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- A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved.
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The Dog & the Boy [a] (Japanese: 犬と少年, romanized: Inu to Shōnen) is a 2023 animated science fiction short film directed by Ryōtarō Makihara. Distributed by Netflix and released on YouTube on 31 January 2023, the film follows the friendship between a robot dog and a boy.
A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved.
A Boy and His Dog is a 1975 American black comedy science fiction film directed by actor L. Q. Jones, from a screenplay by Jones based on the 1969 novella of the same title by fantasy author Harlan Ellison. The film stars Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore, and Jason Robards.
- The opening scenes of nuclear explosions weren’t in the original film but were instead added in 1982 in an effort to clarify the film’s post apocalyptic setting.
- Production took five years from pre- to post- in part because Ellison was originally tasked with writing the screenplay. Eventually Jones stepped in and wrote it himself.
- Jones recalls being constantly impressed by the dog’s performance to the point that when he watches the movie now all he sees is the dog. He says unlike most canine performances you never see Blood look offscreen to his trainer, and it’s because the trainer transferred command directly to Johnson so the dog would always be looking at him.
- Jones’ agent recommended Johnson for the role.
Sep 24, 2023 · Based on Harlan Ellison's novella of the same name from 1969, A Boy and His Dog should go down as the most underrated movie ever made that revolves around an apocalypse. In this case, the ...
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A Boy and His Dog: Directed by L.Q. Jones. With Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, Tim McIntire. After WWIII, Vic and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland in 2024 as they scavenge for food and sex. They stumble into an underground society where the old ways are preserved. He finds a new purpose in his life.
A Boy and His Dog is a cycle of narratives by author Harlan Ellison. The cycle tells the story of an amoral boy (Vic) and his telepathic dog (Blood), who work together as a team to survive in the post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war.
