King of California

Infobox Film
name = King of California


caption = Theatrical poster
director = Mike Cahill
producer = Randall Emmett
George Furla
Avi Lerner
Michael London
Alexander Payne
John Thompson
writer = Mike Cahill
starring = Michael Douglas
Evan Rachel Wood
music = David Robbins
cinematography = Jim Whitaker
editing = Glenn Garland
distributor = Millennium Films
released = flagicon|Canada 11 September, 2007 (TIFF)
September 14, 2007 (limited US release)
runtime =
country = flagicon|United States
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0388182

"King of California" is a 2007 film based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest, directed by Mike Cahill, his debut as a screenwriter and director. The film premiered January 24, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival [http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4668 Retrieved 2007-09-14] and opened in limited release in North American on September 14, 2007. The film stars Evan Rachel Wood and Michael Douglas.

tory

At the age of sixteen, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has already had to live with her share of disappointments. Abandoned by her mother, she's dropped out of school and has been supporting herself as an employee at McDonald's while her father Charlie (Michael Douglas) resides in a mental institution.

When Charlie is released and then 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.

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

Critical reception

As of January 6, 2008 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 64% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 58 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/king_of_california/ |title=King of California - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-01-06 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 63 out of 100, based on 22 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/kingofcalifornia |title=King of California (2007): Reviews |accessdate=2008-01-06 |publisher=Metacritic]

DVD Release

King of California was released on DVD for in the U.K in early June 2008.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0388182|title=King of California
*rotten-tomatoes|id=king_of_california|title=King of California
*metacritic film|id=kingofcalifornia|title=King of California
*mojo title|id=kingofcalifornia|title=King of California
*amg movie|id=1:351353|title=King of California
* [http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4668 "King of California"] at sundance.org