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Hounddog is a provocative Southern tale set in the late 1950s rural Alabama. A precocious but troubled young girl living in '50s-era Alabama seeks solace in the music of Elvis Presley in director Deborah Kampmeier's controversial tale of childhood trauma and musical healing. Dakota Fanning stars.Reviews:
Unfairly or not, this will forever be known as the one where 12-year-old Dakota Fanning’s protagonist is raped by a milkman. We’re in the "unfairly" camp; Jodie Foster’s preteen pro dealt with comparable depravity in Taxi Driver, regarded as a classic despite often vile subject matter. Envelope-pushing writer-director Debora Kampmeier focuses on young Fanning’s attempt to stave off the pain of abuse with a healthy dollop of the blues.
