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The Wild Dogs

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97 minutes – Drama
Release date: June 6, 2003
Canadian distributor: Mongrel Media

Set in the city of Bucharest, Romania, the action in The Wild Dogs is confined to a week in the life of the various characters. Alberta Watson plays the bored wife of a diplomat. Director and screenwriter Thom Fitzgerald plays a Canadian pornographer. The title is based on the fact that when the communist government forced people to move into working-class apartment complexes they had to give up their pets. The initial population of perhaps 2,000 dogs has grown over the years to the point where some estimate that 20 years later as many as 200,000 wild dogs wander the streets of the city. The Wild Dogs won the Best Canadian Feature at the 2002 Atlantic Film Festival and Thom Fitzgerald was awarded Best Director.

The Wild Dogs, movie poster

Crew:

Producer:

Ann Bernier

Executive Producer:

William Ritchie
Christopher Zimmer

Director:

Thom Fitzgerald

Screenwriter:

Thom Fitzgerald

Cinematographer:

Thomas Harting

Editor:

Michael Weir

Composer:

Sandy Moore

Production Designer:

Ann Bromley

Costume Designer:

Raluca Ioanovici

Cast: Roles:

Anca-Ioana Androne
Rachel Blanchard
Visinel Burcea
Mihai Calota
Marcel Catalin
Geraint Wyn Davies
Nelu Dinu
Thom Fitzgerald
David Hayman
Simona Popescu
Alberta Watson
Jackie Torrens
Heather Rankin

Elena
Moll
Sour Grapes
Bogdan
Radu
Colin
Dorutu
Geordie
Victor
Varvara
Natalie
Brenda
Flight Attendant