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Actors: Don Johnson, Jason Robards
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A funky Grade-B picture based on Harlan Ellison's savage post-apocalyptic satire of Albert Payson Terhune dog tales. Vic is a young buck, heavily armed, who is partnered with a telepathic mutt much better educated than he. The two depend on each other for survival in a tough, blasted world. One day Vic encounters a beautiful girl from one of the "downunders" -- sterile, safe, and secure communities under the ground where "nice" people retreated during the big wars above. She lures him down there and he must find out why, as well as to whom his loyalty ultimately belongs. Young unknown Don Johnson is all right as Vic, Tim McIntire wonderfully voices the dog Blood, and Robards cameos as one of the stodgy town elders below ground.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact
Yes
Environmental disaster?
- surviving a post environmental/nuclear disaster
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
- tougher
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
How much in movie?
- 60%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity
- White
Setting
Earth setting:
- medium future 22-24th century
- Post-disaster
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Desert?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- major character becomes a sex slave
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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