I enjoy watching my friends faces as they try to make sense out of this movie hint. The country goes into chaotic mode after an explosion on july 4. May 17, 2019 richard kellys southland tales is infamous both for its immense ambition and its disastrous reception. Apr 09, 2020 like i said, as a fan of southland tales and donnie darko, its good to hear that kelly hasnt been sent to movie jail forever after southland tales and his last theatricallyreleased film, the. The cannes boo is the annual terrorist attack of film festivals. Southland tales was exactly ten years ahead of its time vice. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
Southland tales was a really aggressive, provocative film even for cannes. Richard kellys southland talesthe writerdirectors 2006 followup to cult hit donnie darkois a messy ode to l. Southland tales nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. Featuring a massive supporting cast which includes mandy moore, miranda richardson, wallace shawn, jon lovitz, kevin smith, amy poehler, and justin timberlake, southland tales received its world premiere at the 2006 cannes film festival.
Im happy to remain blissfully uncertain as to whether thats criticism or commendation. Southland tales justin timberlake i got soul but im. Published march 18th, 2008, undergroundonline ugo movie southland tales uproots ones sense of cinema and self, dropping its viewers willynilly into a rickety and cobbled together telling of humanitys last days. The government knew he had crossed the bordered back into california. There are enough little moments that echo the best parts of donnie darko both thematically and stylistically that southland tales isnt a total waste. While planned as a mainstream breakthrough, things didnt pan out that way. Southland tales is a 2006 science fiction comedydrama thriller film and the second film written and directed by richard kelly. Rent southland tales 2007 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Every single justin timberlake movie, ranked insider. 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. 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. But now here is the directors cut, which is 20 minutes shorter, lops off a couple of characters and a few. Everything you were afraid to ask about southland tales. Dvd southland tales comes to dvd in a single disc package from sony pictures, light on extras and sporting a morethanpleasing 2.
Originally running for 160 minutes, southland tales premiered at the cannes film festival in 2006 to a disastrous reception. Richard kellys southland tales is infamous both for its immense ambition and its disastrous reception. A large ensemble cast of characters includes boxer santaros dwayne johnson, an action star stricken with amnesia, krysta now sarah michelle gellar, an adult. Justin timbelake killers all these things that ive done. In southland tales, the lives of three players overlap during a fourth of july summer celebration. Southland tales is not a subtle movie, but that does not mean it does not. Richard kellys southland talesthe writerdirectors 2006 followup to. He is sitting at a turret on the santa monica pier, and is reading from the book of. An actionmovie star named boxer santaros dwayne johnson is baffled when reality keeps mirroring the events in his script in southland tales. The movie features a very mainstream cast including justin timberlake, dwayne johnson, seann william scott and the list goes on.
Southland tales could get expanded rerelease, teases. Southland tales 2007 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Like i said, as a fan of southland tales and donnie darko, its good to hear that kelly hasnt been sent to movie jail forever after southland tales and his last theatricallyreleased film, the. Southland tales, while offering an intriguing vision of the future, remains. The donnie darko director has announced that hes moving ahead with plans to make a prequel to his 2006 scifi comedy thriller southland tales, which will purportedly feature both live action and animation and round out an epic tale hes been envisioning for years the postapocalyptic flick, which starred. The movie begins in earnest when boxer wakes up on a beach near the santa monica pier. Southland tales 2006 justin timberlake as private pilot.
Southland tales 2006 download movie for mobile in best quality 3gp and mp4 format. Brian formo measures the 2006 cannes boo against the subsequent intel on southland tales and determines that 2016 is the perfect time to watch the film. The doomsday scenario interface in the beginning of the movie resembles the tv interface in paul verhoevens starship troopers 1997. John larroquette in southland tales 2006 kevin smith in southland tales 2006. Justin timberlake is the narrator, providing what are possibly quasirational explanations for movies in other time dimensions.
Nov, 2007 the very incoherence of southland tales is something like an argument, its many pieces and pronouncements a deconstructive challenge to world order. Boxer santaros is an action star whos stricken with amnesia. In a 2011 interview, justin timberlake himself said, to me, southland tales is performance art. Timberlake had a supporting role in the film as abilene. Above him, pilot abilene justin timberlake sits in a gun turret and recites from the book of revelation. Verhoevens next film after troopers was to be hollow man 2000, a title pretty close to t. Southland tales is an epic story set over the course of three days that culminate in a massive 4th of july. Southland tales prequel might be on the way according to. Southland tales said it would end in a bang and would not shut up about it atop the fourth wall. He narrates the film and also mimes a musical number. From the writerdirector of donnie darko comes this epic story starring dwayne johnson, seann william scott and sarah michelle gellar.
Because of this, it was reedited and shortened in length as part of the distribution deal. Dec 19, 2007 the movie begins in earnest when boxer wakes up on a beach near the santa monica pier. With dwayne johnson, sarah michelle gellar, seann william scott, carlos amezcua. All 16 of justin timberlakes film roles, ranked decider. Southland tales is probably the worst and best movie i have ever seen. The very incoherence of southland tales is something like an argument, its many pieces and pronouncements a deconstructive challenge to world order.
Apr 19, 2016 for more movie explanation videos please like and comment this video. When casting the film richard kelly sought arty lang for the role of fortunio. Its also one of the best satirical stories thats ever been set in. Gellar met with kelly and was drawn to the original ideas in his script for southland tales. All justin timberlake movies ranked timberlake for not being careful in cultivating his movie brand, making a few sex comedies the love guru, friends with benefits, throwing in a few scifi risks southland tales, in time, and sweetening the stew with family movies yogi bear, shrek the third. Eliots poem the hollow men, from where justin timberlakes lines this is the way the world ends. Great, now weve got to spend the next two hours listening to justin timberlake narrate about the end of the world. Some good news for fans of cult filmmaker richard kelly. I think a lot of people were just never going to accept the film for what it was. I still dont know what that movie was about, justin timberlake said. Youve never been more prepared to see this film than right now. With a cast that includes dwayne johnson, justin timberlake, mandy moore, amy. Southland tales was a really aggressive, provocative film even for. Southland tales competed for palme dor at the cannes film festival in 2006, where it.
Southland tales justin timberlake i got soul but im not. Dec 07, 2007 dwayne johnson formerly the rock plays an amnesiac movie star who hooks up with a firebrand starlet sarah michelle gellar, while the supporting cast includes justin timberlake as a dancing. 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. Walk the moon all these things that ive done live on the honda stage duration. After i saw the first cut of kellys southland tales at cannes 2005, i was dazed, confused, bewildered, bored, affronted and deafened by the boos all around me, at the most disastrous cannes press screening since, yes, the brown bunny. Encouraged by the way he made metaphysics accessible in donnie darko or perhaps just the fact that viewers didnt get tripped up by them writerdirector richard kelly has returned to address all remaining spacetime conundrums, and just about anything else you can imagine, in the sprawling, unwieldy southland tales.
I thought that would ultimately make the movie bad considering. Justin timberlake as private pilot abilene, an iraq war veteran. Justin timberlake, an iraqi war vet who was scarred by a friendlyfire incident. The plot and the characters are so ridiculous they enter into the realm of mesmerizing. Rent southland tales 2007 starring dwayne johnson and seann william scott on dvd and bluray. After pilot abilene justin timberlake sings all these things that i have. Southland tales prequel might be on the way according to director. Also stream southland tales on your mobile, tablets and ipads plot. Dwayne johnson formerly the rock plays an amnesiac movie star who hooks up with a firebrand starlet sarah michelle gellar, while the supporting cast includes justin timberlake as a dancing. A mishmash of pop culture influencers including justin timberlake, amy.
Sep 07, 2017 southland tales is probably the worst and best movie i have ever seen. Mandy moore as madeline frost santaros, boxer santaros wife and daughter of senator bobby frost. Southland tales is a 2006 science fiction comedy thriller film and the second film written and. Southland tales is a 2007 science fictionblack comedy film from director richard kelly, the followup to his 2001 cult hit donnie darko. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. Southland tales 2006 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Southland tales is an epic story set over the course of threedays that culminate in a massive 4th of july celebration. The city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. May 20, 2016 brian formo measures the 2006 cannes boo against the subsequent intel on southland tales and determines that 2016 is the perfect time to watch the film. Southland tales 2006 justin timberlake as private pilot abilene. The wacky casting signals this before the film even starts. Timberlake also appears in a supporting role in southland tales 2006, directed by donnie darkos richard kelly and voices the rebellious prince artie a young king arthur alongside longtime. Krysta now is an adult film star developing her own reality television. Its the singular vision courtesy for some, discourtesy for many of donnie darko creator richard kelly, once more populating a headscratcher of an apocryphal. The combination of a large budget and sonys decision to shelve the film after lackluster showings in a handful of cities means that its not likely to show profit for years. The film remains enigmatic to many viewers and even some of its makers. Southland tales is not a subtle movie, but that does not mean it.