acton, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Sonny Truelove: You wanna know what this is all about? You can say it's about drugs or guns or disaffected youth, or whatever you like. But this whole thing is about parenting. It's about taking care of your children. You take care of yours, I take care of mine.
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations (more)