River Phoenix and Lili Taylor in Dogfight (1991)

Dogfight

Movie1991• R• 1h 34m
ComedyDramaRomance
⭐ 7.3 / 10(11,327)

Before leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.

Rated
R
Runtime
1h 34m
Released
1991
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1991

Storyline

Before leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.

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Did you know

• River Phoenix running down the street after he left Rose was the last scene shot and was not intended. It was added last minute when everyone noticed the skyline. River was told to run and didn't know why. He laughed through the whole scene because everyone yelled "Run River Run!"

• Marks the film debut of Brendan Fraser (as one of the sailors who fight the marines) .

• Given a theatrical release in just two cinemas in the USA, it went straight to video in the UK.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $394,631

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $18,736 (1991-09-15)

User reviews

⭐ 7/10

Ways they never dreamed possible

šŸ‘ 28 Ā· 3/19/2015
⭐ 8/10

One of River's best

šŸ‘ 14 Ā· 3/12/2001
⭐ 8/10

Buster and Billie #2

šŸ‘ 16 Ā· 11/9/2005

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color

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