

The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production failures. He finds himself bonding with a new neighbor's lonely young daughter who has mild cerebral palsy; and during one of his middle-of-the-night strolls, he encounters his oddball doppelgänger.

Kenneth Branagh
Peter McGowan
Lead
Robin Wright
Melanie McGowan
Suzi Hofrichter
Amy Walsh

Lynn Redgrave
Edna

Jared Harris
False Peter

Peter Riegert
Larry

David Krumholtz
Brian Sellars

Johnathon Schaech
Adam
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Kalesniko's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”