Southland Tales

Southland Tales

Director: Richard Kelly Cast: Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson
, Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott
, Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sarah Michelle Gellar
, Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong
Richard Kelly
Southland Tales

Southland Tales

Director: Richard Kelly Cast: Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson
, Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott
, Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sarah Michelle Gellar
, Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong
Richard Kelly

DVD (Wide Screen)

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Overview

California is at the epicenter of a political and environmental disaster that threatens to destroy the world in this ambitious fusion of comedy, drama, dystopian science fiction, and music from writer and director Richard Kelly, his first film after gaining a cult following with Donnie Darko. In the year 2005, a nuclear attack wipes out part of the state of Texas, and three years later America is a virtual police state, with the government taking control of nearly every part of people's lives, supposedly for their own good. A German firm has found a way to generate energy using seawater, but both public and private concerns are desperate to prevent the new technology from being introduced in the gasoline-starved United States. A Marxist underground based on the West Coast is determined to bring down the federal government through violent revolution. In this midst of this chaos, we follow a number of stories that continually return to three principle characters. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock) is an actor famous for his role in action films; he's trying to secure financing for a new project, but reality keeps mirroring the events in his script and he struggles to hold on to his identity following a bout with amnesia. Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a porn star who is reinventing herself as a television pundit offering her views on politics, contemporary culture, and teenage sex. And Roland Taverner (Seann William Scott) is an L.A. police officer whose identity has mysteriously split in two, and he struggles to track down his other half. Featuring a massive supporting cast which includes Mandy Moore, Miranda Richardson, Wallace Shawn, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Smith, Amy Poehler, and Justin Timberlake, Southland Tales received its world premiere at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival; director Kelly also created an accompanying series of three graphic novels that chart these events and characters prior to this story.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/18/2008
UPC: 0043396182837
Original Release: 2006
Rating: R
Source: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:24:00
Sales rank: 43,185

Special Features

Closed Caption; "USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland" featurette; "This Is the Way the World Ends" animated short

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Dwayne Johnson Boxer Santaros
Seann William Scott Roland Taverner/Ronald Taverner
Sarah Michelle Gellar Krysta Kapowski/Krysta Now
Curtis Armstrong Dr. Soberin Exx
Joe Campana Brandt Huntington
Nora Dunn Cyndi Pinziki
Michele Durrett Starla Von Luft
Beth Grant Dr. Inga Von Westphalen/Marion Card
Wood Harris Dion Warner/Dion Element
John Larroquette Vaughn Smallhouse
Bai Ling Serpentine
Holmes Osborne Sen. Bobby Frost
Cheri Oteri Zora Charmichaels
Jill Ritchie Shoshana Kapowski/Shoshana Cox
Zelda Rubinstein Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Lou Taylor Pucci Martin Kefauver
Wallace Shawn Baron Von Westphalen
Christopher Lambert Walter Mung
Will Sasso Fortunio Balducci
Jon Lovitz Bart Bookman
Mandy Moore Madeline Frost Santaros
Amy Poehler Veronica Mung/Dream
Miranda Richardson Nana Mae Frost
Kevin Smith Simon Theory
Justin Timberlake Abilene
Sab Shimono Hideo Takehashi
Lisa Wyatt Teri Riley
The Rock Actor
Moby Composer

Technical Credits
Richard Kelly Director,Screenwriter
Bo Hyde Producer
Sean McKittrick Producer
Kendall Morgan Producer
Matthew Rhodes Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
Judd Payne Producer,Executive Producer
Oliver Hengst Executive Producer
Jim Seibel Executive Producer
Venus Kanani Casting
Katarina K. Hyde Executive Producer
Mary Vernieu Casting
Bill Johnson Executive Producer
Edward Hamm Jr. Executive Producer
Peter Devlin Sound/Sound Designer
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