King of California (2007)

Director:

Mike Cahill

Writer:

Mike Cahill (written by)

Release Date:

12 September 2007 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

We're All Searching for Something ...

Plot:

An unstable dad who after getting out of a mental institution tries to convince his daughter that there's Spanish gold buried somewhere under suburbia.

Plot Keywords:

Spanish | Treasure | Quest | Dream | Mental Institution

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Charlie
Evan Rachel Wood	...	Miranda
Willis Burks II	...	Pepper
Laura Kachergus	...	Rita
Paul Lieber	...	Doug
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Kelly
Anne L. Nathan	...	Applebee's Manager (as Anne Nathan)
Arthur Santiago	...	McDonald's Manager
Ashley Greene	...	McDonald's Customer
Ian Hopps	...	Boy
Anna Khaja	...	Officer Contreras
Will Rothhaar	...	Security Guard
Annie O'Donnell	...	Greeter
Greg Davis Jr.	...	Joseph
Jeanie Hackett	...	Teacher
Mousa Kraish	...	Bruce
Max Grodénchik	...	Leonid
Gerald Emerick	...	Sheriff's Deputy
David J. O'Donnell	...	Firefighter
Chic Daniel	...	Older Cop
Angel Oquendo	...	Younger Cop
Jason Auer	...	Costco Employee
Ho-Kwan Tse	...	Chinese Man
Allisyn Ashley Arm	...	Miranda - Age 9
Gary Paul	...	Cop at Excavation
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Victor J. Ho	...	Chinese Refugee #3 (uncredited)
Joyce Kirkconnell	...	Sexy Girl (uncredited)
Branden Weslee Kong	...	Chinese Refugee #4 (uncredited)
Max Lee	...	Chinese Refugee #5 (uncredited)
Tarri Markel	...	Costco Shopper (uncredited)
Jason David McFadden	...	Fast Food Patron (uncredited)
Wesley J. Szabo	...	Security Guard Mike (uncredited)

Directed by
Mike Cahill

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mike Cahill		written by

Produced by
Boaz Davidson	....	executive producer
Danny Dimbort	....	executive producer
Randall Emmett	....	producer
George Furla	....	executive producer
Todd Gilbert	....	associate producer
Khristina Kravas	....	associate producer
Avi Lerner	....	producer
Michael London	....	producer
Michael McDonnell	....	line producer
Vance Owen	....	executive producer
George Parra	....	co-producer
Alexander Payne	....	producer
Elisa Salinas	....	executive producer
Trevor Short	....	executive producer
John Thompson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Robbins

Cinematography by
Jim Whitaker		(director of photography) (as James Whitaker)

Film Editing by
Glenn Garland

Casting by
Joanna Colbert

Production Design by
Dan Bishop

Art Direction by
David Morong

Set Decoration by
Dianna Freas

Costume Design by
Michael Dennison
Ellen Mirojnick

Makeup Department
Patricia Androff	....	makeup artist (as Patty Androff)
Jennifer Bell	....	hair department head
Amy Lederman	....	makeup artist
Vickie Mynes	....	key hair stylist (as Vicky Mynes)
Keith Sayer	....	key makeup artist
Janeen Schreyer	....	makeup department head
Angel Radefeld	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Tracy Boyd	....	post-production manager
Todd Gilbert	....	post-production supervisor
Patty Long	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tracy Boyd	....	second unit director
Richard L. Fox	....	first assistant director
Heather Grierson	....	first assistant director: second unit
Heather Grierson	....	second assistant director
Michael McDonnell	....	second unit director
Rudy Van Zyl	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Anthony A. Altomare	....	construction estimator
Janet Arneau	....	art department production assistant
Larry Arpin	....	senior graphic artist: Hollywood Intermediate
John Bocchicchio	....	construction medic
Claudia Bonfe	....	art department buyer
Tonya Brewer Hunt	....	on-set dresser: second unit (as Tanya Brewer)
Tonya Brewer Hunt	....	set dresser (as Tonya Brewer)
Randy Brewer	....	set dresser (as John Randy Brewer)
Curtis Corbitt	....	props assistant (as Curt Corbitt)
Charlie 'Cap' Cresap	....	construction medic
Tammy DeRuiter	....	paint gangboss (as Tamarind DeRuiter)
John 'Bugsy' Fuess	....	propmaker
John 'Bugsy' Fuess	....	welder
Kenneth Heil	....	set dresser (as Ken Heil)
Anthony Imperato	....	general foreman
Ritchie Kremer	....	property master
Blair Martin Cahill	....	set designer: miniatures
Monica Martin	....	props intern
William F. Matthews	....	set designer (as Bill Matthews)
Marilyn Morgan	....	on-set dresser
Chuck Morganti	....	set dresser
Charles Nixon III	....	leadman (as Charles Nixon)
Andrew Nowling	....	greens foreman
Tom Perry	....	paint supervisor
Tracy Prescott MacGregor	....	art director: animation sequences, LAIKA/house
Christopher M. Ridino	....	construction coordinator
Frankie Rodrigues	....	location painter (as Frankie Rodriguez)
Jonnie Rose	....	labor foreman
Ahmed Saker	....	construction medic
Brian Seccombe	....	assistant property master
Bill Thompson	....	propmaker gang boss
Scott B. Valdes	....	stand-by painter (as Scott Valdes)
John Warner	....	props: second unit
Marissa Zajack	....	art department coordinator
Christopher Morente	....	foreman (uncredited)
Christopher Morente	....	stand-by greens (uncredited)
Luigi Mugavero	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Eric P. Paczkowski	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Mark Rodriguez	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Bob Warner	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mike Anderson	....	sound utility
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
Barney Cabral	....	supervising adr editor
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	sound editor
David Hingorany	....	sound mix engineer
J. Stanley Johnston	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Kreple	....	foley mixer
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist
Stacey Michaels	....	adr mixer
Michael A. Morongell	....	sound mix engineer (as Mike Morongell)
Nick Neutra	....	foley supervisor
Paul Ordonez	....	sound mix recordist
Lee Orloff	....	sound mixer
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Doug Reed	....	foley artist (as Douglas Reed)
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
Scott Sanders	....	additional sound mixer
Scott Sanders	....	supervising sound designer
Blair Scheller	....	boom operator
Frederick H. Stahly	....	sound editor (as Fred Stahly)
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Kevin Zimmerman	....	first assistant sound editor (as Kevin A. Zimmerman)
Shelik Fernandez	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Scott Sanders	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jeffrey Machit	....	special effects assistant (as J.C. Machit)
Doyle Smiley	....	special effects assistant
Ron Trost	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
David Altenau	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Burrows	....	digital cleanup artist: Hollywood Intermediate
Rex Carter	....	Flame artist: animation sequences, LAIKA/house
Rachel Clement	....	digital cleanup artist: Hollywood Intermediate
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer: Worldwide FX
Denitsa Dimitrova	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Stanislav Draganov	....	3D compositor: Worldwide FX
Stanislav Dragiev	....	visual effects supervisor: Worldwide FX
Donna Dubuc-Curtis	....	digital cleanup artist: Hollywood Intermediate
Tyler Emery	....	digital cleanup artist: Hollywood Intermediate
Svetoslav Galabov	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Iva Gorcheva	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Dobromir Hristov	....	digital lead artist: Worldwide FX
Dietz Toshio Ichishita	....	digital cleanup artist: Hollywood Intermediate (as Dietz Ichishita)
Rosen Ivanov	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Velichko Ivanov	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Delyan Ketipov	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Nikolay Kondarev	....	visual effects support staff: Worldwide FX
Dimitar Kovachev	....	visual effects support staff: Worldwide FX
James Ledesma	....	scanning operator: Hollywood Intermediate
Arturo Lopez	....	scanning operator: Hollywood Intermediate
Peter Marinov	....	visual effects support staff: Worldwide FX
Jordan Markov	....	visual effects editor: Worldwide FX
Daniel Ortiz	....	scanning operator: Hollywood Intermediate
Krasimir Paskalev	....	visual effects coordinator: Bulgaria, Worldwide FX
Desislava Pavlova	....	visual effects coordinator: Bulgaria, Worldwide FX
Stanislav Petkov	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Stefan Tchakarov	....	visual effects production supervisor: Worldwide FX
Chris Thomas	....	scanning operator: Hollywood Intermediate
Adriana Valcheva	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Alexander Valev	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Vladimir Zdravkov	....	visual effects support staff: Worldwide FX
Angelina Borisowa	....	visual effect assistant editor (uncredited)
Anthony Davis	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Ivet Jordanova	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
David Van Woert	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Silvia Vasileva	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Leo Vezzali	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
John L. Weckworth	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Petko Zhivkov	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Stacey Carino	....	stunt double: Ms. Wood
J. Mark Donaldson	....	stunt double: Mr. Douglas (as Mark Donaldson)
Jermaine Holt	....	stunt double: Mr. Burks (as Jermaine 'J.T. Holt)
Randolph LeRoi	....	stunt double: Mr. Burks
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt coordinator (as Gary Wayton)
Gary Paul	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul E. Avery	....	rigging electrician (as Paul Avery)
Tracy Bennett	....	still photographer
David Blundell	....	rigging key best boy electrician
Liz Bolden	....	grip
John Clevenger	....	key grip: second unit
Brett Cody	....	24 frame playback operator: E=mc²
Brett Lance Cody	....	24 frame playback operator: E=mc² (as Lance Cody)
John T. Connor	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as John T. Conner)
Jason Blaise Cunningham	....	grip (as Blaise Cinningham)
Mike Curtis	....	electrician
Raymond Deperna	....	additional electrician
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana	....	rigging key grip (as Dhamarata 'G' Dhiensuwana)
Dan Enneking	....	lamp operator: second unit (as Danny Enneking)
Danny Euneking	....	additional electrician
Jamie Felz	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Scott Fieldsteel	....	best boy electric
Mark Figueroa	....	additional first camera assistant
Franc Gabusi	....	grip
Renée George	....	electrician (as Renee Kayon)
Laura Goldberg	....	additional camera operator
Jonathan Gomez	....	rigging grip
Oscar Gomez	....	rigging best boy grip
Kurt Grossi	....	key grip
Bobby Haas	....	grip: second unit
Matt Kennedy	....	second assistant camera
Jennifer Lai	....	camera loader
Dwight Joseph Lavers	....	dolly grip (as Dwight Lavers)
Nick Liampetchakul	....	rigging grip
Chris McNellis	....	key grip
Josh Medak	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Josh Medak	....	director of photography: second unit
Ryan Meyer	....	rigging electrician
Andrea Miraglia	....	grip
Daniel Nichols	....	additional first camera assistant (as Danny Nichols)
John Nolan	....	director of photography: animation sequences, LAIKA/house
Dave O'Brien	....	additional second camera assistant (as David O'Brian)
Bruce Olinder	....	gaffer
Bruce Olinder	....	gaffer: second unit
Bill Petty	....	grip
David Presley	....	video assist operator (as David Pressley)
Ryan Rayner	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Martin Reder	....	electrician
Dale Robinette	....	still photographer
David Ross	....	camera intern: underwater unit
Jesse Roth	....	additional second camera assistant
Joe Rowan	....	additional electrician
Mark Santoni	....	additional first camera assistant
Red Sinclair	....	additional electrician
Christian Franz Staab	....	grip (as Christian Staabs)
John Stradling	....	additional first camera assistant
John Stradling	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Taj J. Teffaha	....	Steadicam operator (as Taj Teffaha)
Taj J. Teffaha	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Taj Teffaha)
Mike Thomas	....	camera operator: underwater unit
Thomas Trafelet	....	video assist operator
Kelly Uchimura	....	additional second camera assistant
Pat Whelan	....	grip (as Pat P. Whelan)
Scott 'Willie' Willaman	....	rigging key electrician (as Scott 'Willie' Williman)
Maryan Zurek	....	first assistant camera: underwater unit
Josh Greer	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Frankie Martinez	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Daniel Nichols	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)
Michael Piekutowski	....	electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Nicholas Childs	....	animation producer: LAIKA/house
Wendy Fuller	....	animator: animation sequences, LAIKA/house
David Fulp	....	character designer: animation sequences, LAIKA/house
David Fulp	....	storyboard artist: animation sequences, LAIKA/house
Jan Johnson	....	animation executive producer: LAIKA/house
Kirk Kelley	....	animation creator: LAIKA/house
Joe Mello	....	character fabricator: animation sequences, LAIKA/house
Katie Mello	....	character fabricator: animation sequences, LAIKA/house
Sara Neiman	....	character fabricator: animation sequences, LAIKA/house

Casting Department
Sandy Holt	....	adr voice casting
Richard Mento	....	casting associate
Christina Mullin	....	casting assistant
Jeff Olan	....	extras casting
Ryan Omega	....	extras casting assistant
Jocelyn E. Thomas	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Myron Baker	....	on-set costumer
Robin Borman	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Robin Borman-Wizan)
Brooke Fein	....	on-set costumer
Wendy Willis	....	costume intern
Tricia Yoo	....	costumer: second unit (as Trish Yoo)

Editorial Department
Maureen Bharoocha	....	post-production assistant
Michael Corrigan	....	editor: animation sequences, LAIKA/house
Jim Delany	....	digital intermediate IO producer: Hollywood Intermediate
Julius Friede	....	digital intermediate colorist: Hollywood Intermediate
David Graubard	....	digital intermediate senior systems engineer: Hollywood Intermediate
Leigh Jones	....	digital intermediate production assistant: Hollywood Intermediate
Zornitsa Krasteva	....	colorist: Worldwide FX
Candice Levy	....	post-production coordinator
Dennis Little	....	digital intermediate production coordinator: Hollywood Intermediate
Joel T. Pashby	....	first assistant editor
Jon Pehlke	....	on-line editor
Sarah Priestnall	....	digital intermediate production supervisor: Hollywood Intermediate
Danny Rueben	....	post-production assistant
David Waters	....	digital intermediate senior producer: Hollywood Intermediate
Yoram Tal	....	on-line editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Selena Arizanovic	....	music coordinator
Michael Bowers	....	assistant music editor
Dan Garcia	....	music pre-recording engineer
Barry Goldberg	....	score mixer
Barry Goldberg	....	score recordist
Karen Kloack	....	music clearance consultant
Micha Liberman	....	music editor
David Robbins	....	conductor
David Robbins	....	music supervisor
David Robbins	....	orchestrator
Steven A. Saltzman	....	music editor (as Steven Saltzman)
Jason Torreano	....	music instrument rentals: Paesold String Instruments
Ashley Waldron	....	executive music supervisor (as Ashley Miller)

Transportation Department
Morris Bension	....	driver
Ralph L. Blunt	....	driver (as Ralph Blunt)
Gary Edelman	....	transportation coordinator
Pablo Gonzalez	....	driver (as Pablo Gonzales)
Bruce Hathaway	....	driver
William Jakubecy	....	driver
Bud Lacy	....	driver
Cecil McClain	....	driver (as Cecil McLain)
Justin McClain	....	driver (as Justin McLain)
Walter McClain	....	driver (as Walt McLain)
Bill McLaren	....	driver
Luigi Mugavero	....	driver
Mike Phillips	....	driver
Charles Ramirez	....	transportation captain (as Charlie Ramirez)
Nacho Ramirez	....	driver
Michael David Reynolds	....	driver (as Mike Reynolds)
Wayne Spohn	....	driver
Frank Valentino	....	driver
Glenn Verna	....	driver
Jay E. Vigil	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car (uncredited)

Other crew
Tsila Adler	....	post-production accountant
Mitchell Almarez	....	assistant craft service
Craig Antioco	....	electronic press kit creator
Prince Bagdasarian	....	film and high definition coordinator: Hollywood Intermediate
Shin Baranek	....	set intern
Eric Battin	....	assistant: Mr. Douglas
Richard Bellos	....	stand-in: Michael Douglas
Tracy Boyd	....	assistant: Mr. Cahill
Tracy Boyd	....	writing facilitator
J.M. Brown	....	assistant production coordinator (as Jason M. Brown)
Judith M. Brown	....	studio teacher (as Judy Brown)
Joe Burns	....	key assistant location manager
Carmen Carpenter	....	production financing: Comerica Entertainment Group
Tada Chae	....	assistant location manager
Rosie Charbonneau	....	executive assistant to producers: Emmett/Furla Films
Alexandre Coscas	....	assistant: Mr. Lerner
Carole Delossantos	....	international distribution: Millennium Films
Guin Dill	....	animal trainer
Lynda Dorf	....	publicist
Sarah Eichenlaub	....	office production assistant
Rick Eyler	....	senior contracts administrator: Millennium Films
Juliana Farrell	....	assistant: Mr. London
Dave Feldman	....	legal services: Emmett/Furla Films
Gerardo Fernandez	....	caterer
Claude Forest	....	insurance agent: Multimediarisk.com (as Claude H. Forest)
Jeff Fuller	....	key set production assistant (as Jeff 'Bones' Fuller)
Ramon Galindo	....	assistant chef
Dave Gare	....	product placement
Jeffrey Giles	....	international distribution
Julio Godinez	....	assistant chef
Elizabeth Grave	....	assistant: Mr. London
Eric Green	....	marketing and publicity
Scott Herrick	....	assistant to accountant
Alison Hoberman	....	craft service
Laura Howell	....	publicist
Rasool J'Han	....	assistant: Ms. Wood
Adam Johnson	....	set intern
Katya Kraevska	....	on-set doctor
Ashley Kravitz	....	script clearance
Jodie Kuhuski	....	financial consultant: Millennium Films
Alan J. Lam	....	production controller
Alan J. Lam	....	production controller: Millennium Films (as Alan Lam)
Erin Lander	....	adr loop group
Barbara Long	....	production accountant
Gregory Lopez	....	assistant chef
Nery Arnold Lopez	....	caterer (as Arnold Lopez)
Kyle Lusby	....	key set production assistant: second unit
Kyle Lusby	....	set production assistant
Miguel Mata	....	assistant chef
Arielle Mermin	....	accounting clerk
Alex Miniard	....	stand-in
Dan Murray	....	assistant: Mr. McDonnell
Ben Nedivi	....	assistant: Mr. Davidson
Rouslan Ovtcharoff	....	production associate
Dina Oxenberg	....	executive assistant: Mr. Emmett, Emmett/Furla Films (as Dina Oxenburg)
Miguel Perez	....	caterer
Christy Powers	....	additional medic
Lonnie Ramati	....	production business affairs
Bill Ramirez	....	assistant craft service (as Billy Ramirez)
Jaime Ramirez	....	office production assistant
Nick Reimond	....	assistant to producers: Emmett/Furla Films
David Rivera	....	security
Rebecca Robertson	....	script supervisor
Rick Rosenthal	....	legal services: Emmett/Furla Films
Alfonso F. Ruiz	....	assistant location manager (as Alfonso Ruiz)
Cyrus Ruiz	....	set intern
Honore Sato	....	studio teacher
Avivah Sharon	....	travel agent: New Act Travel (as Aviva Sharon)
Lindsay Simon	....	office production assistant (as Lindsay Dwyer)
Frances Simonovich	....	production coordinator
Jammie Susha	....	set intern
Stanley Tepper	....	finance executive: Emmett/Furla Filma
Arturo Lopez Uscanga	....	scanning manager
Robert Van Norden	....	assistant: Mr. Thompson (as Rob Van Norden)
Marc J. Ventimiglia	....	key location manager (as Marc Ventimiglia)
M. Dal Walton III	....	production executive: Emmett/Furla Films
Julie Weisel	....	post-production accountant
Bradley Weiss	....	corporate accountant: Millennium Films
Tony Whitmore	....	construction medic
Roman Witt	....	corporate controller: Millennium Films
Christopher Michael Casey	....	assistant: Randall Emmett (uncredited)
Carla DiBello	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)
Larissa Grudt	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Shelly Heyward	....	production assistant: base camp (uncredited)
Kimberly James	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Samantha Luu	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Joan Mao	....	assistant: Mr. Davidson (uncredited)
Anna Musso	....	assistant: Alexander Payne (uncredited)
Jeffrey D. Stevens	....	key set medic (uncredited)
Jon C. Stewart	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Trish Vengoechea	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)

Thanks
Tyler Bensinger	....	very special thanks
Shellylyn Brandler	....	special thanks: The Swingers
Carroll Kales Cahill	....	in memory of
Sarah Delvecchio	....	special thanks: The Swingers
Gary Edelman	....	special thanks: The Swingers
Britt Ehringer	....	special thanks: The Swingers
Allison Kerwin	....	special thanks: The Swingers
Marguerite Martins	....	special thanks: The Swingers
Roberta Montgomery	....	special thanks: The Swingers
Tim Peyton	....	special thanks: The Swingers
Chelsea Robbins	....	very special thanks
Thiery Robbins	....	in memory of
Brad Silberling	....	thanks
Thomas Spence	....	special thanks: The Swingers
Michael Steinberg	....	special thanks
Marc J. Ventimiglia	....	special thanks: The Swingers (as Marc Venti)
Tom Woosley	....	special thanks: The Swingers

Production Companies

• Millennium Films
• Emmett/Furla Films
• Nu Image Films
• King of California Productions
• Lone Star Film Group
• Michael London Productions

Distributors

• 3L Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• 3L Filmverleih (2008) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• First Look International (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2007) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• First Look International (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Maple Pictures (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
• Nu Image Films (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (all media)
• Paradise Group (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Revolver Entertainment (2007) (UK) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Laika Entertainment (animation sequences)
• Worldwide FX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• All Balloons All The Time  balloon decor
• Ameraycan Studios  score recorded and mixed at
• Avon Studio Transport  transportation
• Boyana Film Laboratory  film laboratory: Sofia
• Camera House, The  cameras
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cinelease  lighting equipment
• Comerica Entertainment Group  production financing
• E=mc²  24 frame playback
• Ear Candy Post  post-production sound services
• EarCandy  sound post-production
• Film Finances  completion bond
• Hollywood Intermediate  digital intermediate services
• Identity Studios  visual effects
• LoopEase  loop group
• Multimediarisk.com  insurance services
• New Act Travel  travel
• Paesold String Instruments  musical instruments rental
• Paws for Effect  animals provided by
• Post Creations  foley recorded at
• Santa Clarita Studios  lighting equipment
• Tony's Food Service  catering
• Westwind Studios  adr recorded at
• Wishire Stages  adr recorded at

Also Known As:

"California Treasure" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some strong language, mature thematic elements and brief drug references

Runtime:

93 min | Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42631) | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Millennium Films

Trivia:

According to Michael Douglas, the film was shot in 31 days.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the flashback scene of Charlie playing the bass, his fingering is completely wrong for the bass notes in the musical cue.

Quotes:

Miranda:When my father moved away, I lived alone in our house. Which was not exactly normal, but at least I had a routine. Before, when he was home, I could never exactly get comfortable, because it always felt like something was about to happen.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: Episode dated 22 September 2007" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Train

A Tired Script but a Platform for the Skillful Acting of Douglas and Wood

KING OF California may not break any records for innovation of thought or script but it is a tightly made little film that allows veteran actor Michael Douglas a lollipop of a wacky role to remind us that he does have comedic talent! It also gives 20-year old Evan Rachel Wood the opportunity to compete with a Pro and come out an equal - quite a feat for such a young actress. Written and directed by Mike Cahill the story does have appeal, especially since it is set in Santa Clarita, California, a rapidly developing 'hinterland' that is suffering from the effects of too rapid industrialization, changing from a picturesque remnant of California raw beauty into yet another perky little town.

Charlie (Michael Douglas) has been in and out of mental institutions for his wacky behavior. His life as a jazz bassist and entrepreneur has always veered off the map, leaving him alone with his only daughter Miranda who has survived her father's irresponsible life by keeping the old family home (in the midst of a huge housing development) with the money she makes double shifting at the local MacDonalds. When Charlie is released his focus is on discovering the gold left behind by Catholic priests in the mid 1600s, a fact he has researched while hospitalized, on the Internet, and from the journal of one of the priests. Miranda slowly buys into Charlie's madcap scheme and adventure as a gold hunter and the caper results in a bonding between father and daughter that has been teetering on the brink of disaster for years. The manner in which Charlie, Miranda, and an old ex-con friend Pepper (Willis Burks II) go after the treasure provides most of the energy of the film.

Yes, there are bits and pieces of this project that have been done many times before (and often better), but the pleasure of KING OF California lies in the bravura and touching performances by Douglas and Wood. This is a pleasant excursion of a movie, worth an evening's gander. Grady Harp