Mad Dog Time
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The movie cover for Mad Dog Time. |
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Directed by | Larry Bishop |
Produced by | Judith James |
Written by | Larry Bishop |
Starring | Ellen Barkin Gabriel Byrne Richard Dreyfuss Jeff Goldblum Diane Lane |
Music by | Earl Rose |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date(s) | November 8, 1996 |
Running time | 97 min. |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Mad Dog Time (a.k.a. Trigger Happy) is a 1996 film directed by Larry Bishop. Jeff Goldblum, Richard Dreyfuss, Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, Kyle MacLachlan, Burt Reynolds, Richard Pryor, Billy Idol, Paul Anka, Rob Reiner, Michael J. Pollard, Henry Silva, William Shakazai Crawford, and Bishop himself all appear in the film, which was released through United Artists. Movie reviewer Roger Ebert noted of the film: "Mad Dog Time is the first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank screen viewed for the same length of time." [1]
The film falls within the gangster film/crime film genre and is a cult classic with cameo appearances by many well-known personages, including the first movie appearance by Christopher Jones in over a quarter-century.