Directed by:
Nancy SavocaCinematography:
Bobby BukowskiComposer:
Mason DaringCast:
River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Anthony Clark, Mitchell Whitfield, Elizabeth Daily, Brendan Fraser, Jillian Armenante, Richard Panebianco, Ron Lynch (more)Plots(1)
An ineffably bittersweet portrait of youth in the 1960s, Nancy Savoca’s funny, sensitive tale of love and war etches two vividly alive characters: aspiring San Francisco folk singer Rose (Lili Taylor) and hotheaded, Vietnam-bound marine Eddie Birdlace (River Phoenix), who meet on the occasion of a cruelly misogynistic party where men compete to bring the most unattractive dates they can find. But what begins as a night to forget unexpectedly develops into something far more meaningful. Featuring music by folk legends Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Pete Seeger, Dogfight captures the miracle of human connection while gracefully subverting ideas surrounding machismo, patriotic duty, and the very meaning of America itself. (Criterion)
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River Phoenix
USA
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Running on Empty (1988)
Stand by Me (1986)
Lili Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
The Conjuring (2013)
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Anthony Clark
USA
Best movies:
The Rock (1996)
Dogfight (1991)
Paid in Full (2002)
Mitchell Whitfield
USA
Best movies:
Dogfight (1991)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Elizabeth Daily
USA
Best movies:
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Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Dogfight (1991)
Brendan Fraser
USA
Best movies:
Crash (2004)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
The Mummy (1999)
Jillian Armenante
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
North Country (2005)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Richard Panebianco
USA
Best movies:
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Dogfight (1991)
China Girl (1987)
Ron Lynch
USA
Best movies:
Dogfight (1991)
Waiting for the Light (1990)
Smashed (2012)
Matt Skerritt
USA
Best movies:
Dogfight (1991)
Sandra Ellis Lafferty
USA
Best movies:
Prisoners (2013)
Walk the Line (2005)
Front of the Class (2008) (TV movie)
Peg Phillips
USA
Best movies:
Dogfight (1991)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Waiting for the Light (1990)
John Lacy
USA
Best movies:
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Dogfight (1991)
Die Hard 4.0 (2007)
Kenneth Utt
USA
Best movies:
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Philadelphia (1993)
Dogfight (1991)