Red Dog

Red Dog

By Luke Dick & Casey Pinkston

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2020-01-07
  • Advisory Rating: R
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Director: Luke Dick & Casey Pinkston
  • Production Company: Endymion Films
  • Production Country: Australia, United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 9.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
7.3/10
7.3
From 375 Ratings

Description

Award-winning songwriter Luke Dick spent his childhood in a strip club. During the 1970s oil boom, the Red Dog was the rowdiest and most popular strip club in Oklahoma City, and for five years it was the only home and family Luke and his mom had. She was a teenage runaway, dope-addicted single mother, stripping with a fake I.D., and he grew up amidst the drugs, the danger, and the never-ending party.Now 30 years later, Luke has a toddler and a newborn of his own. As he began asking his mom questions about his own childhood- and what she was thinking letting a kid run around in that place- she turns out to be more hilariously frank than he ever imagined. So he traveled back to OKC to find these people he thought of as uncles and aunts, cousins and dads, to see who made it out and who never did, and try to figure out how they somehow made a family out of all that madness.

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Reviews

  • The American Dream

    5
    By JJBee
    Amazing story telling with real life characters that are stranger than fiction.
  • Incredible story

    5
    By Apples_517
    Genuinely one of the best story telling experiences I’ve watched unfold. Really, really compelling - funny, sad, hopeful, and mildly unbelievable. Everyone should watch this.
  • Like Being There

    5
    By mariondawn
    This is an amazing documentary! The human element is raw and powerful. The behind the scenes look at struggle and perseverance took me back to a reality close to my own. I loved it.
  • wow. I didnt know lives happened like this

    5
    By Joe Tin Man
    I love my mom more than ever after watching that! wow.
  • Depressing

    3
    By Green Tee 🍵
    The moral of the story is , strippers are bad mothers.
  • Loved it!

    5
    By BMPAR
    Refreshingly honest, funny and heartwarming. Great film
  • All the feels...

    5
    By Team Rach
    Who was "Mama" before she was "Mama"?! Isn't that a question we all ask ourselves about our parents at some point during our adolescence? Luke's discovery of his unconventional childhood and his Mother's incredible journey makes for one hell of a story! Loved every minute of it! Bravo!!!
  • Bravo!!

    5
    By AmyBroccoli
    I was lucky enough to catch Red Dog's premiere at SXSW. An incredbily personal and moving film of family, friends, and community. The music and illustrations are just fabulous!
  • Hilarious, heartfelt, and unique.

    5
    By hanniccin
    This was such a touching story and a real look at a unique lifestlye. This film screams "don't judge a book by its cover." A must-see, one of my favorite documentaries.
  • GREAT FILM WITH A GREAT STORY!

    5
    By chance0107
    What’s not to like about this documentary...it’s an ingenious way to tell a story. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of Red Dog not to mention the music is off the hook stupid good!

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