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Southland Tales

Directed by Richard Kelly

R

2006 2h 24mComedy, Drama,

5.341%41%

During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

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Cast of Southland Tales

Dwayne JohnsonBoxer Santaros / Jericho Cane
Seann William ScottRoland Taverner / Ronald Taverner
Sarah Michelle GellarKrysta Kapowski / Krysta Now
Mandy MooreMadeline Frost-Santaros
Justin TimberlakePrivate Pilot Abilene
Miranda RichardsonNana Mae Frost
Wallace ShawnBaron Von Westphalen
Bai LingSerpentine
Nora DunnCyndi Pinziki
John LarroquetteVaughn Smallhouse
Kevin SmithSimon Theory
Amy PoehlerVeronica Mung / Dream
Wood HarrisDion Element
Zelda RubinsteinDr. Katarina Kuntzler
Beth GrantDr. Inga Von Westphalen
Janeane GarofaloGeneral Teena MacArthur
Cheri OteriZora Charmichaels
Jon LovitzBart Bookman
Holmes OsborneSenator Bobby Frost
Will SassoFortunio Balducci
Christopher LambertWalter Mung
Lou Taylor PucciMartin Kefauver
Michele DurrettStarla Von Luft
Jill RitchieShoshana Kapowski
Lisa K. WyattTeri Riley
Curtis ArmstrongDr. Soberin Exx
Todd BergerBing Zinneman
Rebekah Del RioVanessa Vera Cruz
Abbey DiGregorioSheena Gee
Sab ShimonoHideo Takehashi
Robert BenzTab Taverner
Joe CampanaBrandt Huntington
Chris Andrew CiullaUPU 4 Officer 3
Aaron DillarJimmy Hermosa
Shari DunnUSI Dent Reporter
Jon FalconeSoldier Falcon
Jaret GardinerShane Laverne
Shannon Lee HolmesTodd Zinneman
Katherine KendallMegazeppelin Waitress
Jinah KimDr. Linda Lao
Gianna LuchiniDeena Storm
Mike NielsenKenny Chan
Kevin RobertsonSeamus Storm
Philip SternbergDennis Voogler
Sarah Christine SmithDancer #1
Nicole SciaccaDancer #2
Aliane BaquerotDancer #3
Becca SweitzerDancer #4
Chi JohnsonDancer #5
Jenna StewartDancer #6
Rachael MarkarianDancer #7
Marcy McCuskerDancer #8
Dave CarlinNews Reporter
Katarina HydeIsabella / Interpreter
Sharon JordanSecretary
Sean LoGrassoUS Ident Worker
Paulah MayHysterical Passenger
Matt McColmBar Bouncer
John T. O'BrienSWAT Team Officer
Philip RooseveltHomeless Terrorist
Eli RothMan Who Gets Shot on Toilet
Gary SieversHomeless Terrorist
Richard KellyDirector / Writer
Bo HydeProducer
Matthew RhodesProducer
Sean McKittrickProducer
Kendall MorganProducer

Southland Tales Ratings & Reviews

vangh1December 23, 2024
I don't know how to rate this one. I came across it when someone I follow on Letterboxd re-watched it. I'd never heard of it, but had seen both the other films by the director and had mixed feeling about both. I watched the Cannes Cut, and it felt all of it's 2 hours 38 minutes. It has a wide range of performers playing against type. It has them making very stark and mystifying acting choices (what is with The Rock's finger twiddling?) and it has them delivering absolute cornball dialogue as though its Shakespeare. It feels a little bit like Robocop but less effective. It feels a little bit like Tommy Wiseau with a budget, but with slightly more to say. It's trying to be 3 or 4 or 5 tight movies smashed into an epic. I don't want to call it a muddled mess, because it's very clear it was meticulously made and not a single detail or choice was come to arbitrarily, but somehow that almost makes it worse. It really is amazing how it feels VERY 2006 in its aesthetics, and much more contemporary in its messaging (raving though it may be).

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