Is alpha dog based on a true story?

— In Los Angeles, it’s a story that caused bewilderment disbelief and has now inspired a new movie, “Alpha Dog.” It has provocative new roles for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars like Justin Timberlake and Sharon Stone. In fact, it’s a story set not far from Hollywood itself. In the West Hills section, there are million dollar homes. read more

In researching the Alpha Dog true story, we learned that the threesome is fiction. However, while at a low-key party at a State Street hotel in Santa Barbara, Nicholas Markowitz did go swimming with Graham Pressley (renamed Keith Stratten in the movie) in the hotel's outdoor pool. read more

Alpha Dog is a 2006 American crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2006, with a wide release the following year on January 12, 2007. Starring Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Anton Yelchin, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried with Harry Dean Stanton, Sharon Stone, and Bruce Willis, the film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000. read more