King of California
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| King of California | |
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| Directed by | Mike Cahill |
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| Produced by | Randall Emmett George Furla Avi Lerner Michael London Alexander Payne John Thompson |
| Written by | Mike Cahill |
| Starring | Michael Douglas Evan Rachel Wood |
| Music by | David Robbins |
| Cinematography | Jim Whitaker |
| Editing by | Glenn Garland |
| Distributed by | Millennium Films |
| Release date(s) | 'Canada: 11 September 2007 (TIFF) September 14, 2007 (limited US release) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
King of California is a 2007 film directed by Mike Cahill, his debut as a screenwriter and director. The film premiered January 24, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival[1] and opened in limited release in North American on September 14, 2007. The film stars Michael Douglas and Evan Rachel Wood.
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[edit] Story
At the age of 16, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has been abandoned by her mother, and has dropped out of school. She is supporting herself as an employee at McDonald's while her father, Charlie (Michael Douglas), resides in a mental institution.
When Charlie is released and sent back to their home, Miranda finds the relatively peaceful existence she's built for herself completely disrupted. Charlie has become obsessed with the notion that the long-lost treasure of Spanish explorer Father Juan Florismarte Torres is buried somewhere near their suburban California house. Armed with a metal detector and a stack of treasure-hunting books, Charlie soon finds reason to believe that the gold resides underneath the local Costco, and encourages Miranda to get a job there so that they can plan a way to excavate after hours.
Initially skeptical, Miranda soon finds herself joining in Charlie's questionable antics in an effort to give him one last shot at accomplishing his dreams.
[edit] Cast
- Michael Douglas - Charlie
- Evan Rachel Wood - Miranda
- Willis Burks II - Pepper
- Laura Kachergus - Rita
- Paul Lieber - Doug
- Greg Davis Jr. - Joseph
- Angel Oquendo - Younger Cop
- Allisyn Ashley Arm - Young Miranda
[edit] Critical reception
As of January 6, 2008 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 64 percent of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 58 reviews.[2] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 63 out of 100, based on 22 reviews.[3]
[edit] DVD Release
King of California was released on DVD for in the U.K. in early June 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4668 Retrieved 2007-09-14
- ^ "King of California - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/king_of_california/. Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
- ^ "King of California (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/kingofcalifornia. Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
[edit] External links
- King of California at the Internet Movie Database
- King of California at Rotten Tomatoes
- King of California at Metacritic
- King of California at Box Office Mojo
- King of California at Allmovie
- King of California at sundance.org
