Kalifornia (1993)

Regisseur:

Dominic Sena

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Stephen Levy (story) &
Tim Metcalfe (story) ...

Premierendatum:

3. September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

A state of fear and terror

Plot:

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

Plot Keywords:

Physical Abuse | Male Rear Nudity | Disturbing | Bare Butt | Helicopter

Filmpreise:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Kalifornia - Dark diamonds in the rough

Besetzung

Brad Pitt	...	Early Grayce
Juliette Lewis	...	Adele Corners
David Duchovny	...	Brian Kessler
Michelle Forbes	...	Carrie Laughlin
Kathy Larson	...	Teenage Girl (as Catherine Larson)
David Milford	...	Driver
John Zarchen	...	Peter
David Rose	...	Eric
Tommy Chappelle	...	Old Man
Judson Vaughn	...	Parole Officer
Patricia Sill	...	Carol
Brett Rice	...	Police Officer
Marisa Raper	...	Little Girl
Bill Crabb	...	Middle Aged Farmer
Mary Ann Hagan	...	Waitress

Alternativ:

Kalifornia (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

117 Min | USA:118 Min (unrated version)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | South Korea:18 (cut) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R | Argentina:16

Drehorte:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Firma:

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Dies und das:

The locations where the serial killer events take place are related to the names of the actors in the movie. Lewiston Ranch, Mt. Juliet, TX (Juliette Lewis); Forbes, TN (Michelle Forbes; Davidson Mine, Duke Cove, NV (David Duchovny); Bradbury Textile Warehouse in Pittsburgh, PA (Brad Pitt).

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Kessler and Carrie are having sex at the motel, Carries right bra strap is alternately on/off between shots.

Dialogzitate:

Adele Corners: My God, Carrie. If Early ever saw me in a picture like that I'd be black-and-blue for a week.
Carrie Laughlin: You shouldn't let him do that to you.
Adele Corners: You think Early's mean to me? Well, he's not. He may punish me once in a while, but he's not mean. Um, when I was 13 there was these three boys and they raped me in the back of this truck. They hurt me sob bad that I was in the hospital for, like, four months. And I feel safe with Early cos most of the time he treats me really nice. I know that he'd never. He would never let anything like that ever happen to me again.

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Kalifornia - Dark diamonds in the rough

Kalifornia came out in 1993, just as 3 of the 4 lead characters were up and coming to the levels of fame they now possess in 2006. This is a nice psycho-thriller that should appeal to all David Duchovny fans because of his dry and intelligent narratives that find their ways into his work, like with most of his episodes of the X-Files, Playing God, and Red Shoe Diaries.

People who were put off by the heavy southern accent from Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis' characters obviously have never spent much time in the south. For every "Brian and Carrie" in the south, there is an "Adele and Early" and in 2006, that's the real horror of this flick.

Aside from that, I think the film was written with a cult film intention - like with Carrie's photography, it's not suitable for mass consumption. But if you have a copy of this in your personal library, I think it says something positive about your tastes for freaky movies.