Hounddog (2007)

Director:

Deborah Kampmeier

Writer:

Deborah Kampmeier (written by)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

Gotta always somehow make good outta what can poison you.

Plot:

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley. |

Plot Keywords:

Elvis Presley | American South | Child Smoking Cigarette | Doggystyle Sex | Sex

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Dakota Fanning	...	Lewellen
Granoldo Frazier	...	Band Member D (as Grenaldo Frazier)
Isabelle Fuhrman	...	Grasshopper
Cody Hanford	...	Buddy
Piper Laurie	...	Grammie
Charlie Lucas	...	Band Member A
Herman McCloud	...	Band Member B
Chandler McIntyre	...	Buddy's Mother
David Morse	...	Daddy
Robin Mullins	...	Marge
Afemo Omilami	...	Charles
Tom Oppenheim	...	Mechanic
Tim Parati	...	Bartender
Ryan Pelton	...	Elvis
Robin Wright	...	Stranger Lady (as Robin Wright Penn)
Ron Prather	...	Truck Driver
Christoph Sanders	...	Wooden's Boy
Jill Scott	...	Big Momma Thorton
Charles Smalls	...	Band Member C
Frank Hoyt Taylor	...	Doctor
Jody Thompson	...	Preacher
Sean Andrew Wallace	...	Boy (as Sean Wallace)
William Smith Yelton	...	Wooden's Friend (as William Yelton)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katie Karambelas	...	Girl in parking lot (uncredited)

Directed by
Deborah Kampmeier

Writing credits
Deborah Kampmeier		(written by)

Produced by
Stacey Bakula	....	executive producer
Gabrielle Berberich	....	co-producer
Richard Bosworth	....	associate producer
Rebecca Cleary	....	executive producer
Jim Czarnecki	....	co-producer
Raye Dowell	....	producer
Scott Franklin	....	producer
Sam Froelich	....	executive producer
Jen Gatien	....	producer
Chris Hanley	....	co-producer
Roberta Hanley	....	producer
Henri M. Kessler	....	executive producer (as Henri Kessler)
Terry Leonard	....	producer
John McAteer	....	associate producer
Corey Ribotsky	....	executive producer
Lawrence Robins	....	producer
Kathi Scharer	....	co-producer
Kelly R. Tenney	....	co-producer (as Kelly Tenney)
Kerri Watts	....	associate producer
Robin Wright	....	executive producer (as Robin Wright Penn)

Original Music by
Gisburg

Cinematography by
Jim Denault		(director of photography)
Edward Lachman		(director of photography) (as Ed Lachman)

Film Editing by
Sabine Hoffmann

Casting by
Craig Fincannon
Lisa Mae Fincannon

Production Design by
Tim Grimes

Art Direction by
William G. Davis

Costume Design by
Leigh Leverett

Makeup Department
Coni Andress	....	additional hair stylist (as Connie Andress)
Gina Baran	....	assistant hair stylist (as Gina Baron)
Wendy Bell	....	additional makeup artist
Anthony P. Giunta III	....	additional hair stylist
David Halsey	....	additional hair stylist
Lindsay Irish-Desarno	....	assistant makeup artist (as Lindsey Irish)
Sandra S. Orsolyak	....	additional makeup artist (as Sandra Orsolyak-Allen)
Yoichi Art Sakamoto	....	prosthetic dental technician
Jo Jo Stephens	....	key hair stylist
Joelle Troisi	....	key makeup artist
Cristy Vespie	....	additional hair stylist
Jason Willis	....	special makeup effects artist
Victoria Wood	....	wig maker

Production Management
Samara Levenstein	....	post-production supervisor
Carole J. Sanders	....	unit production manager: second unit
Kelly R. Tenney	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ryan Bennett	....	third assistant director
James William Burton	....	second assistant director
Matthew Vose Campbell	....	first assistant director
Alice M. Peschl	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jessica Agullo	....	set designer
Michael J. Hall	....	construction coordinator
Jade Healy	....	art department coordinator
Doug Kelejian	....	set dresser
Andy Krish	....	on-set dresser
B. Kyle Lewis	....	property assistant
Otto Lindsey	....	on set dresser
Randall Milazzo	....	property master
Jim Nelson	....	set dresser
Bob Smith	....	leadman

Sound Department
Leslie Bloom	....	foley artist
Jenny Elsinger	....	cable person
Dann Fink	....	ADR loop group director
Albert Hedgepeth	....	utility sound
Ruth Hernandez	....	adr editor
Paul Hsu	....	sound designer
Paul Hsu	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Milano	....	foley artist
Eric Milano	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor
Tom Paul	....	sound designer
Tom Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Rayle	....	sound mixer
Reuben Simon	....	sound editor
Sara Stern	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
David Hill	....	special effects technician
Robert 'Lucky' Rieker	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Erik Boccio	....	visual effects assistant
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	digital intermediate colorist

Stunts
John Copeman	....	stunt coordinator
John Gilbert	....	stunt rigger
G. Grant Jewett	....	utility stunts
Dino Muccio	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Jamie Baglio	....	electrician
Stacy Barnhill	....	grip
Patrick Borowiak	....	assistant camera
Troy Carlton	....	grip
Joe D'Alessandro	....	camera operator
Jay Hardie	....	assistant camera
Kevin Huver	....	film loader
Roy Knauf	....	camera loader
Peter B. Kowalski	....	camera operator
Fred Norris	....	still photographer
Cristiano Palermi	....	electrician
Cristiano Palermi	....	lighting technician
Bob Shober	....	grip
Chris Shrider	....	grip
Jeff Sterner	....	electrician
Greg Taylor	....	electrician
Dascious Thomas	....	key grip
Stephen Thompson	....	additional photographer
Stephen Thompson	....	gaffer
James Tomaro	....	gaffer
Jeff Wallace	....	electrician
Sean Yaple	....	second assistant camera
Simon Carey	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Tara Feldstein	....	extras casting assistant
Bruce Winant	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robin Dean	....	set costumer
Emily Hollingsworth	....	set costumer
Joyce Marling	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Salvatore Catanzaro	....	on-line editor
Gabriela F. Garcia	....	first assistant editor
Conor Guy	....	first assistant editor
Annie Johnson	....	digital intermediate producer
Diane LeDesma	....	colorist
Missy Papageorge	....	digital intermediate producer
Christopher Pensiero	....	additional editor
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Christine Bard	....	musician: percussion
Budd Carr	....	executive music producer
Nora Felder	....	executive music producer
Mary M. Koetting	....	music consultant
Nick Maybury	....	musician: additional guitar
Linda Osher	....	music clearances
Catherine Russell	....	vocalist
G.E. Smith	....	featured musician: guitar

Transportation Department
Larry Wayne Boswell	....	picture car coordinator
Russell l Byrd	....	driver: Dakota Fanning
Neil Castles Jr.	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jeff Babb	....	daily stand-in: male lead
Andy Bader	....	additional locations production assistant
Lauren Bailey	....	additional production assistant
Jan Cerwonka	....	tutor: Dakota Fanning
Elizabeth A. Dennis	....	assistant production office coordinator
Kristin Dombroski	....	location assistant
Carson Doyle Wood	....	snake wrangler
Jimmy English	....	chicken wrangler
Keith Farmer	....	snake wrangler
Katie Garagiola	....	production assistant
Karen M. Gardner	....	production assistant
Dana Hawley	....	additional production assistant
Patrizia Hernandez	....	assistant to director
JoAnn Fregalette Jansen	....	choreographer
Brandon O'Neil Leonard	....	location assistant (as Brandon Leonard)
Linda Lichter	....	legal counsel
Alicia Lowe	....	assistant production accountant
Lauren Mallard	....	assistant production coordinator
Brian Matzke	....	production assistant
Diane McNamara	....	publicist
Gregory McNamara	....	assistant location manager
Cari Moskow	....	stand-in
Andrea Redder	....	production assistant
Valerie N. Robinson	....	production assistant
Alexandra Roxo	....	assistant to director
Emily Sams	....	assistant to director
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	executive producer: Company 3
Kara B. Still	....	script supervisor
Caspar von Winterfeldt	....	production financing
Lassiter Wall	....	production assistant
Jessica Williamson	....	production assistant
Pamela Williamson	....	production accountant

Thanks
Sean Penn	....	the producers wish to thank
Caspar von Winterfeldt	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Deerjen Films
• Full Moon Films
• Motion Picture Group, The

Distributors

• Empire Film Group (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gravitas Ventures (2008) (worldwide) (TV) (VOD)
• Hannover House (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Hannover House (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Vivendi Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Riot Manhattan (visual effects) (as Riot! Manhattan)

Other Companies

• C5  post-production sound services
• North Carolina Film Office  thanks
• Tax Credit Finance  tax credit brokering

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for a disturbing sexual assault of a young girl, and brief sexuality

Runtime:

USA:102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Orton Plantation, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Deerjen Films

Trivia:

The original cinematographer, Edward Lachman, had to leave after two weeks of shooting to work on another film. Jim Denault shot for the next month; gaffer Stephen Thompson took over near the end of shooting.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The 45 rpm record that Lewellen's father gave her in the truck (supposedly by Elvis on RCA) is apparently a reissue of an original which did not exist at the time.

Quotes:

Lewellen:Oh my God, Daddy, guess what! I saw Elvis, and he blew a kiss just for me! Daddy, I saw Elvis!
Daddy:You left me alone. You said you'd be back.
Lewellen:I am back.
Daddy:Well, you said you'd be right back, and you didn't come right back. I thought you were gone.
Lewellen:I'm sorry.
Daddy:You won't leave me, will you? Promise you'll stay with me for always. Promise you won't leave me again.
Lewellen:I promise.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Homage to Harry Partch

Ultimately very disappointing.

This is a bad film. It is not really Dakota's fault, but to be honest I wasn't really impressed with her this time around. I felt like she was a little too much, a little too melodramatic, and definitely not as real as she is in her other films. The real problems with this film lie in the directing, the script, and the pacing. It's poorly filmed (though beautifully lensed), the script panders to too many stereotypes to even enumerate, and even though it's very short, it crawls along.

All the controversy about the rape is unfounded, too, because it actually is only a very small piece of the movie. You see her face twice and her hand once, and you hear her. I'd say it was 45 seconds. Maybe not even that long.

Anyways, color me disappointed. Definitely not worth all the hype, and I really wish Dakota could have found a better filmmaker(s) and film(s) during all the time she wasted as this film sat in preproduction. I hope this doesn't affect her career too much.