Cold Dog Soup (film)
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| Cold Dog Soup | |
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| Directed by | Alan Metter |
| Written by | Thomas Pope |
| Based on | Cold Dog Soup by Stephen Dobyns |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Frederick Elmes |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Michael Kamen |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
Release date | 6 September 1990 (Australia) |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £603 (UK)[1] |
Cold Dog Soup is a 1990 British comedy film directed by Alan Metter. It is based on the novel Cold Dog Soup by Stephen Dobyns.
Plot[]
Randy Quaid plays a Zen taxi driver whose passenger is trying to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper. The driver is respected by the peculiar groups he interests in the dog's corpse and effects, and the one-gloved heroine becomes more interested in him than in her date.
Reception[]
In a negative review for the film, timeout.com wrote that "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."[2]
Inspiration[]
George Harrison read 'Cold Dog Soup' on his first plane trip to the USA during the British Invasion. He credits the book for the Beatles success and vowed to make it into a movie.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 20.
- ^ "Cold Dog Soup".
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