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Feature film — 2002

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2002)

5.91h 47mComedy — Drama

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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Director: Michael Kalesniko

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Cast & crew

Kenneth Branagh as Peter McGowan

Kenneth Branagh

Peter McGowan

Robin Wright as Melanie McGowan

Robin Wright

Melanie McGowan

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Suzi Hofrichter

Amy Walsh

Lynn Redgrave as Edna

Lynn Redgrave

Edna

Jared Harris as False Peter

Jared Harris

False Peter

Peter Riegert as Larry

Peter Riegert

Larry

David Krumholtz as Brian Sellars

David Krumholtz

Brian Sellars

Johnathon Schaech as Adam

Johnathon Schaech

Adam

Kaitlin Hopkins as Victoria

Kaitlin Hopkins

Victoria

Suzy Joachim as Allana

Suzy Joachim

Allana

Brett Rickaby as Janitor

Brett Rickaby

Janitor

Lucinda Jenney as Trina Walsh

Lucinda Jenney

Trina Walsh

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