Dogboys | |
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Genre |
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Written by | Rob Stork David Taylor |
Directed by | Ken Russell |
Starring | Dean Cain Tia Carrere Bryan Brown Sean McCann |
Music by | John Altman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Hugh Martin Rob Stork |
Producers | Ken Russell Christopher Courtney |
Cinematography | Jamie Thompson |
Editor | Xavier Russell |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Production company | Goodstuff Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | Showtime |
Release | April 4, 1998 |
Dogboys is a 1998 American-Canadian made-for-television action-thriller film directed by Ken Russell and starring Dean Cain, Tia Carrere and Bryan Brown. It was originally broadcast on Showtime on April 4, 1998.
Julian is a convict assigned by the sadistic Captain Brown to be a "dog boy"—a human guinea pig used to train attack dogs to hunt down potential escapees.
The film was shot in Toronto in May 1997.[1]
Russell said he was given orders to revisions by "anonymous" execs on the film. "It was change this, alter that – no discussion, 'just do it.' There was no one to talk to... It paid the rent."[2]
The Los Angeles Times said "Dialogue is deliriously silly, with the term "dogboy" used so frequently you'd think they're trying to make it a national catch-phrase."[3]