King of California
Release Date: Sep 14, 2007 - Wide Release
Distributor: First Look Studios
Film Genre: Comedy
Country: United States
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At age sixteen, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has already been abandoned by her mother, dropped out of school and has been supporting herself as an employee at McDonald’s while her father Charlie (Michael Douglas) resides in a mental institution. When Charlie is released and sent back to their home, the relatively peaceful existence Miranda’s built for herself becomes completely disrupted. Charlie has become obsessed with the notion that a long-lost Spanish treasure is buried underneath their local suburban California Costco. Initially skeptical, Miranda soon finds herself joining in Charlie’s questionable antics in an effort to give him one last shot at accomplishing his dreams in this darkly funny, exciting and surprisingly hopeful take on the modern family and the American dream.
TRIVIA
This marks the feature directing debut of Michael Cahill.