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Alpha Dog is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, and released on January 12, 2007. The film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz, and the alleged involvement of Jesse James Hollywood, a young drug dealer in 2000 in California.[1] Alpha male redirects here. ...
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Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor, writer and director. ...
Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor, writer and director. ...
Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American television and film actor. ...
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981[1]), sometimes known as JT, is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. ...
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Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor, writer and director. ...
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Jesse James Hollywood aka Spanner (born January 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) was a drug dealer and fugitive. ...
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Plot
Set in the year 1999, Alpha Dog tells the story of Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) a well known drug dealer in his hometown of Claremont, California. He is 19 years old and he owns a three-bedroom house, an expensive car, and has very loyal friends. Elvis Schmidt (Shawn Hatosy), who does household chores for Johnny to pay his debt to him, is ridiculed for being subservient. Johnny's father, Sonny Truelove (Bruce Willis), supplies his son with marijuana. Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American television and film actor. ...
Claremont is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, USA, about 30 miles (45 km) east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in the Pomona Valley. ...
Shawn Wayne Hatosy (December 29, 1975) is an American actor. ...
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany) is an American actor and singer. ...
Cannabis, also known as marijuana[1] or ganja (Hindi: गांजा),[2] is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa. ...
At one of his many parties, Johnny meets with Jake Mazursky (Ben Foster), one of Johnny's friends and part-time distributors. When Jake fails to collect a drug debt for Johnny, they fight over the money and in retaliation he breaks into Johnny's house. Johnny wakes up, gets his gun, and observes them, but does not confront them. For other persons of the same name, see Ben Foster. ...
Late in the evening Jake's younger, 15-year-old half-brother Zach (Anton Yelchin) visits Jake, who is with his girlfriend. Zach tells them how frustratingly his mother treats him like a small child. Zach's mother, upset, phones and tells Jake he has to bring Zach home, which he does. Zach, after being caught with a bong and subsequently scolded by his parents, runs away from home. Anton Yelchin (born March 11, 1989) is an American film and television actor. ...
Johnny and his friends Frank "Frankie" Ballenbacher (Justin Timberlake) and Tiko "TKO" Martinez (Fernando Vargas) want to take revenge on Jake, but he is not home. They see Zach and kidnap him, hoping to use him as leverage to make Jake pay his debt. Zach is restrained at first, but soon this is undone, because it is unnecessary: Zach starts enjoying the situation. He is then taken to Frankie's house in Palm Springs, California and begins to feel he is amongst friends and enjoys the break from home life with his over-protective mother. He is given alcohol and drugs and loses his virginity. He is confident that Jake will soon pay his debt, and that he will then be released. Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981[1]), sometimes known as JT, is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. ...
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Palm Springs is a famed Riverside County, California desert resort city, approximately 110 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles and 140 miles (225 km) northeast of San Diego. ...
Johnny, worried about the legal problems kidnapping poses, calls his father's lawyer. Johnny is told that they can get life sentences for the kidnapping. Johnny asks Frankie to kill Zach. Frankie rejects the offer, after which Johnny claims that it was just a joke. However, Frankie suspects that it was serious and talks about it to one of the girls while they are hanging out at his dad's house. The girl tries to warn her mother but her mother is on Ecstacy at the time and doesn't listen.
Johnny offers Elvis a way to pay back his debt: kill Zach. Elvis agrees. Reluctantly, Frankie supplies shovels and duct tape, but refuses to help Elvis dig a grave. Elvis takes Frankie's friend Keith Stratten (Chris Marquette) along, pretending to give him a ride home. Reluctantly, Keith cooperates. While this is happening, Frankie offers Zach an opportunity to escape, but without explaining his concern. Zach does not feel in danger, and stays. Christopher Marquette (b. ...
Sonny Truelove and family friend Cosmo (Harry Dean Stanton) show up at Johnny's girlfriend's house in an attempt to stop the situation escalating. They urge Johnny to release Zach and that they will work to get him a short sentence; a prospect Johnny finds unbearable. Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926 in West Irvine, Kentucky, USA) is an American actor. ...
Later that night, Elvis, Frankie and Keith take Zach in a car, pretending that they are taking him home but instead drive him to the shallow grave. Upon arriving at the site, two hikers walk past the group and Keith hugs Zach and goes to wait in the car. When they reach the gravesite Zach becomes more concerned but Frankie promises him that everything will be okay. As his mouth is wrapped with tape Zach gets more and more worried but Frankie gives him constant assurances that he will be fine. Suddenly, Elvis hits the back of Zach's head with a shovel, then proceeds to kill him with automatic fire from a Tec 9. The Intratec TEC-DC9 is a blow-back operated, semi-automatic 9mm Parabellum caliber firearm, classified by BATF as a handgun. ...
The epilogue shows the after-effects of the crime. Zach's mother Olivia (Sharon Stone) is interviewed; she talks about her suicide attempts and the loss that she has experienced from her son's murder. All of the gang members are currently serving time, with Elvis on death row. In the film, the character Johnny Truelove is portrayed as being captured by Interpol in Asunción, Paraguay — in reality, Jesse James Hollywood was detained several months earlier, March 8, 2005, in Brazil. [2] [3] Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. ...
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Cast Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American television and film actor. ...
Jesse James Hollywood aka Spanner (born January 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) was a drug dealer and fugitive. ...
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981[1]), sometimes known as JT, is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. ...
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Shawn Wayne Hatosy (December 29, 1975) is an American actor. ...
Hoyt is the posse member of Jesse James Hollywood who was convicted of the slaying of Nick Markowitz on August 9, 2000. ...
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Fernando Vargas (born December 7, 1977 in Oxnard, California) is a retired Mexican-American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. ...
Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn[1] on March 10, 1984) is an Irish-American actress. ...
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Legal issues The Santa Barbara County deputy district attorney Ronald J. Zonen provided copies of virtually every document in his file, and served as an unpaid consultant to the film, motivated by his desire to have Jesse Hollywood captured. Zonen prosecuted Hollywood’s co-defendants and was poised to prosecute Hollywood. This alleged conflict of interest led to the decision by the California Court of Appeal for the Second District, who ruled on October 5, 2006 that based on Zonen's disclosure of the files — which included confidential information and service as consultant to the film — he should be recused from further involvement in prosecuting Hollywood.[4] Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County. ...
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On December 20, 2006, the California Supreme Court granted review on Hollywood and a factually-unrelated case, Haraguchi v. Superior Court, involving the recusal of another prosecutor from Zonen's office, thus effectively staying the order to recuse Zonen.[5] It is unclear how long it will take for the California Supreme Court to decide whether Zonen or his colleague will remain on their respective cases. is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Reception During its opening weekend, Alpha Dog grossed $6,412,775 and was in 7th at the box office.[6] The film closed on February 22, 2007 after grossing $15.2 million domestically, and totaled $30,774,935 worldwide over its six week release. [7] is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The film has a score of 56% on rottentomatoes.com.[8], the consensus being, "a glossy yet unflinching portrait of violent, hedonistic teenagers. Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone chew the scenery, while Justin Timberlake gives a noteworthy performance." Up-and-comer Anton Yelchin is praised as "able to bring all of the conflicting emotions of Zack," and conveying all of it beautifully. [9] Rotten Tomatoes (http://www. ...
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Trivia Several of the actors' real-life home videos appear during the opening credits, including those of Anton Yelchin, Alex Solowitz, and Ben Foster; the clips include Foster's actual Bar Mitzvah. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
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The end credits state that Johnny Truelove was caught by Interpol in Asunción, Paraguay on Wednesday, August 10, 2005. His real life counterpart, Jesse James Hollywood was actually caught in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at 11:35am. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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In another scene at the end of the movie when Johnny Truelove is running away, the background song is a song by "Eminem" titled "Say Goodbye Hollywood" in which Hollywood is the name of the real suspect that Truelove's character portrays "Jesse James Hollywood." Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. ...
Jesse James Hollywood aka Spanner (born January 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) was a drug dealer and fugitive. ...
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