Four Dogs (2013) [N/A]

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Featuring:
Oliver Cooper, Dan Bakkedahl, Rebecca Goldstein

Written by:
Joe Burke
Oliver Cooper

Directed by:
Joe Burke


Release Date:
June 16, 2013

Original Title:
Four Dogs

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 80

Already branded an acting school drop-out, Oliver courts further indignation by serving as his aunt's live-in dog sitter and pool boy. Having reduced his (anti)social circle to his paranoid drug dealer and embittered best friend, Oliver is shaken from his stupor by the arrival of an alluring houseguest dealing with her own issues.

In this voyeuristic, slice-of-life comedic drama, we spend a week in the world of twenty-two year old Oliver, who lives with his aunt and her four dogs in Encino, CA. Oliver has more imagination than ambition, and spends most of his time hanging out with his former acting class buddy, Dan, who's twice Oliver's age and one rejection away from calling it quits. These two unlikely friends pass the days away cruising around town, eating lunches, and hanging out back by the pool. But when a friend of his aunt's comes to stay at the house for a few nights while in town for business, Oliver's daily routine is shaken up and his sights are redirected towards the new woman living across the hall. Beautifully shot, with an eye for the natural and real, filmmaker Joe Burke captures a sincere honesty both in tone and character, and brings to the screen a world filled with humor, heart, and those little in between moments we can all relate to in our own way.

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Rankings and Honors

Four Dogs (2013) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.9/10
Awards Won: 1 nomination

Director:
Joe Burke

Director of Photography:
Todd Banhazl

Editor:
Joe Burke

Writer:
Joe Burke
Oliver Cooper

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