Southland Tales

Year:

2007

Duration:

145 min | France:160 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Argentina:160 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.5

Director:

Richard Kelly

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2007-12-07

Filming Locations: Hermosa Beach, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $17,000,000

Opening Weekend: $123,428 (USA) (18 November 2007)

Gross: $275,380 (USA) (20 December 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Bai Ling

Southland Tales

Amy Poehler

Southland Tales

Will Sasso

Southland Tales

Sarah Christine Smith

Carlos Amezcua

Himself

Curtis Armstrong

Dr. Soberin Exx

Robert Benz

Tab Taverner

Todd Berger

Bing Zinneman

Joe Campana

Brandt Huntington

Chris Andrew Ciulla

UPU 4 Officer 3 (as Chris Ciulla)

Rebekah Del Rio

Vanessa Vera Cruz

Aaron Dillar

Jimmy Hermosa

Nora Dunn

Cyndi Pinziki

Shari Dunn

USI Dent Reporter

Michele Durrett

Starla Von Luft

Jon Falcone

Soldier Falcon

Leila Feinstein

Herself

Jaret Gardiner

Shane Laverne

Janeane Garofalo

General Teena MacArthur

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Krysta Kapowski

Beth Grant

Dr. Inga Von Westphalen

Wood Harris

Dion Element

Shannon Lee Holmes

Todd Zinneman

Katherine Kendall

Megazeppelin Waitress

Jinah Kim

Dr. Linda Lao

Dwayne Johnson

Boxer Santaros

Christopher Lambert

Walter Mung

John Larroquette

Vaughn Smallhouse

Jon Lovitz

Bart Bookman

Gianna Luchini

Deena Storm

Abbey McBride

Sheena Gee

Mandy Moore

Madeline Frost Santaros

Mike Nielsen

Kenny Chan

Holmes Osborne

Senator Bobby Frost

Cheri Oteri

Zora Charmichaels

Lou Taylor Pucci

Martin Kefauver

Miranda Richardson

Nana Mae Frost

Jill Ritchie

Shoshana Kapowski

Kevin Robertson

Seamus Storm

Zelda Rubinstein

Dr. Katarina Kuntzler

Seann William Scott

Roland Taverner

Wallace Shawn

Baron Von Westphalen

Sab Shimono

Hideo Takehashi

Kevin Smith

Simon Theory

Philip Sternberg

Dennis Voogler

Justin Timberlake

Private Pilot Abilene

Lisa K. Wyatt

Teri Riley

Nicole Sciacca

Dancer #2

Aliane Baquerot

Dancer #3

Becca Sweitzer

Dancer #4

Chi Johnson

Dancer #5 (as Chi Mustola Johnson)

Jenna Stewart

Dancer #6

Rachael Markarian

Dancer #7

Marcy McCusker

Dancer #8

Dave Carlin

News Reporter (uncredited)

Katarina Hyde

Isabella / Interpreter (uncredited)

Sharon Jordan

Secretary (uncredited)

Sean LoGrasso

US Ident Worker (uncredited)

Paulah May

Hysterical Passenger (uncredited)

Matt McColm

Bar Bouncer (uncredited)

John T. O'Brien

Swat Team Officer (uncredited)

Philip Roosevelt

Homeless Terrorist (uncredited)

Eli Roth

Man who gets shot on Toilet (uncredited)

Gary Sievers

Homeless Terrorist (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Sarah Michelle Gellar sang the song "Teen Horniness Is Not a Crime" with the help from Abbey McBride, Clarkent & Greasy Beats.

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Justin Timberlake's lines were re-dubbed for the new cut because, according to the director, he "misdirected Justin. It was a little too sarcastic."

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The first film for Dwayne Johnson to drop "The Rock" in his billing.

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Goofs

When the home video at the start of the film catches a glimpse of the initial bomb blast, we see the flash and hear the boom at the same instant. Anything close enough to a nuclear blast to hear the boom at the same instant as seeing the flash would be instantly disintegrated.

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After Pilot Abilene (Justin Timberlake) sings "All These Things That I Have Done", Roland Tavener (Seann William Scott) is found lying on the ground. He gets up and starts to run, leaving his radio on the pavement. Later, we see Roland Tavener walking down the sidewalk with the radio back on his belt.

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In the scene when they are stealing the ATM the tires on the SUV change from both spinning, to only the right one spinning, and then back to both spinning.

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Quotes

Private Pilot Abilene: Revelation 21: And God wiped away the tears from his eyes, so the new Messiah could see out to the new Jerusalem. His name was Officer Roland Taverner, of Hermosa Beach, California. My best friend. He is a pimp. And pimps don't commit suicide.

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Veronica Mung: Just because it's loud doesn't mean it's funny.

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Boxer Santaros: I'm a pimp. And pimps don't commit suicide.

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Faq

Q

Is 'The Power' important for understanding Southland Tales?

A

Not really, but it explains why the tattoo of Jesus on the back of Boxer's neck starts bleeding at the end of the film. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith.

Q

And what's this 'I'm a pimp, and pimps don't commit suicide' business?

A

Richard Kelly stated in his interview with EMPIRE Magazine...If Roland Taverner pulls the trigger and kills himself, the ice-cream truck will fall and the gateway it opens will close, and it's that gateway that may be humankind's salvation, so suicide represents surrendering to defeat. And "pimp?" Pimp is American slang for badass. A cool guy. So it's trying to say that our veterans are the biggest badasses that we have.

Q

What is the glowing orb carried around by Dr. Kuntzler?

A

It is a mechanical ball (built by Treer) which acts as remote antennas for the wireless electricity energy fields powered by Fluid Karma. There are hundreds of these mechanical balls buried everywhere in the Southland.

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