Jack the Dog

Jack the Dog
	Official film poster
Directed by	Bobby Roth
Produced by	Jeffrey White; Bobby Roth; Margie Glick; Jack Baran;
Written by	Bobby Roth
Starring	Néstor Carbonell; Barbara Williams; Barry Newman; Anthony LaPaglia;
Music by	Christopher Franke
Cinematography	Georg Fick
Edited by	Margaret Guinee
Production; company	Jung N Restless Productions
Distributed by	Rivercoast Films
Release date	January 22, 2001 (Sundance);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Jack the Dog is a 2001 American comedy-drama film, written and directed by Bobby Roth and starring Néstor Carbonell, Barbara Williams, Barry Newman, and Anthony LaPaglia. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2001, and was released on DVD in the United States by Rivercoast Films on August 12, 2008. A sequel, Manhood, was released in 2003.

Plot

Serial womanizer Jack (Néstor Carbonell) settles down with Faith (Barbara Williams), but when the marriage falls apart due to Jack's desire for women, he has to share custody of their son, Sam (Andrew J. Ferchland). Living with Sam makes Jack slowly change his thinking and way of life.

Cast

Néstor Carbonell as Jack the Dog
Barbara Williams as Faith
Andrew J. Ferchland as Sam
Barry Newman as Simon
Anthony LaPaglia as Jack's Attorney
Travis Fine as Buddy
Peter Coyote as Alfred Stieglitz
Thomas Gibson as Faith's Attorney
Jürgen Prochnow as Klaus
Lauren Tom as Angel
Navi Rawat as Ruby
Grey DeLisle as Estella
Gia Carides as Georgia
Gabe Kaplan as Richie
Tracey Walter as Mortician

Release

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2001. Rivercoast Films distributed the film through home media in the United States on August 12, 2008.[1]

Reception

Jack the Dog received a mixed to negative response from film critics, and gained a lukewarm reception during its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote: "Tale, which lurches along with little sense of pacing or time elapsed, has plenty of niggling problems," and added: "Performances, from the handsome Carbonell to those of Williams as the rhinoceros-hided wife and the many actresses in for literally quickies, are energetic but no more illuminating than the dialogue as to the inner life of their characters."[2]

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References

"Jack the Dog: Elizabeth Barondes, Peter Coyote, Bobby Roth". Amazon.com.
McCarthy, Todd (February 8, 2001). "Review: 'Jack the Dog'". Variety.

External links

Jack the Dog on IMDb
Jack the Dog at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "Jack the Dog: Elizabeth Barondes, Peter Coyote, Bobby Roth". Amazon.com.

[2] McCarthy, Todd (February 8, 2001). "Review: 'Jack the Dog'". Variety.