Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006)

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Daughters of the Dust

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Daughters of the Dust." A film that portrays the unique culture of the Gullah people by focusing on the extended Peazant family as its members struggle with the decision to leave their island and move north. On the eve of their departure, memories of their Gullah history and its African roots come rising to the surface. Winner of Cinematography at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.

Rolling Stone

Rating: R

Release Date: Oct 20, 2006

Running Time: 89 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Geoffrey Pierson, Colby French, Jack Plotnick, Bonita Friedericy, Brian Posehn, Morgan Murphy, Steve Agee, Harvey J Alperin

director: Bobcat Goldthwait

Sleeping Dogs Lie

Sleeping Dogs Lie - First 8 Minutes

An impulsive sexual encounter from her past haunts Amy, an otherwise seemingly normal young woman who is adored by her parents and golden-boy fiancé. Her future looks bright until her fiancé suggests they tell each other their darkest secrets--things they have never told anyone. When Amy finally relents and reveals her secret, all hell breaks loose.

In the opening voice over, Amy (Melissa Page Hamilton) admits she experimented with bestiality one bored, lonely college night. Now engaged, her fiancé John (Bryce Johnson) dreams of sharing all his secrets with his bride-to-be. She makes up a safer story about girl on girl action to stall him, but he still suspects there's something bigger. They are temporarily distracted by a visit to her parents. Religious mom (Bonita Friedericy) thinks her daughter is a virginal angel, while Dad (Geoff…

PETER TRAVERS - October 20, 2006

Once upon a time, when pretty Amy (the delightful Melinda Page Hamilton) was in college, she found herself alone with her horny dog. Why not, she thought, suck the pooch off? And so she does, with no one the wiser. That is, until years later when her fiance, John (Bryce Johnson), insists they both get totally honest about their past sexual histories. The worst thing John has ever done is a prank involving eating a cookie slathered in frat-boy jizz. Should Amy tell her story or let sleeping dogs…