Alpha Dog (STRONG LANGUAGE & ADULT CONTENT)

TheCentralScrutinizer · 25 Jul 10 :: 20:22

My Stolen Son, a book by Susan Markowitz about the kidnapping and murder of her son, Nick is coming out in September. A friend of hers made this montage tribute to Nick and the book. It's devastating...

http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/vi … 353fb80094

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 27 Jul 10 :: 02:55

I am definitely going to buy that book. The way Nick Markowitz story was depicted in the movie Alpha Dog is intense. I really want to read a book about the actual case.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 10 Aug 10 :: 19:42

An article about Nick's mom's book...

http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/32062/

CappuGirl · 16 Aug 10 :: 12:40

"Justin Timberlake got tatted up with fake ink for his movie Alpha Dog in 2006. He was supposed to play a hardcore drug dealer — so why did they put the Chinese character for "ice skating" on his left bicep?"

:rofl:

Source: http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2010/08/12 … id=glamour

Oh. Its also here, with other explanations of his tattoos: http://www.freetattoodesigns.org/justin … attoo.html

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TheCentralScrutinizer · 16 Aug 10 :: 15:03

LOL! That's funny. They probably did it just to see if anyone would notice.

CappuGirl · 17 Sep 10 :: 21:01

Interview: Nick Cassavetes—Alpha Dog—11/20/06
http://grouchoreviews.com/interviews/198

NC: So actors keep getting offered the same type of parts that they've been offered before. And you become a certain type in that respect. Emile has never played anybody that has been physically a huge presence, or somebody that's been a tough guy. Anton is a miraculous actor. He can do anything. Chris Marquette, I feel the same way. He's just awesome.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 17 Sep 10 :: 21:08

Awwww. I love Big Nick.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 20 Jan 11 :: 23:39

This is the school where all the kids in the real case went, El Camino Real...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/2 … 11592.html

domesticelefant · 21 Jan 11 :: 23:59

That's the same school? Oh.

EOcean214 · 25 Jan 11 :: 02:14

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

This is the school where all the kids in the real case went, El Camino Real...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/2 … 11592.html

Wow. Scary Deb. So sad. Breaks my heart when I hear about events like these.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 04 Apr 11 :: 18:32

Ooooh, somebody better tell Johnny, Frankie's getting busy with Angela!

http://www.people.com/people/article/0, … adlines%29

EOcean214 · 08 May 11 :: 21:15

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

Ooooh, somebody better tell Johnny, Frankie's getting busy with Angela!
http://www.people.com/people/article/0, … adlines%29

She sure is getting around. Timberlake and Gosling? Girl has good taste!

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 12 May 11 :: 05:45

I'm making a video with pictures from Alpha Dog and the case of Nicholas Markowitz. I'm using the song Hurricane by 30 Seconds To Mars.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 12 May 11 :: 18:24

Please post a link here when you're done, Mel.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 20 May 11 :: 05:31

I also used pictures from American History X and Requiem For A Dream. The video took me a long time to make. It was a lot of fun though.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/6424341/h … y_version/

TheCentralScrutinizer · 19 Jun 11 :: 04:44

Did you guys hear Justin Timberlake talking about smoking weed this past week? So being Frankie came naturally to him.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 12 Jun 12 :: 05:21

Tonight's very emotional ep of Discovery ID's Fatal Encounters featured the story of Nick Markowitz's senseless murder...

http://investigation.discovery.com/vide … f88020f612

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 13 Jun 12 :: 02:33

I missed it. Hope I can tape it sometime...

graham · 12 Sep 13 :: 18:40

Tina,

Just received your email. Thanks for responding. I was released in 2007, but haven't really been able to bring myself to wade through the fallout from the film until recently. I've been pretty busy trying to make a living and negotiate life after incarceration. Full disclosure, I am in the last stages of writing an alternative account of the events that inspired the film, hence my foray into the WWW. But I am very new with all of this. Remember, I was rolling with a top of the line pager before I was arrested...and when I was released, all of a sudden there were Iphones and all sorts of gadgets and social media...and a whole lot more. I'm lucky to have even successfully registered on this site. Anyway, I'm sure there are all sorts of questions that I might know the answers to regarding the film or the events that inspired it...and now that I am not facing prosecution...I am more than willing to set the record straight where I can.

Graham

p.s. My hair is curly, not straight. And I do shower...sometimes.

graham · 12 Sep 13 :: 18:48

Oh, and I now have a Twitter thingy too. I'm pretty sure its just under my name, Graham Pressley. And a blog: undergroundsantabarbara.blogspot.com. I moved back to Santa Barbara when I was released and have recently started writing down some of my comings and goings, as well as random ruminations about life before, during and after the whole thing...

TeeJay · 12 Sep 13 :: 18:49

Welcome, Graham, and thanks for posting. Maybe we should quickly explain for the people who weren't privy to our e-mail conversation: Graham is Graham Pressley. He's the one that Chris's character Keith Stratten was based on. I'm sure I can come up with a ton of questions for you, Graham, but I'm off on vacation on Sunday, and will be pretty much AWOL for two weeks.

Hopefully we can talk a bit more when I'm back in October, and hopefully I'll come back here and find lots of interesting conversations!

Thanks for posting all the links, I'll be sure to check them out when I get a breather. We have a Twitter account too, but I don't know if you're interested in following what goes on around Chris Marquette. If so, you can find us here: www.twitter.com/cmarquettefans.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 12 Sep 13 :: 18:55

HA! Hi Graham. Great first post. It's nice to "meet" you and see you here on the old message board. I'm sure we'll have some interesting conversations to come.

For anyone who's not sure what the heck we're talking about, this is Graham. He's the young man whom Chris's character, "Keith" in Alpha Dog was based on. So if you have any questions, he's your guy.

Graham, I'd love to hear more about your alternative account of the events. BTW, I think you're a terrific writer. I used to read your posts on MySpace a few years back. You've got your own cool way with words and you're funny.

Tina's right, I did go to a screening in 2006 with Nick Cassavetes in attendance. He said you were a complicated dude.

graham · 12 Sep 13 :: 19:41

Deb,

I'm sure Cassavettes' comment about my being a "complicated dude" was likely based on a letter I sent in response to a letter he sent to me requesting a visit. I think I called him a shameless sycophant...which I didn't really mean (though I'm sure I meant it at the time). I was just frustrated at that point (I was in jail...).

So the alternative account. Yeah, I am finally in a place where I can blow the lid off of some things. Really, I was just waiting to get hauled into Court to testify in the JJ Hollywood trial. Now I am finally free and clear and can be perfectly candid. The real course of events is possibly more tragic than what has already been recounted (mostly false). Plus, there are so many things about growing up in Southern California the way we did that makes the film rendition of that life utterly absurd...even tame. More problematic still and a point touched on in Alpha Dog but not elaborated upon: who were our teachers? A look into the lives of our parents would be fascinating...that's to put it mildly. Personally, my family sucked. My Dad being the worst. The one lesson I learned from him: shut your f--ing mouth. About everything. Not cool. Anyway, gotta go catch lunch and a movie.

G

TheCentralScrutinizer · 13 Sep 13 :: 00:58

What he said was in response to me asking him about how Keith was portrayed in that final shot, in custody. Up to that point, he was portrayed as party boy but basically decent, refusing to participate in the murder and all. And then in that last shot, he sits there looking so smug. Like he really is a bad dude after all, just gloating. I asked Nick how that shot was consistent with what we'd seen of the character up to that point. I can't remember the exact quote (it was 7 years ago), but he said something like, "He's both of those guys; the one who was caught in the middle of something and got in way over his his head, and the one who was a smug jerk in interrogations. He's a complicated dude. Like most of us, I guess."

Were you aware that Susan Markowitz spoke well of you and your mom in her book? I actually loaned my copy to Marquette's mom, so I can't pull the exact quote, but it was something about how your mom was the only one to apologize to her and show her kindness during the trials. And she hoped that you could make a good life for yourself now that you've served your time.

BTW, you don't have to censor yourself in this thread. It has a language warning on it and we're not prudes anyway.

I'm sure I'll come up with some specific questions once I have a chance to process the fact that I'm actually talking to YOU.

CappuGirl · 28 Sep 13 :: 00:22

Nice to "meet" you, Graham. I'd be interested to read your input on this story and other things. I like the way you write. I'm sure if I read how you describe growing up where you did, it would be totally alien for me as I've grown up on the other side of the World. I'm checking out your blog too.

-Maria

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