Michael Douglas is one of the most diverse actors working. The guy can be in a craptastic movie, and yet still pull off something special. Hell… he was the only whatchable thing in You, Me and Dupree. Now he’s got this great looking little indie film by first time writer and director Mike Cahill called “King of California“. Here’s a quick synopsis:
The dark comedy stars
Michael Douglas as a father who returns home after being released from a mental institution, much to the chagrin of his beleaguered 16-year-old daughter (Evan Rachel Wood). She reluctantly embarks on one of her father’s long string of crazy schemes: a plan to unearth gold buried by Spanish missionaries in California.
I had a chance to talk with director Mike Cahill yesterday when I was on Hollywood Babel-On. This film really has one of those “Little Miss Sunshine” feels to it. Story driven character movies (that we don’t seem to get enough of these days). I can’t wait to see it.
As of this moment, King of California doesn’t have a distributor yet, but they’re at Sundance right now and getting close. Make this one of my “movies to see in 2007”. Check out the trailer below.
