Connections
References
One character echoes Christina's plea to "remember my name."
The commercial of the SUV's humping is a homage to the opening sequence of Dr. Strangelove.
The scene involving a levitating Ice Cream Truck is a reference to the final scene in Repo Man.
"Are you Deep Throat 2?" "Oh, I'm not in that movie."
A poster can be seen when Roland falls into the dumpster
When pitching Krysta Now's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) mystery project "The Power" to Roland Taverner (Sean William Scott), Dwayne Johnson's character Jericho Cane uses King Willie's line "There's no stoppin' what can't be stopped" going on "Only God can stop it", leaving away the orginal end "...no killin' what can't be killed" to describe the fact that the world is coming to an end either way.
"Must go faster, must go faster!"
One of Krysta Now's catch phrases ("The Future Is Now") is from the company's tagline.
Christopher Lambert's chuckles and then says "Sorry", just as he did in Mortal Kombat
the musical scene with Justin Timberlake is a reference to the musical dream sequences in The Big Lebowski, with all the bowling alleys and the sexy dancers
A poster can be seen when Roland falls into the dumpster
A poster can be seen when Roland falls into the dumpster
The scene involving Rebekah Del Rio is a reference to the Silencio scene in Mulholland Drive
A poster can be seen when Roland falls into the dumpster
A poster can be seen when Roland falls into the dumpster
A car crashes through a billboard
Referenced in
Photograph is shown.
Kevin talks about being offered a role in the movie by Richard Kelly.
An animated short-film based on the future of the Southland Tales universe.
Referenced in dialogue
Poster in the video store
Mentioned by David Roper
#4 on Roeper's list.
This film is referenced
Mentioned by Amber
Poster shown on Weekend Update
seen in newspaper ad
Mentioned on Weekend Update
Mentioned in Dwayne's Tough Guy song during monologue
"Southland Tales said it would end in a bang and would not shut up about it"
"Southland Tales will not stop haunting me!"
Features
The opening scene of the film and the climactic scene are each seen on televisions.
Featured in
Clips shown for the review.
A behind-the-scenes featurette of Southland Tales.
Making of
movie is reviewed
clip shown
"It's almost exactly like Southland Tales in that regard."