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Southland Tales

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

R 161min.
Comedy, Crime and Mystery, Science Fiction
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California is at the epicenter of a political and environmental disaster that threatens to destroy the world in this ambitious fusion of comedy, drama, dystopian science fiction, and music from writer and director Richard Kelly, his first film after ... Read More
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Boxer Santaros
Roland Taverner/Ronald Taverner
Krysta Kapowski/Krysta Now
Dr. Soberin Exx
Brandt Huntington
Cyndi Pinziki
Starla Von Luft
Dr. Inga Von Westphalen/Marion Card
Dion Warner/Dion Element
Vaughn Smallhouse

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September 19, 2008
brakemanjack
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This movie reminds me of a sight I once saw in Herford Texas. In a feed lot there was this huge heap of dung on which was standing majestically a cow. Remove the cow and you have the humor value of this movie and the smell. I spent money on this pile, please don't let this happen to you.
June 17, 2008
walkerbjs22
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Southland Tales, while offering an intriguing vision of the future, remains frustratingly incoherent and unpolished.
May 22, 2008
perfectwatersong
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I actually worked on the film- two 17 hour days at the Skirball ( or was it "screwball, as in 'comedy' ) centerin L.A., playing a club-goer as a BG actor. Around 300 of usspent two consecutive nights in a mock club-set-in-a-Zeppelin floating over L.A. Kelley is a cool guy with a great imagination;he just needs to submit his ideas to the classic scriptwriting format: 3 act structure, character
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