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Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-08-27
60%
1 Votes
Time: 1h 20m
Overview:
Four twenty-something women, crammed into a small Manhattan apartment, have dead end jobs (or no job) and overdue rent. They discover cash and self esteem when they set up an illegal bookie joint in their kitchen. Suddenly they can pay their bills; they imagine joining the middle class; they even make corporate donations to charity. The film also explores their relationships with men, most of whom are unfit for anything lasting, and with their mothers, who appear in surreal, imagined conversations with their daughters.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Homegrown
Movie: Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint
Top 10 Billed Cast
Pamela Gray
Stephanie
Toby Huss
Sammy Cybernowski
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Four twenty-something women, crammed into a small Manhattan apartment, have dead end jobs (or no job) and overdue rent. They discover cash and self esteem when they set up an illegal bookie joint in their kitchen. Suddenly they can pay their bills; they imagine joining the middle class; they even make corporate donations to charity. The film also explores their relationships with men, most of whom are unfit for anything lasting, and with their mothers, who appear in surreal, imagined conversations with their daughters.
Release Date
1997-08-27
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Languages:
English
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