Ladies and gentlemen, presenting you "The Southland Tales" film

cool can't wait.

So has anyone seen this yet ? Is it any good ? It finally just came out on 11/14/07 but in limited areas and unfortunatly its not showing here in Denver. :( heres the synopsis and plot --------- ---------------------------: Southland Tales is a 2007 science fiction / drama / dark comedy film, written and directed by Richard Kelly. The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and Greater Los Angeles. Set in the near future, the film is a portrait of Los Angeles and a comment on the military-industrial news-tainment complex. The film features an ensemble cast headed by Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott and Sarah Michelle Gellar, and also featuring Miranda Richardson, Cheri Oteri, Christopher Lambert, Mandy Moore, Justin Timberlake and fellow film director Kevin Smith. Original music for the film was provided by Moby. Samuel Goldwyn Films in partnership with Destination Films and Sony Pictures released Southland Tales.

The film premiered May 21, 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival. It opened in wide release in California on November 14, 2007 and in Canada as well as nation wide in United States on November 16, 2007. The film will open in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2007.[1]

[edit] Plot
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El Paso and Abilene, Texas have fallen victim to simultaneous nuclear attacks on July 4, 2005 — a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions which sends America into World War 3 ("brought to you by Bud Light, Hustler..." and a number of other corporate sponsors). The GOP's overwhelming victory in the 2006 elections upgrades the Patriot Act into new agency known as US-IDENT, a Big Brother surveillance agency under the guise of a national security think-tank. America not only shuts its borders to all other nations, but also requires visa for interstate travel. US Senator and GOP Presidential candidate Bobby Frost (Holmes Osborne) is presiding over the opening of US-IDENT with his wife, Nana Mae Frost (Miranda Richardson), installed as its director. The effects of the ongoing wars make the economic reliance on oil unsustainable. In response to the newfound fuel scarcity, the German company Treer, run by an idiosyncratic billionaire, Baron Von Westphalen (Wallace Shawn), builds a massive tidal current generator off the coast of Los Angeles, capable of beaming energy to any given output.

The story unfolds in Los Angeles, a city terrorized by both a Neo-Marxist revolutionary group and the police, operating loosely under the control of US-IDENT. The film is narrated by Iraq war veteran Private Pilot Abilene (Justin Timberlake) who mans a post on the Santa Monica pier, operating a large rifle. A conservative-leaning movie star named Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) has just returned after being missing for several days and now has amnesia. Prior to his disappearance Boxer was married to the daughter of Bobby Frost, Madeline (Mandy Moore). After reappearing, he does not remember elements of his former life and has instead begun an affair with a former porn-star, now talk show host, named Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar).

Meanwhile, a group of Neo-Marxist revolutionaries comprised of Cyndi Pinziki (Nora Dunn), Zora Carmichaels (Cheri Oteri), Veronica Mung (Dream), Dion Element, and Roland Taverner (although his name may be Ronald) is hatching a plan to turn the national spotlight against US-IDENT. They have kidnapped Taverner's twin brother, a police officer, and plan to outfit Roland in his uniform and car in order to stage a fake racially motivated double murder of Dream and Dion using blanks and blood squibs. Boxer and Krysta have written a movie script about riots caused by the slowing of the Earth's rotation, in which Boxer will play an LA cop. To prepare for the role, he goes on a ride-a-long with Taverner, bringing a video camera with him. Taverner responds to a staged domestic disturbance call and arrives at a house where Dream and Dion are disguised as newlyweds having a heated dispute. Unexpectedly, another cop, Bart Bookman (Jon Lovitz) arrives on the scene and insists on helping. Upon entering the home, Bookman murders Dream and Dion for real, thus turning the staged tragedy into a real one. Taverner and Boxer run out of the house in a panic.

At this point, Boxer is contacted by one of Frost's aids, Vaughn Smallhouse (John Larroquette), who sends a car to pick him up. Taverner meets up with Zora and tries to convince her that something has gone wrong-- however Zora has actually partnered with Bookman to murder the couple and injects Taverner with a syringe of liquid Karma in the neck, leaving him in the street. US-IDENT raids the Neo-Marxist headquarters and Taverner's brother escapes by climbing to the roof and jumping into a dumpster.

When Boxer arrives at the Frost mansion, Baron Von Westphalen and his entourage is also present. The Frost's receive a call from Cyndi demanding $10 million in exchange for a Boxer and Krysta sex tape. During the conversation, it becomes clear that while Frost is seeking the presidency, Baron Von Westphalen is seeking nothing short of complete world domination using the leverage of his energy machine. Also, Madeline is pregnant. Boxer receives a phone call from Starla Von Luft, a US-IDENT monitoring agent who is posing as a character from Boxer and Krysta's screenplay. She asks Boxer to meet her at the Santa Monica beach and he leaves immediately.

The next day, Vaughn Smallhouse meets Cyndi Pinziki at a restaurant to exchange money for the sex tape. She warns him that an even more incriminating tape exists (the US-IDENT murder tape). Boxer arrives at the beach and meets Starla. Starla threatens that she will kill herself if he doesn't allow her to give him a blowjob. Private Abilene shoots and kills her from his perch at the top of the pier and Boxer runs off, only to be confronted by supposed friend Fortunio (Will Sasso)) who knocks him unconscious and takes him back to the Frosts. The Frosts and the entire city are preparing for a giant party to celebrate the launch of Von Westphalen's Mega-Zeppelin, which runs entirely on Liquid Karma. Krysta Now stops by Zora's apartment to buy some drugs for the party, but while there, sees the videotape of the double murder. Thinking it is her sex tape, she picks it up. After realizing what it is, she drops it in a Neo-Marxist dropbox so that it will be broadcast live on the internet, exposing the US-IDENT police as corrupt and racist.

Meanwhile, Westphalen meets with the Japanese prime minister to broker a deal: he will provide Japan with an energy generator in exchange for his pinky finger. However, one of the members of Westphalen's entourage, the provactively dressed Serpentine (Bai Ling) cuts off his entire hand. Taverner's brother awakens in the dumpster and climbs out, only to be captured by an arms dealer in an ice cream truck (Christopher Lambert). Elsewhere, Taverner awakens and sets out to find his brother. At the pier, a young man named Martin Kefauver meets with Private Abilene to purchase some Liquid Karma injections. Abilene himself was subject to injections in Fallujah, of which he was one of the few survivors of his unit. After Kefauver leaves, Abilene begins a lip-synced song sequence of The Killers' All These Things That I've Done.

Taverner encounters Kefauver in an SUV about to shoot himself because he was drafted. Taverner stops him and the two go in search of Taverner's brother with Kefauver planning to go to Mexico afterwards. They stop and steal an entire ATM as chaos begins to erupt all over Los Angeles. On the MegaZeppelin, an upper class party is just getting underway with the Frosts, Westphalen's entourage, and Krysta's entourage on board. Boxer leaves the main hall of the ship in search of answers. He encounters a room with three of Westphalen's scientists (presumably) who explain that he was select to travel through a time rift in the desert along with Taverner during the time of his disappearance and he is, in fact, his future self. Both present and future Taverner (Taverner's 'brother') are loose in Los Angeles and if they touch each other, dire consequences could unfold. Furthermore, the generator has altered the ocean currents, causing Earth to spiral out of control, ripping holes in the fabric of space and time. Also, Boxer's present self is dead by suicide; the scientists show him the corpse. Boxer ascerts that suicide is impossible because he is a pimp and "pimps don't kill themselves."

Outside, as a firefight ensues between the rioters and the police, both Taverners crash into each other. One Taverner is shot in the eye but survives. Inside the ice cream truck the Taverners hold hands and the truck begins to rise into the air along with Kefauver who is standing on it with a bazooka. US-IDENT headquarters is raided by rioters and Nana Mae Frost is killed. Inside the MegaZeppelin, Boxer returns to the main hall and takes the stage for a dance number involving Krysta and his wife, Madeline. Krysta reveals that Boxer was actually murdered in a car bomb, confirming his belief that he did not commit suicide. Kefauver fires a rocket at the MegaZeppelin and destroys it. As the Taverners continue to hold hands, a time rift begins to grow larger in the sky. One Taverner offers to kill himself but the other reminds him that he is a pimp and pimps do not commit suicide. Abilene narrates that a new age is beginning with Taverner as its Messiah.

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* Dwayne Johnson as Boxer Santaros: An amnesiac action star whose life crosses paths with Krysta Now.[2] Santaros is married to Madeline Frost Santaros.[3]
* Seann William Scott as Roland Taverner / Ronald Taverner: A police officer at Hermosa Beach, California.[2] Scott also portrays the police officer's identical twin, who is a neo-Marxist.[3]
* Sarah Michelle Gellar as Krysta Now: An adult film star who is working on creating a reality TV show.[2] Gellar met with Kelly and was drawn to the original ideas in his script for Southland Tales.[4]
* Miranda Richardson as Nana Mae Frost: The ambitious antagonist of the film, Boxer's mother-in-law works for US-IDENT.
* Justin Timberlake as Pilot Abilene: A disfigured Iraq War veteran.[5] He narrates the film and also performs a musical number.[3]
* Wallace Shawn as Baron Von Westphalen: A villain who controls ocean waves to create a source of power.[3]
* John Larroquette as Vaughn Smallhouse.[3]
* Mandy Moore as Madeline Frost Santaros: Wife of Boxer Santaros and daughter of senator Robert Frost.
* Jon Lovitz as Bart Bookman.[3]
* Kevin Smith as Simon Theory: A legless Iraqi War veteran.

the rock, justin, and jon lovitz? best movie ever.

Wow, i guess no one has seen this. :(