Cold Dog Soup (film)

Cold Dog Soup is a 1990 British comedy film directed by Alan Metter. It is based on the novel Cold Dog Soup by Stephen Dobyns.

Cold Dog Soup
Directed by	Alan Metter
Written by	Thomas Pope
Based on	Cold Dog Soup by Stephen Dobyns
Produced by	Thomas Pope Richard Gilbert Abramson
Starring	Randy Quaid Frank Whaley Christine Harnos
Cinematography	Frederick Elmes
Edited by	Kaja Fehr
Music by	Michael Kamen
Production companies	Aspen Film Society HandMade Films
Distributed by	Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release date	6 September 1990 (1990-09-06) (Australia)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£603 (UK)[1]

Plot

Randy Quaid plays a Zen taxi driver whose passenger is trying to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper. The driver is respected by the peculiar groups he interests in the dog's corpse and effects, and the one-gloved heroine becomes more interested in him than in her date.

Reception

In a negative review for the film, timeout.com wrote that "no stone is left unturned by Thomas Pope's horribly repetitive script, or by Alan Metter in his drivelling attempt to create a surreal comic nightmare."^[2]