The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 76% approval rating based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 6.58/10. His joy is short-lived, when he is informed that Topeka meets its need for exogamous reproduction by electroejaculation and artificial insemination, which will deny him the pleasure of sex that he seeks. Was this review helpful to you? Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? 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. Said the Ticktockman, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Boy_and_His_Dog_(1975_film)&oldid=984852296, Films based on science fiction short stories, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation winning works, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from April 2016, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 October 2020, at 14:09. On the surface, Vic and Quilla June discover that Blood is starving and near death. Blood thanks Vic for the food, and they both comment on Quilla June. "'Boy and Dog' runs tired". The dog gives him an advantage in dealing with the barbaric world he lives in. | Eder, Richard (June 17, 1976). Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. She proclaims her "love" for Vic and wants to escape to the surface with him, now that her rebellion has been quashed and that the Committee has decreed that she will be sent to "the farm". However, Vic has no interest in politics or remaining underground. It was independently produced and distributed by Jones' company LQ/Jaf Productions. They use him for impregnation purposes, and then plan to be rid of him. In the distant future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements. [10] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post panned the film as a "shoddy, puerile science-fiction parable" that "mistakes juvenile facetiousness for wit and glorifies a juvenile concept of freedom, which means making it in the wild, away from such unmanly encumbrances as civilization and girls". Jones, from a screenplay by Jones based on the 1969 novella of the same title by fantasy author Harlan Ellison. Vic steals several cans of their food, later using them to barter for goods in a nearby shantytown settlement. On the film's DVD audio commentary, L. Q. Jones states that he had started to write a script sequel to the film that would have picked up right where the first film ended and featured a female warrior named Spike, and we would have seen this world through the eyes of a female instead of a male (this happens in Ellison's story, Blood's a Rover, when Blood partners with Spike after the ostensible death of Vic). Jones, from a screenplay by Jones based on the 1969 novella of the same title by fantasy author Harlan Ellison. I look at A BOY AND HIS DOG with great affection as a sincere attempt to do something different, provocative and heartfelt, and although it's informed by a naive leftist worldview I don't share, there's a great deal of audacious creativity at work here that transcends many of the budgetary limitations. A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. Anybody who refuses to comply with or otherwise defies the Committee is sent off to a mysterious place called "the farm" and never seen again. Siskel, Gene (March 30, 1976). A man named Zac Hobson awakens to find himself alone in the world. (Due in no small part to the tenor of the times it sprang from. Rumors have abounded over the years regarding a sequel, but it has never materialized. I'm a little amazed at the many posters bitching about cheap sets, poor fx, etc. And the talking dog chews up the pieces". When Vic is lured underground by a young girl, he finds himself separated from Blood and trapped in the anachronistic society of Topeka. View production, box office, & company info. Downunder has an artificial biosphere, complete with forests and a city, which is named Topeka after the ruins of the destroyed city that it lies beneath. Like many artifacts of the 60s & 70s, y'hadda be there...at least in order to feel a protective fondness for what is without question a very flawed movie. [7] Variety called the film "a turkey" and "an amateurish blend of redneck humor, chaotic fight scenes, and dimwitted philosophizing".

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