Product Details

• Actors: Colin Friels, Miles Davis, Helen Buday, Joe Petruzzi, Brigitte Catillon
• Directors: Rolf de Heer
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Spectrum Entertain
• DVD Release Date: April 9, 2002
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005Y700
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,211 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dingo" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Miles, October 16, 2000

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"ironj" (Scottsdale, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dingo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A small quiet film featuring the music of Miles Davis and starring Davis as, you guessed it a trumpeteer. The film is about a man, John "Dingo" Anderson (Colin Friels), who hears Bill Cross (Davis) and his jazz group as he's on lay over at an airstrip and comes to the realization that music is his future, much to the chagrin of others. His dream is to one day catch up with Bill in in Paris and play with him.

What really makes this movie though is the music. Davis does a superb job on the jazz soundtrack and if you see this movie you'll come to a mutual agreeance. It was what initially latched me to this movie, and kept me hooked throughout.

A small film with a giant soundtrack.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a good movie featuring a rare view of Miles Davis, April 8, 2005

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Marcus J. Viduya "MJV" (Campbell, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dingo (DVD)

The film itself is simple: seemingly low budget and definitely not a Hollywood-directed-produced film. Its nonetheless charming. Colin Friels plays John "Dingo" Anderson, a man supporting his family in the outback of Australia doing odd jobs by day and playing in (what his band-mates call) a "bush-band" in the local halls at night. Although the band has fun, Dingo takes his trumpetting much more seriously; as a child, he had a run-in with famous jazz trumpeter Billy Cross (Miles Davis, in his only staring fictional role). Cross makes a deep impression on the young Dingo, who's lifes passion afterwards is to meet up with Cross in Paris. Despite financial hardship and a love-triangle treatening his marriage, Dingo takes a leap of faith and travels to Paris to meet his hero. The eventual meeting is not only a "milestone" for Dingo, its a type of redemption for Cross.

Although the acting is minimal, Davis is surprizingly convincing as not only a jazz trumpeter (duh), but also a man searching for meaning in his playing and a man discovering another lost soul like himself in Dingo. A slow-moving but nonetheless good film.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Primal canine blasts: Fine recurring melody; Miles = smiles, March 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dingo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I listened to the soundtrack from Dingo for many years; today I watched the movie. I was tickled as the themes and audio bites from the soundtrack came together with the story line. Dig the primal canine blasts our hero puts out to the bush and then the audience. Check out the contents of the airplane. As far as Miles goes... I smiled a lot. He's got some great poetic pauses. Should you buy it??? Depthcharge!!