Kalifornia [Blu-ray]

Director: Dominic Sena Dominic Sena

Overview

With writer Brian Kessler's (David Duchovny) contractual deadline for a book on serial killing fast approaching, he and girlfriend Carrie Laughlin (Michelle Forbes) decide to embark on a cross-country tour of famous murder sites for inspiration. When the couple advertises for fellow travelers to help absorb expenses, the only response comes from greasy trailer park denizen Early Grayce (Brad Pitt) and his girlfriend Adele Corners (Juliette Lewis). Only too late do Brian and Carrie realize just how close to serial murderers they're about to get.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/05/2019
UPC:	0826663197211
Original Release:	1993
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:57:00
Sales rank:	17,148

Special Features

NEW theatrical cut for the first time on Blu-ray; NEW interview with director Dominic Sena; Orginal EPK; Theatrical trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Brad Pitt	Early Grayce
Kathy Larson	Teenage Girl(as Catherine Larson)
David Milford	Driver
David Duchovny	Brian Kessler
Michelle Forbes	Carrie Laughlin
Tommy Chappelle	Old Man
Juliette Lewis	Adele Corners
Judson Vaughn	Parole Officer
Patricia Sill	Carol
Brett Rice	Police Officer
Marisa Raper	Little Girl
Bill Crabb	Middle Aged Farmer(as Bill Crabbe)
Mary Ann Hagan	Waitress
Sarah Sullivan	Bar Waitress
Eric Stenson	Young Cracker
Mars Callahan	Walter Livesy(as Gregory Mars Martin)
Patricia Hunte	Newscaster
Loanne Bishop	Female Officer
Pat Golden	Actor
John Dullaghan	Actor
Sierra Pecheur	Actor

Technical Credits

Dominic Sena	Director
Jim Kouf	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Steve Golin	Producer
Aristides McGarry	Producer,Producer
Sigurjon Sighvatsson	Producer
Gregory Goodman	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Half-assed in its edginess but full-on trashy, this blood-drenched road movie features an over-the-top Brad Pitt in his Method actor phase; a dead-on Juliette Lewis as yet another special-ed Lolita; a pre-X-Files David Duchovny warming up his Fox Mulder persona; and an icy Michelle Forbes as a castrating intellectual poseur. Pitt's Early Grayce is the most unlikely and over-the-top collection of cheekbones, tics, abs, and guttersnipe slang ever to grace the silver screen. The actor allegedly broke a tooth while opening a beer bottle with his teeth to get into character, and such dedication shows in every nasal snort and lascivious leer. Duchovny's Brian Kessler narrates with incessant banality, lending more sympathy to the serial-killer antagonist than to his own stupid yuppie self. Lewis shows off her considerable skills in a role designed to be sexy, tacky, and pitiable at the same time, while Forbes is a study in minimalism -- all scowl, severe bangs, and artistic pretension. Dominic Sena, who moved from music videos to Kalifornia to a career as a would-be action auteur, infuses each frame of his film with flashy shades of dread, but he never achieves the disturbing grittiness of later Pitt vehicle Seven or even the amphetamine overkill of the Lewis-starring Natural Born Killers. In fact, Kalifornia actually works better as a comedy: a violent and bitchy update of the mixed-doubles scenarios that powered such classic sitcoms as The Honeymooners and I Love Lucy. Oh, that wacky murderer and his ditsy girlfriend. Oh, that pseudo-transgressive photographer and her sensitive new age guy. Put 'em together and you have a movie that's entertaining in spite of itself -- one that exposes the shallowness of urban hipsterdom by wallowing in the supposed depravities of the trailer-park set. Not exactly a light or unlifting viewing experience, but hey -- it's a lot more fun than watching Anthony Hopkins cook Ray Liotta's brains.