Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006 film)

Sleeping Dogs Lie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBobcat Goldthwait
Written byBobcat Goldthwait
Produced byMartin Pasetta
StarringMelinda Page Hamilton
Bryce Johnson
Geoff Pierson
Colby French
Jack Plotnick
Bonita Friedericy
CinematographyIan S. Takashi
Edited byJason Stewart
Music byGerald Brunskill
Production
company
HareBrained Films
Distributed byRoadside Attractions
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Release dates
  • January 21, 2006 (2006-01-21) (Sundance)
  • September 21, 2007 (2007-09-21) (United States)
Running time
88 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$638,627[2]

Sleeping Dogs Lie (originally titled Stay and released in the United Kingdom as Sleeping Dogs) is a 2006 American romantic black comedy film[3] written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. It stars Melinda Page Hamilton as a woman whose relationships are damaged when she reluctantly reveals that she committed an act of bestiality with her dog while in college.

The film has been cited as a favorite by filmmaker John Waters, who presented it as his annual selection at the 2007 Maryland Film Festival.

  1. ^ "STAY (18)". Tartan Films. British Board of Film Classification. June 6, 2006. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Sleeping Dogs Lie at Box Office Mojo Retrieved April 1, 2014
  3. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (March 16, 2007). "Sleeping Dogs". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2015.