What is Dogs in Space?
{{Distinguish|Soviet space dogs}} {{Infobox movie | name = Dogs in Space | image = | image_size = | director = [[Richard Lowenstein]] | producer = [[Glenys Rowe]] | writer = [[Richard Lowenstein]] | starring = [[Michael Hutchence]]<br>[[Saskia Post]]<br>Nique Needles<br>Deanna Bond<br>Tony Helou | music = [[Michael Hutchence]] | cinematography = | editing = | studio = | distributor = Hoyts (Australia)<br>[[Columbia TriStar Home Video]]<br>[[Umbrella Entertainment]] | released = {{flagicon|Australia}} {{start date|df=yes|1986|12|18}} | runtime = 103 minutes | country = Australia | language = English | gross = }} '''''Dogs in Space''''' is a 1986 Australian drama movie about [[Melbourne]]'s little band scene in 1978. It was directed by [[Richard Lowenstein]]. It starred [[Michael Hutchence]] as Sam, a drugged dazed singer of a band named Dogs in Space.<ref name=nfsa>{{cite web|title=Dogs in Space|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=33094;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|accessdate=30 October 2015|author=Australia's Irving Archive|archive-date=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127010356/http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=33094;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10|url-status=dead}}</ref> The story was from Lowenstein's personal experience of living in a shared house in Melbourne in the late 1970s. Lowenstein had already worked with Michael Hutchence making rock videos.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130631102 |title=INXS' Hutchence in Screen Debut |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=ACT |date=27 November 1986 |accessdate=30 October 2015 |page=4 Supplement: The Good Times |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He also produced video clips for s