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Bookmark this pageCold Dog Soup (1989)
Director: Alan Metter
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From Time Out Film Guide
A lusty young girl (Harnos) promises a wimpy boy (Whaley) that she will be his 'pressure cooker' if he agrees to bury her mother's recently deceased dog in the middle of the night. But his efforts are thwarted by a psychotic cabbie (Quaid), who insists that they sell the dog, and drags the couple on a tour of local nightspots in search of customers. What follows is the cinematic equivalent of water torture, a throbbing migraine of a movie in which our heroes encounter a catalogue of racial stereotypes, all wanting to know 'What's in the bag?' Chinese restaurateur, Jewish furrier, gang of trigger-happy brothers, voodoo coven of frenzied black zombies.. no stone is left unturned by Thomas Pope's horribly repetitive script, or by Alan Metter in his drivelling attempt to create a surreal comic nightmare. Kill yourself rather than endure it.Author: MK
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- mr bongo said...
- Posted on Jan 16 2008 23:58 I remember this film being brilliant, I saw it when I was about 13 - 15 I really want it on DVD. I hope that if I see it again it's as good as I remember it.
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- Dave Davies said...
- Posted on Sep 19 2007 22:57 Work of comic genius .
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Cast & crew
Director: Alan Metter
Producer: Richard Gilbert Abramson, Bill McEuen, Thomas Pope
Cast: Randy Quaid, Frank Whaley, Christine Harnos, Sheree North, Nancy Kwan, Pierre Epstein full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 88 mins
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