Dogfight
Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1991 • United States
Starring River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco
An ineffably bittersweet portrait of youth in the 1960s, Nancy Savoca’s funny, sensitive tale of love and war etches two vividly alive characters: aspiring San Francisco folk singer Rose (Lili Taylor) and hotheaded, Vietnam-bound marine Eddie Birdlace (River Phoenix), who meet on the occasion of a cruelly misogynistic party where men compete to bring the most unattractive dates they can find. But what begins as a night to forget unexpectedly develops into something far more meaningful. Featuring music by folk legends Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Pete Seeger, DOGFIGHT captures the miracle of human connection while gracefully subverting ideas surrounding machismo, patriotic duty, and the very meaning of America itself.
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Dogfight
Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1991 • United States
Starring River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard PanebiancoAn ineffably bittersweet portrait of youth in the 1960s, Nancy Savoca’s funny, sensitive tale of love and war etches two vividly alive characters: aspiring San Francisco folk singer Rose (Lili...
Extras
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DOGFIGHT Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2003, features director Nancy Savoca and producer Richard Guay.
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Nancy Savoca, Lili Taylor, and Mary Harron on DOGFIGHT
In this 2024 interview, director Nancy Savoca talks with actor Lili Taylor and their friend, filmmaker Mary Harron, about the making of DOGFIGHT.
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The Craft of DOGFIGHT
These interviews with cinematographer Bobby Bukowski, production designer Lester Cohen, script supervisor Mary Cybulski, music supervisor Jeffrey Kimball, supervising sound editor Tim Squyres, and editor John Tintori were conducted by producer Richard Guay in 2023–24.
