Dogtown

Year: 1997

Runtime: 99 mins

Language: English

Director: George Hickenlooper

Drama

Philip Van Horn, a failing Hollywood aspirant who left his small hometown years ago, returns for a visit. The townspeople treat him like a celebrity, and he uses the attention to impress his former school love, Dorothy, whose life has grown dull and gray. A rivalry with another local man develops, leaving one of them to lose everything.

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