Southland Tales (2006)

Director:

Richard Kelly

Writer (WGA):

Richard Kelly (written by)

Release Date:

7 December 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Have A Nice Apocalypse

Plot:

Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008...

Plot Keywords:

Amnesia | Politics | Nuclear Attack | Beach | Dystopia

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Carlos Amezcua	...	Himself
Curtis Armstrong	...	Dr. Soberin Exx
Robert Benz	...	Tab Taverner
Todd Berger	...	Bing Zinneman
Dave Carlin	...	News Reporter
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 / Krysta Now
Beth Grant	...	Dr. Inga Von Westphalen / Marion Card
Wood Harris	...	Dion Element
Shannon Lee Holmes	...	Todd Zinneman
Katarina Hyde	...	Isabella / Interpreter (as Katarina K. Hyde)
Katherine Kendall	...	Megazeppelin Waitress
Jinah Kim	...	Dr. Linda Lao
Dwayne Johnson	...	Boxer Santaros / Jericho Cane
Christopher Lambert	...	Walter Mung
John Larroquette	...	Vaughn Smallhouse
Ling Bai	...	Serpentine
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
Amy Poehler	...	Veronica Mung / Dream
Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Martin Kefauver
Miranda Richardson	...	Nana Mae Frost
Jill Ritchie	...	Shoshana Kapowski / Shoshana Cox
Kevin Robertson	...	Seamus Storm
Zelda Rubinstein	...	Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Will Sasso	...	Fortunio Balducci
Seann William Scott	...	Roland Taverner / Ronald 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
Sarah Christine Smith	...	Dancer #1 (as Sarah C. Smith)
Nicole Sciacca	...	Dancer #2
Aliane Baquerot	...	Dancer #3
Becca Sweitzer	...	Dancer #4 (as Becca Sweitzer Russell)
Chi Johnson	...	Dancer #5 (as Chi Mustola Johnson)
Jenna Stewart	...	Dancer #6
Rachael Markarian	...	Dancer #7
Marcy McCusker	...	Dancer #8
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michelle Andria	...	Bikini Model (uncredited)
Sean LoGrasso	...	US Ident worker (uncredited)
Paulah May	...	Hysterical Passenger (uncredited)
Matt McColm	...	Bar Bouncer (uncredited)
Eli Roth	...	Man who gets shot on Toilet (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Directed by
Richard Kelly

Writing credits (WGA)
Richard Kelly		(written by)

Produced by
Ted Hamm	....	executive producer (as Edward H. Hamm Jr.)
Oliver Hengst	....	executive producer
Bo Hyde	....	producer
Katarina Hyde	....	executive producer (as Katarina K. Hyde)
Bill Johnson	....	executive producer
Sean McKittrick	....	producer
Kendall Morgan	....	producer
Judd Payne	....	executive producer
Matthew Rhodes	....	producer
Wolfgang Schamburg	....	associate producer
Ernst-August Schnieder	....	associate producer (as Dr. Ernst Augustus Schneider)
Jim Seibel	....	executive producer
Dara Weintraub	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Moby

Cinematography by
Steven Poster		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Sam Bauer

Casting by
Venus Kanani
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Alec Hammond		(as Alexander Hammond)

Set Decoration by
Tracey A. Doyle

Costume Design by
April Ferry

Makeup Department
Christian Beckman	....	special makeup effects artist
Laura Connolly	....	key hair stylist
David DeLeon	....	key makeup artist (as David De Leon)
Anna Fleiner	....	makeup artist
Louis Lazzara	....	makeup department head
Ermahn Ospina	....	makeup artist: Ms. Gellar
Rachel Solow	....	hair stylist: Mr. Johnson
Karl Wesson	....	third assistant hair stylist
Joy Zapata	....	hair department head
Laverne Caracuzzi	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Veronica Lorenz	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Danielle Noe	....	special makeup effects artist: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh	....	special makeup effects shop supervisor: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Rick Stratton	....	tattoo artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Tim Pedegana	....	post-production supervisor
Lowell Rottenberg	....	post-production manager
Christa Vausbinder	....	production supervisor
Dara Weintraub	....	unit production manager (as Dara L. Weintraub)
Bill Wohlken	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve Buhai	....	key second assistant director: second unit
Mark Carter	....	second assistant director
Mark S. Constance	....	second second assistant director (as Mark Constance)
Mark Cotone	....	first assistant director
David Dwiggins	....	first assistant director: second unit
Michael D. Gillis	....	second second assistant director (as Michael Gillis)
Bob Kay	....	second assistant director: second unit
Tim Trella	....	second unit director

Art Department
Richard Bain	....	carpenter
Mark Blumenthal	....	painter
Ron Cobb	....	conceptual artist
Larry Corralez	....	on-set painter
Guillaume DeLouche	....	property master
Drew Devine	....	labor foreman
Jorge Dorado	....	laborer
William Dorsey Jr.	....	painter
Scott Dougan	....	art department production assistant
Priscilla Elliott	....	assistant art director
Heather Elwell	....	art department coordinator
Zachary Fannin	....	graphic designer
Joseph Gray	....	construction foreman
Steve Hamner	....	digital artist
Mike Hinkle	....	laborer
Jay Kelly	....	additional graphics and artwork
Lane Kelly	....	official website artwork
Mark Kelly	....	assistant props
Mark R. LaPresle	....	construction coordinator (as Mark LaPresle)
Bruce L. Luizzi	....	set dresser (as Bruce Luizzi)
Victor James Martinez	....	set designer (as Victor Martinez)
James P. Meehan	....	assistant to property master (as James Meehn)
Brad Menth	....	carpenter
Martin L. Mercer	....	storyboard artist (as Martin Mercer)
Mike Miller	....	carpenter
Martin Milligan	....	on-set dresser
Luigi Mugavero	....	leadman (as Luigi S. Mugavero)
Paul Mugavero	....	set dresser
Phil Orefice	....	paint foreman (as Phil Orefice II)
Sam Page	....	set designer (as Samuel Page)
Caroline Perzan	....	buyer
Eric Rood	....	set dresser
Paul Schrauwers	....	carpenter
Angela Simpson	....	construction office assistant
Mike Slattery	....	location foreman
Benton E. Tedlie	....	set dresser (as Benton Tedlie)
Foster Vick	....	set dresser
Brett Weldele	....	artist: graphic novel illustrations
Robert M. Bouffard	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Caroline Perzan	....	set decoration buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Julie Altus	....	adr recordist
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer
Peter J. Devlin	....	production sound recordist
Matthew T. Duncan	....	sound mixing recordist (as Mat Duncan)
Brian Dunlop	....	assistant sound editor
Christopher Eakins	....	sound editor (as Chris Eakins)
David Esparza	....	sound designer
David Esparza	....	supervising sound editor
Susan Fitz-Simon	....	foley artist
George Flores	....	boom operator
Marshall Garlington	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Heiferman	....	adr mixer
Keith Hodne	....	adr mixer
Robert Jackson	....	supervising adr editor (as Robert C. Jackson)
Robert Jackson	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Robert C. Jackson)
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Michael A. Morongell	....	sound mix engineer (as Michael Morongell)
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Paul Ordonez	....	sound mixing recordist
Michael Piotrowski	....	boom operator
Stuart Provine	....	sound effects editor
Loui Ramon	....	adr assistant
Monique Reymond	....	foley artist
Steve Schatz	....	sound editor
Martin Schloemer	....	sound mixing recordist
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer
Eliott Taylor	....	adr recordist
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Lisa Varetakis	....	foley editor
Mandell Winter	....	foley editor

Special Effects by
Yves De Bono	....	special effects coordinator
Scott Dwyer	....	special effects technician
Ken Gorrell	....	special effects foreman
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects supervisor
Andrew J. Loprino	....	special effects technician
P. David Miller	....	pyrotechnician
P. David Miller	....	special effects crew (as Paul D. Miller)
Jennifer M. Sheppard	....	special effects technician (as Jennifer Shepard)
Ozzy Alvarez	....	lab technician: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Frank Ceglia	....	key pyrotechnician (uncredited)
Kenneth Van Order	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Adam Avitabile	....	compositor: LOOK! Effects
Lloyd Lee Barnett	....	compositor: LOOK! Effects
Gerard Bauer	....	compositor
Travis Baumann	....	compositing supervisor: Gradient Effects
Travis Baumann	....	visual effects compositor: DigitalFilm Tree
Travis Baumann	....	visual effects designer: DigitalFilm Tree
Travis Baumann	....	visual effects supervisor: DigitalFilm Tree
Chris Bayol	....	visual effects designer: "Doomsday Scenario Interface"
Joe Brandibas	....	digital artist: Gradient Effects (as Joseph Emil Brandibas Jr.)
Kevin R. Browne	....	digital artist: LOOK Effects (as Kevin Browne)
Merlin Carroll	....	compositor: LOOK! Effects
Shane Cook	....	compositor: Gradient Effects
Peter 'Beak' Cvijanovic	....	compositor: Gradient Effects
Enid Dalkoff	....	Flame artist: DigitalFilm Tree
Lakan De Leon	....	visual effects editor: DigitalFilm Tree
John De Sort	....	I/O technician: DigitalFilm Tree
Mark S. Driscoll	....	visual effects executive producer: LOOK! Effects (as Mark Driscoll)
Jenny Foster	....	visual effects producer: LOOK! Effects (as Jennifer Foster)
Bill Heiden	....	digital systems administrator: LOOK! Effects
Michelle Herrin	....	digital editor: LOOK! Effects
Jay Mark Johnson	....	visual effects photographer: 360 degree plate (as Jay Johnson)
Sazeer Kader	....	CG artist: DigitalFilm Tree
Tim Kadowaki	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Ramy Katrib	....	visual effects executive producer: DigitalFilm Tree
Didier Levy	....	digital artist: Gradient Effects
Donna Madrigal	....	rotoscope artist: DigitalFilm Tree
Edvin Megrabyan	....	I/O supervisor: DigitalFilm Tree (as Edvin Mehrabyan)
Sean Mills	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Michael Oliver	....	digital systems administrator: LOOK! Effects
Ron Ostir	....	compositor: LOOK! Effects
Shane Paugh	....	motion graphics designer: Gradient Effects
Raphael Protti	....	digital artist: Gradient Effects
Raphael Protti	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Steve Robinson	....	rotoscope artist: DigitalFilm Tree
Matt Rosenfeld	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Dan Schmit	....	fog elements: Engine Room
Tefft Smith	....	CG supervisor: LOOK! Effects (as Tefft Smith II)
Tefft Smith	....	digital artist: Gradient Effects (as Tefft Smith II)
Clay Sparks	....	digital editor: LOOK! Effects
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Thomas Tannenberger	....	visual effects supervisor
Olcun Tan	....	visual effects supervisor: Gradient Effects
Sherman Toy	....	visual effects supervisor: Gradient Effects
Justine Whitehead	....	rotoscope artist: DigitalFilm Tree
Patrick Woodard	....	I/O technician: DigitalFilm Tree
Jennifer Yu	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Danny S. Kim	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Bruce Mann	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Eric Moren	....	laser effects (uncredited)
Rob Ostir	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Kenny Alexander	....	stunt player
Hank Amos	....	stunt player
Daniel Arrias	....	stunt player
Brian Avery	....	stunt player
Wendi Bromley	....	stunt player (as Wendy Bromley)
David Castillo	....	stunt player (as Dave Castillo)
Maria Coloroso	....	stunt player
Norm Compton	....	stunt player
Edward Conna	....	stunt player (as Ed Conna)
Tim Connolly	....	stunt player
Esteban Cueto	....	stunt player (as Estiban Cueto)
Doc Duhame	....	stunt player
Dan Duncan	....	stunt player
Tom Elliott	....	stunt player
Debbie Evans	....	stunt player (as Debbie Evans-Leavitt)
Darin Fujimori	....	stunt player
Michael Gilden	....	stunt player
Al Goto	....	stunt player
James M. Halty	....	stunt player (as Jim Halty)
Anita Hart	....	stunt player
Alisa Hensley	....	stunt player (as Alisa Hensley and as Alisa Lane)
Charles Ingram	....	stunt player
Mike Justus	....	stunt player
Dennis Keiffer	....	stunt player
Luke LaFontaine	....	stunt player
Paul M. Lane	....	stunt player
Shawn Lane	....	stunt player
Lane Leavitt	....	stunt player
Dan McCann	....	stunt player
Matt McColm	....	stunt player
Peter McKernan	....	stunt player
Stan McQuay	....	stunt player
John Meier	....	stunt player
Angela Meryl	....	stunt player
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	stunts
Dakota Mitchell	....	stunt player
Chris Palermo	....	stunt player
Rex Reddick	....	stunt player
Suzanne Reed	....	stunt player
Tanoai Reed	....	co-stunt coordinator
Robbie Robertson	....	stunt player
Shawn Robinson	....	stunt player (as Shawn Robynson)
Troy Robinson	....	stunt player
Mic Rodgers	....	stunt player
Michael Runyard	....	stunt player
James Ryan	....	stunt player (as Jamie Ryan)
Richard C. Taylor	....	stunt player (as Rich Taylor)
Tim Trella	....	stunt coordinator
Christopher J. Tuck	....	stunt player (as Chris Tuck)
Peter Weireter	....	stunt player (as Peter Weireater)
Thom Williams	....	stunt player
Stuart F. Wilson	....	stunt player (as Stuart Wilson)
Scott Workman	....	stunt player
Danny Wynands	....	stunt player
Boni Yanagisawa	....	stunt player
Darin Fujimori	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Anita Hart	....	stunt double: Sarah Michelle Gellar (uncredited)
Paul M. Lane	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Craig Aines	....	key grip: second unit (as Craig D. Aines)
William Ambrose	....	key rigging grip (as William G. Ambrose)
Ismael Araujo Jr.	....	company grip
Chris Bennett	....	electrician
Greg Brooks	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Jim Butler	....	rigging grip
J.A. Byerly	....	rigging gaffer
Sal Camacho	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Roger Chingirian	....	electrician: second unit
Tim Clarke	....	film loader: second unit
Cheli Clayton	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Cheli Clayton Samaras)
Vidal Cohen	....	key grip
Michael Cruickshank	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Joe di Gennaro	....	camera operator: second unit
Michael Evans	....	best boy electric: second unit
Alan Gitlin	....	additional first assistant camera
Tony Greasley	....	grip diver
Eli Green	....	camera intern
Edward A. Gutentag	....	camera operator: second unit (as Ed Guttentag)
Stan Harrison	....	video assist operator
Coleman L. Hart	....	best boy grip (as Coleman Hart)
Billy Heath	....	best boy grip: second unit (as Bill Heath)
Beck Hoehn	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Annika Iltis	....	camera loader
Dan Jones	....	electrician
Michelle Ledoux	....	electrician
Jay Levy	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
John Lynch	....	rigging best boy
Vincent Mata	....	camera operator: second unit
Jody Miller	....	Steadicam operator
Jody Miller	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Ty Mitchell	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jeffrey Norvet	....	additional camera operator
Michael Off	....	gaffer: second unit
Keith Ogier	....	first assistant camera: second unit
William Pierson	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Joseph Prado	....	company grip
Dale Robinette	....	still photographer
Lee Rose	....	lighting designer
Michael A. Savage	....	company grip (as Michael Savage)
Michael Scott	....	camera operator
Josh Seifert	....	rigging grip
Stuart Shiff	....	grip diver
Ryan Shopay	....	rigging electrician
Cameron Smith	....	best boy electric
Gary Soloko	....	rigging electrician
Jamie Stephens	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
David Stump	....	director of photography: second unit (as Dave Stump)
Steve Tacon	....	digital imaging technician: second unit
Tony Tucker	....	electrician (as Anthony Tucker)
Lieven Van Hulle	....	video assist operator: second unit
Peter Villani	....	electrician
Peter Weiland	....	lighting technician
Earl C. Williman	....	rigging best boy electric
Elan Yaari	....	gaffer
Joe Zovko	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Kristina M. Schulte-Eversum	....	camera intern (uncredited)
Sandra Valde-Hansen	....	camera intern (uncredited)

Animation Department
Chris Bayol	....	animator: "Doomsday Scenario Interface"
Ryan Scott Wick	....	animator: "This is the Way The World Ends" (as Ryan Wick)

Casting Department
J.C. Cantu	....	casting assistant
Bill Dance	....	extras casting: Bill Dance Casting
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Terrence Harris	....	extras casting associate (as Terrance Harris)
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	extras casting associate
Shalimar Reodica	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alexis Fallah Abram	....	costumer
Robin Borman	....	costumer (as Robin Rorman-Wizan)
David Ferry	....	costumer
Nisa Kellner	....	key set costumer
Donna Marcione Pollack	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Travis Avitabile	....	digital laboratory project manager: LaserPacific
Patrick J. Barry	....	first assistant editor
Craig Bilsky	....	digital laboratory project manager: LaserPacific
Jeff Charles	....	digital data conformist: LaserPacific
David Cole	....	digital color timer: LaserPacific (as Dave Cole)
Craig DeMartini	....	digital film scanner: LaserPacific
Kyle DeVriendt	....	digital film recordist: LaserPacific
Valance Eisleben	....	digital data conformist: LaserPacific
Tom Garelick	....	digital film scanner: LaserPacific
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
Doug Jaqua	....	color scientist: LaserPacific
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Darrin Roberts	....	apprentice editor
David Slaughter	....	digital film recordist: LaserPacific
Andre Tréjo	....	digital laboratory project manager: LaserPacific
Stacy Underhill	....	digital data conformist: LaserPacific
Frances P. Valliere	....	post-production coordinator
David White	....	digital film scanner: LaserPacific
Lina Williams	....	digital intermediate editor
Daniel Yang	....	digital film scanner: LaserPacific (as Dan Yang)
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate producer (uncredited)
Vincent Lavares	....	digital data manager: LaserPacific (uncredited)
Diane Wright	....	digital asset manager: LaserPacific (uncredited)

Music Department
Gerard Bauer	....	music consultant
Roger Love	....	vocal coach: Ms. Gellar
Manish Raval	....	music editor
Manish Raval	....	music supervisor
David Raymond	....	music playback
Tom Wolfe	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Jose Aleman	....	driver (as Jose Pedro Aleman)
Ray Appel	....	driver: production van (as Raymond L. Appel)
Fernando Barraza	....	rigging electric driver
Vaughn Bladen	....	driver (as Vaughn R. Bladen)
Shawndra Blyle	....	driver
Steve Bridgeman	....	driver: construction department
Denny Caira	....	transportation coordinator
Karen K. Chang	....	transportation dispatcher (as Karen Chang)
Dennis Clark	....	fuel truck driver (as Dennis R. Clark)
Kaiser Clark	....	driver: Ms. Gellar
Wallace Frick	....	transportation captain (as Wally Frick)
Richard Garcia	....	driver: set dressing department
Roger Good	....	driver: set dressing department
Tony Greasley	....	driver: rigging grip
Mike Gregorio	....	driver
Christian Hagele	....	driver: production van
Sam Hara	....	driver: honeywagon
David Holden	....	driver: set dressing department
Daniel E. Howell	....	driver: construction department
Loretta Huggett	....	driver
Jim Koenekamp	....	driver: picture car
Steve Luce	....	driver (as Stephen Luce)
Larry Michael	....	driver: production van (as J. Larry Michael)
Shaun O'Banion	....	driver: Mr. Johnson
Russel Overstreet	....	transportation co-captain (as Russell Overstreet)
Hector Ramirez	....	driver: mechanic
Jose M. Sanchez	....	driver
Daryl Scott	....	driver
Mike Shannon	....	transportation coordinator: second unit
Stuart Shiff	....	driver: rigging grip
Steve Sorkin	....	driver
Dennis M. Steere	....	driver
Tad Venger	....	rigging electric driver
Victor Ybiernas	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car (uncredited)

Other crew
Noor Ahmed	....	contract administrator
Carrie Arnold	....	assistant production coordinator
Michael Asiman	....	production secretary
Sage Asteak	....	production assistant
Clark Baker	....	production assistant
Wayne Baker	....	tyler technician: second unit
Joshua Bell	....	accounting clerk
Elizabeth Benjamin-Rae	....	stand-in
Maxine Bergen	....	script supervisor
Kandice Billingsley	....	key assistant location manager
Donna Bizzaro	....	production assistant
Richard Bornstein	....	electronic press kit
Ray Braemer	....	security coordinator
Danny Bress	....	assistant: Mr. Scott
Deborah Brock	....	production consultant (directors cut)
Jason C. Brown	....	production assistant
Jennifer Bydwell	....	product placement
Kelly Carlton	....	title designer: main titles
Matthew Cassel	....	location manager: second unit (as Matthew R. Cassell)
James Churchill	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Kaiser Clark	....	assistant to cast
Travis Cohen	....	stand-in
Chandra Cohn	....	monkey wrangler
Charlie Collier	....	set production assistant
Victoria Coloruno	....	additional set production assistant
Michael Comfort	....	electronic press kit
Jeff Culotta	....	assistant: Mr. Kelly
Ron Davis	....	payroll accountant
Scott Delony	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Guillaume DeLouche	....	weapons master
Jim Dominello	....	assistant: Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Payne
Lynda Dorf	....	unit publicist: BWR Public Relations
Joshua M. Dragotta	....	assistant location manager
Jace Dwinell	....	computer graphic artist
Zachary Elms	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Richie Elson	....	production assistant
Fernando Espinosa	....	caterer
Antonio Evans	....	set medic
Glenn D. Feig	....	legal services: Reder & Feig
Jenny Fitzgibbons	....	production accountant
Dwarven Forge	....	provider: miniature terrain
Elise Freimuth	....	assistant: Ms. Morgan and Mr. Hyde
Justin Giugno	....	production assistant
Karen Golden	....	script supervisor: second unit
Angela Goodwin	....	assistant: Ms. Weintraub (as Angela Goodwin Minuty)
James L. Gowdy	....	first assistant accountant (as Jim Gowdy)
Casey Green	....	video/computer playback coordinator
Jennifer Hamilton	....	assistant to choreographer
Julie Hansen	....	post-production accountant: Film Auditors
Judy Heinzen	....	key assistant location manager
Leo Hernandez	....	security coordinator
Isaac Higgins	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Karen Higgins	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Lauren Higgins	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Michael Higgins	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Michael Hird	....	additional medic
John Hirsch	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Catharina Hourcade	....	production coordinator: Academy
Adam Howard	....	craft service
Laura Howell	....	unit publicist: BWR Public Relations
Ali Jazayeri	....	production financing
Shea Kammer	....	second assistant accountant
Ryan King	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Ashley Kravitz	....	clearance coordinator
Shawn Kyles	....	stand-in
David R. Lawson	....	construction medic (as David Lawson)
Nanci Levoff	....	provider: bulldog sculpture
Dominique Liegy	....	designer: tarot deck
Raymond Mansfield	....	dvd documentary
John Mattingly	....	production assistant
Peter McKernan	....	aerial coordinator
Ralph B. Meyer	....	key location manager (as Ralph Meyer)
R. Andre Miller	....	additional set production assistant: Venice Beach
Zamin Mirza	....	production assistant
Michelle Ordener	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Sandy Parakilas	....	contract administrator
Derius K. Pierce	....	personal trainer: Ms. Oteri
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks	....	choreographer (as Marguerite Derricks)
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks	....	choreographer
Katie Pruitt	....	set production assistant
Michelle Rae	....	military special ability
Cindi Rice	....	creative consultant: Dungeons & Dragons
Benjamin Rigaud	....	assistant: Mr. Johnson
Robert Rizzolo	....	production assistant
Christy Robertson	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Dee Austin Robertson	....	dvd documentary
Larry Robertson	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Katie Rogers	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
John Frank Rosenblum	....	creative consultant: Dungeons & Dragons
Sara Scarritt	....	production coordinator
Kristina M. Schulte-Eversum	....	intern (as Kristina Schulte-Eversum)
Drew Smith	....	caterer
Eric J. Spiegelman	....	legal services: Reder & Feig
Lindsey Stancliff	....	stand-in (as Lindsay Stancliff)
Chance P. Tassone	....	craft service assistant
Gregg Taylor	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Scott Taylor	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Jana Toepfer	....	assistant: Mr. Johnson and Mr. Seibel
Bryson Treviso	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Mike Tsucalas	....	production assistant
Sandra Valde-Hansen	....	intern (as Sandra Valde)
Lynn M. van Kuilenburg	....	key assistant location manager: second unit
Chris Velasquez	....	security coordinator
Jay Veltri	....	stand-in: Mr. Johnson
Derek Wade	....	production assistant
Amanda Walker	....	production staff: Abilene, Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory
Rick Whitfield	....	video computer supervisor

Thanks
Michelle Andria	....	very special thanks
Mike Hoy	....	special thanks
Nancy Juvonen	....	thanks
Ali Larter	....	thanks
Jason Lee	....	thanks
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	very special thanks
Tim Blake Nelson	....	thanks
Dave Rhodes	....	thanks
Eli Roth	....	thanks
Kevin Turen	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Cherry Road Films
• Darko Entertainment
• Academy Film
• Destination Films
• Eden Roc Productions
• Inferno Distribution
• MHF Zweite Academy Film
• Persistent Entertainment
• Universal Pictures
• Wild Bunch

Distributors

• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2006) (Turkey) (all media)
• Destination Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Inferno Distribution (2006) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Rosebud (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Samuel Goldwyn Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Best Hollywood (2006) (Hungary) (all media)
• Magic Box (2008) (Czech Republic) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Wild Side Vidéo (2009) (France) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digital Filmtree (visual effects) (as DigitalFilm Tree)
• LOOK! Effects (digital visual effects)
• Gradient Effects (visual effects)
• Engine Room (fog elements)
• Quantum Creation FX (special make-up effects) (uncredited)

Other Companies

• Jammin Talent Entertainment  casting
• All Balloons All The Time  balloon decor
• Axium International  payroll
• Baker Winokur Ryder Public Relations (BWR)  unit publicity (as BWR Public Relations)
• Bill Dance Casting  extras casting
• Bob Pomann Sound Productions  adr stage (as Pomann Sound Productions)
• Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory  high definition footage unit
• Cast Security  security
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Cherokee Studios  music recorded at
• Comerica Bank of California  banking services (as Comerica Bank)
• Condé Nast Publications, The  provider: Wired magazine
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Eastman Kodak  film stock
• Film Auditors  post-production accounting
• Film Finance  completion bond
• Flow Analysis  cfd technology provided by
• Gala Catering  catering
• Illumination Dynamics  grip and lighting equipment
• Invacare  provider: power eheelchair
• J.L. Fisher  dollies
• Laser Pacific Media  digital film recording
• Laser Pacific Media  digital intermediate services (as LaserPacific)
• Liberty Company Insurance Services  insurance
• Microsoft  provider: Microsoft virtual earth, natiqand usgs
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• Panavision Camera  camera systems
• Panavision Remote Systems  cranes
• Reder & Feig  production legal services
• Rockbottom Rentals  Nextel cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  cellular fax rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end title crawl
• Todd-AO Studios  adr stage (as Todd AO)
• Trimble Navigation  lidar scanner provided vy (as Trimble)
• Tyan Computers  rendered on
• Vivid Entertainment  video stills
• Wicked Pictures  props courtesy of
• Wildfire Studios  sound post-production
• Wilshire Stages, The  adr recording facility

Also Known As:

Southland Tales (Germany) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, violence, sexual material and some drug content.

Runtime:

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

Country:

Germany | USA | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 | Brazil:16 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Hermosa Beach, California, USA

Company:

Cherry Road Films

Trivia:

In Boxer's screenplay about the end of the world, his character is named 'Jericho Cane'. This is also the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in End of Days (1999).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Walter Mung throws the check back at Zora, it lands on the floor. As she leaves the truck, the check has somehow been placed on the counter (right side of the screen).

Quotes:

Private Pilot Abilene: Proposition 69. To Krysta that number had one meaning, and one meaning only. To everyone else it was a proposition on the ballot to restrict the powers of the oppressive institution known as USIDent.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Making of 'Southland Tales' (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

Look Back In

The Most Misunderstood Movie Masterpiece Ever?

Note well and full: my rating of 10/10 is for the combination of the graphic novel "prequel saga," which is nothing less than the *first half of the story*, and the movie itself. I'm not sure if it makes sense to rate the movie as a separate entity, but it is wildly entertaining enough, I think, to rate a solid 7/10 or 8/10 for anyone who can lock into its satirical mode.

A word on that: it's amazing how tone-deaf some critics can be. I've read numerous reviews that criticize the movie for attempting to make deep or profound statements that instead fall flat because they are in fact trite, shallow, or stupid. Duh! I think it fair to say that at no point does any character say anything that Kelly thinks is profound; what we hear is a steady and very funny parody of exactly that. Maybe because the tone of the movie, its vision, is fresh and unique, that those who don't get it just assume it must be serious. This is part of the reason the movie is getting such wildly mixed reviews. Half the critics don't get the tone at all and hate it. Half the critics get it, and about 1/3 of those think the movie still isn't coherent enough to recommend, while the other 2/3 of the 1/2 think it's got just enough coherence to make it a treat.

So how coherent is it? *Without it's first half*, I think it's fair to say that it's confusing as hell and a challenge to follow. But we are given enough of the back story that the pieces can be put together reasonably well *by someone with decent experience seeing and reading complex science fiction stories*. I can certainly see how someone could regard the story as wholly incoherent, but that's their inexperience with this kind of story. Anyone who has "gotten" ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, PRIMER, or, yes, the original cut of DONNIE DARKO on the first viewing, gotten them enough to figure out the broad outline of the plot, should be able to do the same here (as did my companion at the theater).

There is a big difference, though, between the movie half of SOUTHLAND TALES and these other flicks. The broad understanding of the story that you can get from a first viewing is an understanding of the WHAT of the story, but not of the WHY. In particular, it is impossible to understand the motivations of the movie's most important characters, the Treer Corporation, without having read the first half of the story.

Now, here's the astonishing part. Usually when a movie is widely dissed as incoherent, the best argument its defenders can muster is that some decent sense can actually be made of it after all. Often that involves inventing plot points that the actual story omits! However, the complete SOUTHLAND TALES, the graphic novel first half and the movie second half, is not just adequately coherent, not just satisfyingly coherent, it is *thrillingly* coherent. It's every bit as coherent as its reputation for the opposite. The big reveals near the end make numerous pieces of the puzzle fall into place, and once you leave the movie theater the pieces keep on locking up, bit by bit by bit. It's one hell of a science fiction story.

In short: if you have any strong interest in this movie, do yourself an immense favor and read the graphic novel. (Ideally, read it first, but I think that seeing the movie, reading the graphic novel, and seeing the movie again would be highly satisfying).

I still cannot figure out what Kelly was thinking when he decided to split this huge story the way he did. There's one alternate universe where this is a 600 page Hugo-Award winning novel, standing in the precise relationship to 2007 as John Brunner's brilliant STAND ON ZANZBAR did to 1967. And there's another alternate universe where it was a 6-part HBO miniseries that was universally regarded as doing for sci-fi on cable TV what the Sopranos did for crime and family drama. It's our sucky luck that we live in the universe where it was a mostly unread graphic novel plus a widely misunderstood motion picture. Then again, it's the point of the story that we do live in a sucky reality, so maybe there's perverse ironic sense in that.