Kalifornia

Kalifornia
Kalifornia
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dominic Sena
Screenplay by	Tim Metcalfe
Story by	Stephen Levy; Tim Metcalfe;
Produced by	Steve Golin; Aristides McGarry; Sigurjón Sighvatsson;
Starring	Brad Pitt; Juliette Lewis; David Duchovny; Michelle Forbes;
Cinematography	Bojan Bazelli
Edited by	Martin Hunter
Music by	Carter Burwell
Production; companies	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment; Propaganda Films; Viacom Pictures;
Distributed by	Gramercy Pictures
Release dates	August 27, 1993 (Montreal World Film Festival); September 3, 1993 (U.S.);
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8.5 million
Box office	$2.4 million

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).

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.

^ Cettl 2003, p. 237.
^ "Kalifornia". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles: American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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