Boy And His Dog, A [reclassified 2018]

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Synopsis

Science Fiction. Based on the novella by Harlan Ellison. In a post-apocalyptic future, a young man (Don Johnson) and his telepathic dog search for food and women, until a young woman (Susanne Benton) convinces the man to join her at an underground community.

Content elements

• Frequent use of cursing and profanity; infrequent use of scatological slang and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some involving animals - some blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity and sexually suggestive scenes - some brief breast nudity
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

• Love and friendship
• Survival
• Power and control

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for nudity and sexual content

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