

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
2002-02-22 · 107 min · ★ 5.9
The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production failures. He finds himself bonding with a new neighbor's lonely young daughter who has mild cerebral palsy; and during one of his middle-of-the-night strolls, he encounters his oddball doppelgänger.
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- Directors
- Michael Kalesniko
- Production companies
- Unavailable
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 7,300,000
Top Cast
Kenneth BranaghPeter McGowan
Robin WrightMelanie McGowan
Lynn RedgraveEdna
Jared HarrisFalse Peter
Peter RiegertLarry
David KrumholtzBrian Sellars
Johnathon SchaechAdam
Kaitlin HopkinsVictoria
Suzy JoachimAllana
Brett RickabyJanitor
Lucinda JenneyTrina Walsh
Peri GilpinDebra Salhany
Tamala JonesLaura Leeton
Benita HaFemale Anchor
Mark BrandonMale Anchor
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