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Two guys. One girl. Someone loses.Plot:
Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that... more | add synopsisAwards:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rory Cochrane | ... | Curtis Lasky |
 | David Shackelford | ... | Jessie Jim |
 | Trevor St. John | ... | Philip Van Horn |
 | Price Carson | ... | Cab Driver |
 | Karen Black | ... | Rose Van Horn |
 | Bradford L. Schlei | ... | Terry (as Brad Lindsley) |
 | Natasha Gregson Wagner | ... | Sara Ruth |
| Ryan James | ... | Young Phillip |
| Jennifer Ingersoll | ... | Young Dorothy (as Jennifer A. Ingersoll) |
 | John Livingston | ... | Ted Essig |
| Harold Russell | ... | Blessed William |
| Gary Walkow | ... | Balding Man |
| Theodore Clarfield | ... | Young Ezra |
| Blayn Barbosa | ... | Young Curtis |
 | Jon Favreau | ... | Ezra Good |
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Dogtown is the meandering story of a young man (Philip)who returns to his hometown after 12 years of trying to make it in Hollywood. Everyone in his hometown of Cuba thinks he's a big star and asks him about the famous people he's met, but Philip was just another dream-chaser, and he's come home to lick his wounds.
While he's home, he sees what has become of all the people he went to school with: the pretty cheerleader, the athlete, and the unknowns. Maybe seeing what they've made of their lives helps him to make sense of his own.
The acting is mostly pretty good and interesting. It's interesting to see Jon Favreau as the young, greasy ex-athlete. Karen Black gives a fine performance as Philip's mother.
Overall--it's not phenomenal, but worth seeing.