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Southland Tales

Southland Tales

Have a nice apocalypse.

20075.22h 25m

Overview

Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Directed by Richard Kelly
Written by Richard Kelly
Produced by Kendall Morgan, Matthew Rhodes, Sean McKittrick
Box OfficeBudget: $17.0MRevenue: $375K

Top Cast

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson

Boxer Santaros / Jericho Cane

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott

Roland Taverner / Ronald Taverner

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore

Madeline Frost-Santaros

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

Private Pilot Abilene

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Nana Mae Frost

Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

Baron Von Westphalen

Bai Ling

Bai Ling

Serpentine

Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn

Cyndi Pinziki

John Larroquette

John Larroquette

Vaughn Smallhouse

Themes & Keywords

suicideamnesiahusband wife relationshipmiddle eastsibling relationshipsmuggling (contraband)undercover agentparent child relationshipprophecykidnappingspynevadamass murderblackmailallegorytime travelafghanistansurrealismtwin brotherfilm in filmend of the worldinterracial relationshipconspiracyterrorismsplit personalitybig corporationdoppelgängergovernment corruptionsouthern californiaalternate timelineenvironmental issueworld war iiimysterious pastabsurdismfourth dimensionabsurdpreposterous

About Southland Tales

Southland Tales is a science fiction, thriller, comedy film released in 2007 exploring themes of suicide, amnesia, husband wife relationship, middle east, sibling relationship, smuggling (contraband). Directed by Richard Kelly, it stars Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar. Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

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