Hounddog

A precocious but troubled young girl living in 1950s-era Alabama seeks solace in the music of Elvis Presley in director Deborah Kampmeier's controversial tale of childhood trauma and musical healing. An air of repression lingers over the home of spirited youngster Lewellen (Dakota Fanning), who ...more

Maybe it's the heat. Perhaps it's the humidity. There's obviously something in the air below the Mason Dixon line that causes kids to mature faster than the average teenager. In Hounddog, the always precocious but increasingly versatile Dakota Fanning plays Lewellen, an overtly sexual teen navigating the rigors of poverty and the quotidian of rural 1950s Alabama. Lewellen finds comfort, solace, and saving grace in the music of Elvis Presley. A girl can dream, can't she? In the case of ...more