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Writer:
Mike Cahill (written by)
Release Date:
12 September 2007 (France)
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Tagline:
We're All Searching for Something ... more
Plot:
An unstable dad who after getting out of a mental institution tries to convince his daughter that there's Spanish gold buried somewhere under suburbia. full summary | full synopsis
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Too silly to be serious,too wistful to be dismissed
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Douglas | ... | Charlie |
 | Evan Rachel Wood | ... | Miranda |
 | Willis Burks II | ... | Pepper |
 | Laura Kachergus | ... | Rita |
 | Paul Lieber | ... | Doug |
| Kathleen Wilhoite | ... | Kelly |
 | Anne L. Nathan | ... | Applebee's Manager (as Anne Nathan) |
 | Arthur Santiago | ... | McDonald's Manager |
 | Ashley Greene | ... | McDonald's Customer |
| Ian Hopps | ... | Boy |
 | Anna Khaja | ... | Officer Contreras |
| Will Rothhaar | ... | Security Guard |
| Annie O'Donnell | ... | Greeter |
 | Greg Davis Jr. | ... | Joseph |
| Jeanie Hackett | ... | Teacher |
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Rated PG-13 for some strong language, mature thematic elements and brief drug references.
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93 min | Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:PG |
Germany:12 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #42631) |
Singapore:PG |
Argentina:13 |
UK:15 |
Portugal:M/12
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They actually did film in a Costco, on a working schedule between the hours of 9:00 pm and 9:00 am. Since they were there for such long hours, members of the crew were trying clothes on and looking through the other products so Costco kept a cash register open all night long so that anyone could purchase things.
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Factual errors: When they turn on the lights in the dark Costco, it instantly becomes brightly lit. In reality, HID lamps are very dim when first switched on and require several minutes to warm up and reach full brightness.
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La Negra
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Fifteen-year old Miranda(Evan Rachel Wood,luminescent!!) has had to grow up fast,since her mother left her and her father and said father,Charlie(Michael Douglass,in a word:WOW!) was institutionalized for reasons not entirely made clear but discernible through observation. When Charlie is de-institutionalized,he returns to his daughter with a grand plan to find gold in the hills along the Pacific Coast Highway. She is,in a word,skeptical.
Director and writer Mike Cahill makes a movie that is both at once full of quirk and melancholy,with the daughter as somewhat of a de facto narrator. The quest for finding the treasure,while ridiculous and unquestionably irresponsible,is still almost noble and pure. Wood and Douglass shine very nicely as the estranged,mentally delicate father and daughter duo who haven't stopped loving each other,even if they get each other even less than they did before. A simple story,framed by quirky music(jazz?folk?) and a nearly poetic filming of contemporary California coastline as it contrasts the 16th century maps that Charlie references. Lost in the sea of fall releases from last year,this film is a very pleasant find on the rental shelves.