King of California

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King of California
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Mike Cahill
Produced by	Randall Emmett George Furla Avi Lerner Michael London Alexander Payne John Thompson
Written by	Mike Cahill
Starring	Michael Douglas Evan Rachel Wood
Music by	David Robbins
Cinematography	Jim Whitaker
Editing by	Glenn Garland
Distributed by	Millennium Films
Release date(s)	11 September 2007 (TIFF) September 14, 2007 (limited US release)
Country
Language	English
IMDb profile

King of California is a 2007 film based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest, directed by Mike Cahill, his debut as a screenwriter and director. The film premiered January 24, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival^[1] and opened in limited release in North American on September 14, 2007. The film stars Evan Rachel Wood and Michael Douglas.

1 Story
2 Cast
3 Critical reception
4 DVD Release
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Story

At the age of sixteen, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has already had to live with her share of disappointments. Abandoned by her mother, she's 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 then sent back to their home, Miranda finds the relatively peaceful existence she's built for herself completely disrupted. Charlie has become obsessed with the notion that the long-lost treasure of Spanish explorer Father Juan Florismarte Torres is buried somewhere near their suburban California house. Armed with a metal detector and a stack of treasure-hunting books, Charlie soon finds reason to believe that the gold resides underneath the local Costco, and encourages Miranda to get a job there so that they can plan a way to excavate after hours.

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.

[edit] Cast

Miranda and Charlie at a Costco

Michael Douglas - Charlie
Evan Rachel Wood - Miranda
Willis Burks II - Pepper
Laura Kachergus - Rita
Paul Lieber - Doug
Greg Davis Jr. - Joseph
Angel Oquendo - Younger Cop
Allisyn Ashley Arm - Young Miranda

[edit] Critical reception

As of January 6, 2008 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 64% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 58 reviews.^[2] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 63 out of 100, based on 22 reviews.^[3]