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Southland Tales

Southland Tales

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Southland Tales

"This is the way the world ends."

2007

2h 25m

5.2(618 votes)

Science Fiction

Thriller

Comedy

Overview

Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson

Boxer Santaros / Jericho Cane

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott

Roland Taverner / Ronald Taverner

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore

Madeline Frost-Santaros

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

Private Pilot Abilene

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Nana Mae Frost

Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

Baron Von Westphalen

Bai Ling

Bai Ling

Serpentine

Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn

Cyndi Pinziki

John Larroquette

John Larroquette

Vaughn Smallhouse

Creative team

Directed by: Richard Kelly
Written by: Richard Kelly
Produced by: Kendall Morgan
Matthew Rhodes

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