Dogs in Space

Dogs in Space
Original 1986 theatrical poster
Directed byRichard Lowenstein
Written byRichard Lowenstein
Produced byGlenys Rowe
StarringMichael Hutchence
Saskia Post
Nique Needles
Chris Haywood
Deanna Bond
Tony Helou
Laura Swanson
Emma de Clario
CinematographyAndrew de Groot
Edited byJill Bilcock
Music byOllie Olsen, Michael Hutchence
Distributed byHoyts (Australia)
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Umbrella Entertainment
Release date
  • 18 December 1986 (1986-12-18) (Australia)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$2 million[1] or $3 million[2]
Box officeAU$367,351 (Australia)

Dogs in Space is a 1986 Australian film set in Melbourne's "Little Band" post-punk music scene in 1978. It was directed by Richard Lowenstein and starred Michael Hutchence as Sam, the drug-addled frontman of the fictitious band from which the film takes its name.

  1. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990, pp. 142–143.
  2. ^ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986, p. 64.

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