Kalifornia Movie Review 1993

"Badlands" meets the '90s in a road trip with the hitchhikers from hell. Early Grayce (Pitt) is your average slimeball who murders his landlord and hops a ride with his waifish girlfriend Adele (Lewis) from Kentucky to California with Brian (Duchovny), a yuppie writer interested in mass murderers, and his sultry photographer girlfriend Carrie (Forbes). Pitt and Lewis were still an item when they made this. Pitt reportedly wanted to play against type, and as pretty boy gone homicidal, he succeeds. Extremely violent and disturbing. Also available in an unrated version.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 117 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Road Trip, Psychotics/Sociopaths, Serial Killers, Trapped with a Killer!, Lovers on the Lam, Thumbs Up

Screenplay

Tim Metcalfe

Cast

Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes, Sierra Pecheur, Lois Hall, Gregory Mars Martin

Cinematography

Bojan Bazelli

Director

Dominic Sena

Music

Carter Burwell

Producer

Steve Golin, Joni Sighvatsson, Aris McGarry, Kristine Schwarz, Mitch Sacharoff, Jim Kouf, Lynn Bigelow, Michael Kuhn, Kouf/Bigelow Productions, Propaganda Films, Gramercy Pictures, Polygram, Manifesto Film Sales