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4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, Kathy Larson, David Milford, David Duchovny
  • Directors: Dominic Sena
  • Writers: Stephen Levy, Tim Metcalfe
  • Producers: Aristides McGarry, Gregory Goodman, Jim Kouf, Kristine J. Schwarz, Lynn Bigelow
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 22 May 2000
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004SC8I
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,405 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Directed with a cool remove by Dominic Sena, Kalifornia falls somewhere between Badlands and Natural Born Killers. David Duchovny is a blocked author with a fascination for outlaw killers who hatches a plan to road trip through America's mass-murder landmarks to finish his book. He enlists the help of his frustrated photographer girlfriend Michelle Forbes, who desperately wants to leave the East Coast for LA, and they advertise for riding partners. Luckily for them, they wind up with a veteran killer, the greasy trailer-park ex-con Brad Pitt, who decides to skip parole with his cowering child-woman girlfriend Juliette Lewis. Duchovny is enamoured by gun-toting Pitt's recklessness and lawless disregard for, well, everything--simultaneously terrified and thrilled by Pitt's brutal beating of a barfly. Meanwhile, Pitt's leaving a trail of corpses in their wake.

Pitt brings a ferocious magnetism to his part, but it's still hard to buy genial Duchovny's odd attraction; Juliette Lewis conveys a terrifying sense of victimization with her poor dumb creature. Despite the film's best efforts, it never really plumbs the psyche of Pitt's simmering psycho--he's just plain bad, you know--but it does fashion an effective little thriller out of the tensions brewing in the restless quartet. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo
Original Theatrical Trailer
Filmographies
Biographies
EPK Making Of Featurette
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A much overlooked film..., 21 Mar 2004
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This review is from: Kalifornia [DVD] [1994] (DVD)
This is a taut thriller which revolves around a road trip to California.

Duchovny and Forbes want to travel across the US to California stopping at famous murder sites along the way - they're planning a book; he's writing the words and she's taking the pictures. To help finance the trip they advertise for someone to share driving and split gas money - they get the more than slightly psychotic Pitt and his childlike girlfriend Lewis. As they make their way across the country trying to make sense of violent murders by visiting where they took place, they are unaware that they have their own serial killer in the back seat.

There are some genuinely tense moments. The central performances are very good - Pitt is almost unrecogniseable and although Duchovny's character looks and, for the most part, sounds exactly like Fox Mulder, his initial fascination and eventual disgust with violence is well played out.

This is a very violent film but if you like thrillers and don't mind a bit of gore and bad language then you should enjoy it as much as I did.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another CLASS performace from the ever-adaptable Brad Pitt!, 18 Sep 2002
This review is from: Kalifornia [DVD] [1994] (DVD)
Brad Pitt plays an extremely believable trailor-trash red-neck serial killer, combined with the endearing qulities of his support Adele (Juliette Lewis) makes this film one of my faves.

I remember that watching this film sparked off my interest of Pitt as a credible actor. I have since watched all of his films, and I now consider him to be one of my fave male actors of modern cinema.

A good performance from all four lead roles, combined with good directing and nice cinematography make this a...
TOP FILM... MUST WATCH...

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Jack-In-The-Box Weepy, 16 Oct 2005
By Corduroy Angel (Abby) (Cumbria, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kalifornia [DVD] [1994] (DVD)
The sense of foreboding, right from the beginning, is almost tangible... a straight couple on a road trip with a serious mission unwittingly pick up a 'white trash' couple, with a hideous secret as baggage, to help pay for the trip. Without a doubt the star of this film is Juliette Lewis as Adele, the ill-treated girlfriend in denial of the creeping evil that is unfolding before her. There is some expectation of greatness from Brad Pitt as the murderous lead, but Lewis gets under the skin in a much more absorbing and emotional way - and she also gets the last, rather unexpected, line... Please don't forget the tissues, this is a jack-in-the-box weepy.

A fabulous film that shows just what a talented director can do with a well-chosen cast, a great script, and a simple plot line.

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2.0 out of 5 stars ok
kalifornia is a 1993 thriller that is pretty good but starts to drag at the end as the tension starts to feel forced and most certainly drawn out,had this film shaved off 15 mins... Read more
Published 11 days ago by sean paul mccann

3.0 out of 5 stars The Hitch Hiker
This movie was influenced by the great 1953 movie by Ida Lupino 'The Hitch Hiker'. In thius 1993 movie Juliette Lewis plays a waitress in her usual moronic, whiney, deer in... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Brendan O. Clarke

4.0 out of 5 stars Kalifornia
To be honest once again Brad Pitt pulls off a marvelous performance. He has got to be one of my favourite actors of all time! Kalifornia could have been less predictable. Read more
Published on 15 Jul 2005 by cgadsdon2

3.0 out of 5 stars Gory Gory Gory!!!
Well I have to say I bought this film, not knowing it at all, simply cause Brad Pitt was in it! Well he didnt disappoint, but the film did slightly. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2003 by mph1974

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad
Kalifornia is very watchable and entertaining mainly due to the performances of the four leads (Pitt, Lewis, Sena and Duchovny). Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars gripping
I've just seen this film and sat on the edge of my seat throughout. Best of the lot though had to be Juliette Lewis. What a performance. See it.
Published on 2 Sep 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A mad outstanding performance by Brad Pitt, class!
This film has it's own kind of humour in a way which I find.......funny. He looks like a scary hobo (Pitt) but, sod it, just watch it yourself!
Published on 11 Jun 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars I Love This Film
Every actor/actress in this film performs at the peak of their abilities in this quirky road movie set around the killing of one of the 4 strong team of passengers going across... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2000 by blair@englandmail.com

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