Tideland
For his tenth feature, Terry Gilliam (Time Bandits, Twelve Monkeys) adapted Mitch Cullin s celebrated cult novel Tideland, a work he once described as Alice in Wonderland meets Psycho through the eyes of Amélie.
To escape her unhappy life in a remote part of Texas, nine-year-old Jeliza-Rose dreams up an elaborate fantasy world. But the reality of having junkie parents played by Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski) and Jennifer Tilly (Bound) and the influence of her eccentric neighbours begins to encroach, turning her daydreams ever darker.
A rich slice of Southern Gothic blurring whimsical fantasy with unsettling reality, Tideland is among Gilliam s most personal works indeed, with its shifts between the amusing and the macabre, expressive camerawork and striking special effects, the film could be the very definition of Gilliamesque!
Technical Specifications
Supplements
- Commentary by writer-director Terry Gilliam and co-writer Tony Grison
- Introduction by director Terry Gilliam
- Getting Gilliam, a 45-minute documentary on the making of Tideland by Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice)
- The Making of Tideland featurette
- Filming Green Screen featurette with commentary by Terry Gilliam
- Interview with director Terry Gilliam
- Interview with producer Jeremy Thomas
- Interviews with Jodelle Ferland, Jennifer Tilly, and Jeff Bridges
- Deleted scenes with commentary by Terry Gilliam
- B-roll footage
- Gallery
- Theatrical trailer
- Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Neil Mitchell