Dog Pound


1h 28m 2010

Brief Synopsis

17-year-old Adam "Butch" Butcher is charged with assaulting a corrections officer. If convicted, he faces hard time in an adult prison, but as witnesses emerge to support his claim of self-defense, Butch is told that with two weeks of clean behavior, he could be acquitted and released. However, faci

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Teens
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Partizan; Wild Bunch
Distribution Company
Frenetic Films; Karmafilms (Spain); Mars Distribution; Paradiso Entertainment; Quality Films; Scanbox Entertainment; Studiocanal UK; Teleview; Tribeca Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 28m

Synopsis

17-year-old Adam "Butch" Butcher is charged with assaulting a corrections officer. If convicted, he faces hard time in an adult prison, but as witnesses emerge to support his claim of self-defense, Butch is told that with two weeks of clean behavior, he could be acquitted and released. However, facing attacks from hardened criminals and ruthless guards, he finds he has to become vicious in order to survive.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Teens
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Partizan; Wild Bunch
Distribution Company
Frenetic Films; Karmafilms (Spain); Mars Distribution; Paradiso Entertainment; Quality Films; Scanbox Entertainment; Studiocanal UK; Teleview; Tribeca Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 28m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of Best New Narrative Filmmaker (Kim Chapiron) at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

Limited Release in United States March 29, 2013

Released in United States 2010

Limited Release in United States March 29, 2013

Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative Feature Competition) April 21-May 2, 2010.

Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative Feature Competition) April 21-May 2, 2010.)