A Boy & His Dog | Hal Baylor, Susanne Benton | As good as Dr. Strange Love and BladeRunner

A Boy & His Dog | Hal Baylor, Susanne Benton | A Cult Classic

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A Boy & His Dog

	A Boy & His Dog Hal Baylor, Susanne Benton FIRST RUN FEATURES, 2003 average customer review:based on 62 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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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As good as Dr. Strange Love and BladeRunner

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.

A Cult Classic

"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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A title

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...

Crockett and Tubs, the Early Years

This is a fun movie for those who don't mind low tech, low-brow fare. Released in 1975, A Boy and His Dog features Don Johnson as Vic, a post-apocalyptic scavenger paired with an intelligent canine named Blood. They communicate telepathically, but really, what's the point? Vic always wants to find women and Albert always wants to find food. That's the theme of the entire story and it motivates Vic to do things he'd never before considered. There are surprise appearances from Jason Robards and Alvy Moore (Hank Kimball from Green Acres.) The movie is well-paced, a little dated, and well worth seeing. Note: The script is based on a book by Harlan Ellison, who apparently hated the last line of the movie.

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