As the premiere site about ad music, adtunes features the longest running and most popular forum about songs featured in television commercials, movie trailers, television shows, movie soundtracks, and more. In a recent new york times profile, richard kelly talked about how the years since the release of his cult hit donnie darko have seen him growing increasingly politically engagedenraged by the actions of the bush administration. In the year 2005, a nuclear attack wipes out part of the state of texas, and three years later america. Southland tales, kellys longdelayed second film, makes sense as a vision of a world gone mad. Southland tales 2006 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. His life intertwines with krysta now sarah michelle gellar, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and ronald taverner. Southland tales movie trailer music adtunes forums. Adtunes, the leading source of advertising music information, welcomes you. Southland tales is an epic story set over the course of three days that culminate in a massive 4th of july. Cast and crew credits for southland tales, 2007, directed by richard kelly, with gianna luchini, mike nielsen, philip sternberg, at turner classic movies. His life intertwines with krysta now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and ronald taverner, a hermosa beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. The graphic novels were written by the film s screenwriterdirector richard kelly and illustrated by brett weldele. Starring dwayne johnson, seann william scott, sarah michelle gellar, mandy moore.
Southland tales film star developing her own reality television project, and ronald taverner, a hermosa beach police officer who holds the. A lot of people have seen southland tales and the reactions have been either they really loved it, or absolutely hated it, aside from the polarizing reactions, the common reaction among fans and haters is that not many understand it. The prequel saga is a collection of three graphic novels produced to accompany the 2006 feature film southland tales. Southland tales on dvd march 18, 2008 starring seann william scott, sarah michelle gellar, dwayne johnson, cheri oteri. Southland tales is an epic story set over the course of threedays that culminate in a massive 4th of july celebration.
Directed by richard kelly and starring dwayne the rock johnson, seann william scott, sarah michelle gellar and mandy moore. Updated 04 december 2007 contains strong language, violence and sex references when it premiered at the cannes film festival in 2006, southland tales was a disaster. Released by milan records in 2007 containing music from southland tales 2007. Southland tales nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. Director richard kellys soundtrack to his hyperactive endoftheworld satire southland tales echoes the filmmakers schizophrenic vision, relying on alternative rock giants like janes addiction and the pixies, country legend waylon jennings, northern soul crooner bertha tillman, and bespectacled electronic auteur moby to flesh out what was originally rumored to be a musical sarah michelle. But at some point, the madness got the better of kelly. Everything you need to know about southland tales movie 2007. A large ensemble cast of characters includes boxer santaros dwayne johnson, an action star stricken with amnesia, krysta now sarah michelle gellar, an adult film star developing. The world of southland tales feels alive, even as kelly is adamant that the apocalypse occurred 8 years ago and all meaning has been lost. Director richard kelly of donnie darko 2001 fame is back with his second effort, southland tales 2006, a dystopic potpourri of politics, comedy, drama, and apocalyptic despair. But, if you can get over the many minus points, youll find that southland tales is actually quite a novel story, told in a very slick and stylish way. Of the three 2006 films mentioned at the start of this, southland tales is the least sure of itself in everything other than its aesthetic, and kelly calls on the other two to make his film emote when it has to. Everything you were afraid to ask about southland tales.
Boxer santaros is an action star whos stricken with amnesia. How kelly persuaded the likes of wallace shawn, amy poehler, justin timberlake, cheri oteri, and. Again, this does give off the feeling of being a bit rushed. An analysis of time philosophy as it relates to the richard kelly film southland tales.
During a threeday heat wave just before a huge 4th of july celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality tv project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. Society is on the brink of social, economic and environmental collapse and an action starboxer, a porn star and a police officer are making a last stand. With dwayne johnson, sarah michelle gellar, seann william scott, carlos amezcua. Southland tales soundtrack from 2007, composed by various artists, moby. His life intertwines with krysta now sarah michelle gellar, an adult film star developing her. Before the screening, smith recorded a one and a half hour. Its election season 2008, and the world is still wrecked from a nuclear attack that took out part of texas and put everybody into a policestate state of mind.
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 gaining a cult following with donnie darko. Boxer santaros dwayne the rock johnson is an action star whos stricken with amnesia. Ambitious and arresting to the eye the gray palette serves the film well its too bad that southland tales is also pretentious, chaotic, and tries too hard. After i saw the directors cut 2004, which was 20 minutes longer, i began to comprehend some of what i had seen, and it became more interesting, even though i still didnt entirely understand it. Southland tales is richard kellys follow up to his hit cult film donnie darko. Movie star boxer santaros dwayne johnson plans his next film with the. Southland tales is a 2006 science fiction comedy thriller film and the second film written and directed by richard kelly. Richard kelly recently appeared at kevin smiths smodcastle in hollywood california to present a screening of southland tales. After i saw the first cut of richard kellys donnie darko 2002, i was left dazed and confused, but somehow convinced that i might have seen something. An unappreciated masterpiece by freddie deboer since andrew and the dish team gave me carte blanche to write about what i want, im going to go ahead and abuse the privilege by writing a defense of a largelyforgotten, eightyearold movie, richard kellys southland tales. Here, southland tales simply tells half of the important plot points through a narrator and various fictional shots from the internet.
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