Kalifornia
1993 film by Dominic Sena / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kalifornia is a 1993 American road thriller film directed by Dominic Sena, in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, and Michelle Forbes. The film tells the story of a journalist (Duchovny) and his photographer girlfriend (Forbes) traveling cross-country to research serial killings, who unwittingly carpool with a psychopath (Pitt) and his childlike girlfriend (Lewis).
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Directed by | Dominic Sena |
Screenplay by | Tim Metcalfe |
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Cinematography | Bojan Bazelli |
Edited by | Martin Hunter |
Music by | Carter Burwell |
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Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 117 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $8.5 million[3] |
Box office | $2.4 million |
Filmed in Georgia and rural inland California in the spring of 1992, Kalifornia premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 27, 1993, where it was awarded two competition prizes. It was released theatrically the following week in the United States, but was a box office bomb, grossing $2.4 million against a nearly $9 million budget. The film received mixed reviews from critics,[4][5] with some praising its art house sensibility, while others dismissed it as a violent exploitation film. Despite this, the film's acting was largely praised, and critic Roger Ebert heralded the performances of Pitt and Lewis among the best he had ever seen.[6] The film was nominated for three Saturn Awards in 1994, including for Best Horror Film.