And he didnt bat an eyelash. This show is anything but. And they were working on getting the pyrotechnics and everything to work for the gag. He was really hoping to get paid for this. There were more numbers in there. Southland is syndicated for broadcast on several channels from all over the world, including. There are moments that seem completely sincere despite itself. You dont want people going like, Its fine. Most cops manage to stay sane despite the chaos all around them, but in their hearts they know, everyone has their breaking point. He often responds to others in his head before uttering anything aloud. They have this other performance life. He said yes, right away. The movie was a big statement in response to the anxiety that stemmed, and that continues to stem, from 9/11. My trick of how to make it authentic looking is [that] we brought [child actors] in early that morning, and we taught them how to operate the Sony cameras. With jaunty Pilot Abilenereading the Book of Revelations aloud, Ronald Taverner having a breakdown because his reflection isnt following him, and Boxer Santaros figuring out who he is after waking up in the middle of the desert. Your internal diary is jealous of her introspection, which underscores the themes of every "Grey's Anatomy" episode. And I just thought, this ties into [Wallace Shawns character] Baron von Westphalen, and the clean energy, and the idea of his fleet of vehicles. Im standing on the top with Hustler on the side. The other part of what makesSouthland Talesa fun watch is that its completely insane. I want them to have a movie with a full, complete story. So Chris worked on the Doomsday Scenario Interface, which is that 90-second animated sequence that you see after Abilene. We were doing a lot of really dangerous stuff. They were really pissed off. And I really went aggressive in paying homage and tribute to that film. Acting. Zirnkilton is known for providing the opening narration of all US shows in the Law & Order franchise. He was hired by series creator Dick Wolf. [vague] Zirnkilton has also provided voices for Family Guy and The Rugrats Movie. He was a narrator for Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox. Some of it was scripted, and then I left lots of room for improv, because this is a big improv movie. Zirnkilton is best known for providing the opening We had already recorded Teen Horniness Is Not A Crime.. He was like, This sounds awesome. He can also be heard debating his murder skills and willing himself into (non-)action with thoughts like, "I will not kill my sister, I will not kill my sister, I will not kill my sister." TNT aired consecutively all the episodes produced, and shortly after the airing of the last of them, announced it had picked up the show for a ten-episode third season. WebKiefer Sutherland, in full Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland, (born December 21, 1966, London, England), British-born Canadian actor who earned acclaim You have to jump from location to location, and this is a movie with a lot of big, complicated, expensive locations, very public locations. Maybe there was someone at some point who wanted to cut it out, but anyone who wanted to cut that out of the movie was probably someone at some point who was like, Can you cut the Justin Timberlake dance number? I think those are the same kinds of people who were like, Can you cut the cars fucking? You know, like clearly someone who just has no business ever watching this movie, should just stay a thousand feet away from this movie for the rest of their life. Why are we spending more visual effects money on this fucking movie?. We cast him based on his performance at the Hermosa Beach Ironman, where hes actually projectile vomiting in a mosh pit all over a bunch of other people. I worked so hard on it. We were shutting down the Santa Monica Pier, sections of it, for hours at a time. But I kind of come back to 9/11. And were out there getting the fires set up in the homeless camps. Kelly and his crew had 24 days, and $17.8 million, to shoot a star-studded, effects-heavy science fiction satire, much of it in public locations. Well, who are the pimps, you know? Lucero: I didn't know.Cooper: You won't be mistaken for Sherlock Holmes. After plunging through the woods and through ice, with Dolly snarling only one leap behind him, Buck finally passes through the camp It was super gross and super fun. I always told him, if I was going to get a vanity plate for your car, thatd be what it was: SCP CRP. I remember I was on the phone with the gentleman from India with the elephant-fucking footage. All the military stuff was shot that day, under the pier. I dont think I ever put something together that he didnt like, or wanted any kind of changes. Through interior monologue, the narrator shows himself to be cynical and insensitive, especially to the poetry written by his wife.He is jealous of her ex-husband from her previous marriage, though that marriage was a miserable experience for her, and he is especially So they were shooting at this venue [OBriens Irish Pub & Restaurant] in Venice or Santa Monica. So we kept getting all this footage and it was working. Beyond the basic plot, viewers can also develop theories on Southlands mythology and the impending apocalypse. Carrie Bradshaw, so confident and yet so unsettled. As a filmmaker, if he was feeling that pressure, man, he never showed it. I certainly hope we do, and that we will. Theyre going to stage a racially motivated cop killing in front of the actor and then try to extort him for money to get the tape back. Abilene was played by pop music superstar Justin Timberlake, in one of his first starring film roles. And pimps dont commit suicideKellys film still fascinates, and is still, to his mind, unfinished. Todd Berger, Bing Zinneman: I was in college at the University of Texas in Austin, and one of my friends/classmates was this guy named Dee Austin Robertson. And everything Angela Chase feels is real: her crush on Jordan Catalano, her tension with her longtime friend Sharon, the prosaic pressures of high school. And then an extortion attempt to try and get money out of this kind of crazed movie star, because these actors are very angry, and theyre just trying to do this as a way to lash out. And I was going a little loopy, and we didnt have enough money to shut down the pier. Marguerite Derricks, choreographer: The one thing that I really remember is Sarah Michelle Gellar was probably one of the most committed actresses Ive ever worked with. My aunt and uncle live in Abilene. Which all stemmed from a meeting that I had with Benicio del Toro, maybe six months before I met with Dwayne. About Us | Copyright Inquiry | Privacy Policy | Contact Us. There are serious moments too. A montage of news Your mom's a tough lady. Her droll observations give "Dead Like Me" much of its comedic bent, but it's George's all-business approach to the great philosophies of life that offer profundity. Oh no! [6] He was hired by series creator Dick Wolf. 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There is a lot of political content that could offend some viewers. Youd have to ask Louis Lazzara, who is Dwaynes wonderful longtime makeup artist, who is very essential to this movie. A new government agency, US-IDent, controls and constantly monitors the American public. From Kevin Arnold to Gossip Girl, we selected narrators -- often omniscient, (almost) always poetic -- who have defined the past few decades of television. And he brought me over and said, I want you to rent Kiss Me Deadly and watch it, youve got to watch Ralph Meeker. Then we kind of gave them notes, and they kept going out and coming back. [8] He later settled in Seal Harbor, Maine. All these tourists were walking by, like real people, and all the dancing nurses were coming in. And we told everyone: We sent out fliers to the local [paper]and to the whole neighborhood, and said, Were going to host a fake Fourth of July barbecue for a major motion picture. Hes a very chill, cool leader. There are communities and websites dedicated to solving the mysteries of the movies plot. An action-movie star named Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) is baffled when reality keeps mirroring the events in his script in Southland Tales. Hes been Dwaynes makeup artist for years, on many movies, and he did all the tattoos, he did all the old age makeup on Kevin [Smith] and Beth Grant. But you can take a couple. A cinephile before she could walk, Danielle comes to Fandom by way of CNN, CHUD.com, and Paste Magazine. And obviously, in a lot of ways, it was my big Philip K. Dick film. I think he was nervous about doing that, but he went for it. For every Batman, there is aCondorman. We know he'll be okay. Were going to make this an NC-17-rated car commercial.. I wrote a script called Bessie, which has gotten kind of a lot of attention over the years, about a genetically engineered, upright-walking mutant cow. Hed already turned down a few offers to helm franchise films for major studios; he was still driven by the urge to direct something that was his, an expression of his constantly expanding interests. But I will be working on this. I was going to maybe take a nap, and these German tourists suddenly parted ways in front of me. But those first three chapters are very real parts of the story. What if theyre actually the same person?, We had already recorded Teen Horniness Is Not A Crime., Richard, did you not tell Todd hes in the movie? And Richards like, Oh, right! I think you can afford a couple if you have a vision. Richard Kelly: The very first draft of Southland Tales was written right after Sundance in 2001. I think they just went for it. So all that stuff with Timberlake was shot that day. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. And I was like, No, I didnt know that. 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