Alpha Dog is a 2006 American
crime drama film written and directed by
Nick Cassavetes, first screened at the
Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2006, with a
wide release the following year on January 12, 2007. Starring
Emile Hirsch,
Justin Timberlake,
Ben Foster,
Shawn Hatosy,
Anton Yelchin,
Olivia Wilde,
Amanda Seyfried with
Harry Dean Stanton,
Sharon Stone, and
Bruce Willis, the film is based on the true story of the
murder of Nicholas Markowitz and related events in 2000.