Dogfight
- For the close-range aerial combat between two or more military aircraft, see dog fight, for the bloodsport of pitting two dogs against one another, see Dog fighting.
Dogfight is a
film set during the time of the
Vietnam War, 1963 to 1966 starring
River Phoenix and
Lili Taylor. Set in
San Francisco, it explores the love of a young marine, Eddie Birdlace, on his way to Vietnam and a young woman, Rose Fenny. The reference to "dogfight" is to an "ugly date" contest which Lili Taylor, if she worked hard at it, barely qualified for (although she "wins").
Both lovers are protrayed as innocent and inexperienced, Eddie Birdlace as angry and inept, Rose Fenny as idealistic but unsophisticated; they find their way.
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