Welcome to California (2005)
97 min
The film centers on the strained marriage of Undine Jones, an actress, and John Goodman, a well-regarded composer. The story opens as the two are driving cross-country from New York to California to start over - hoping that the move will renew their relationship. Within weeks, Goodman is back in New York and Undine has begun work on a movie where she is drawn into an instinctively unavoidable relationship with one of the film's crew, Jim Travis. It is through Undine and Jim's connection that the film explores lust, love, intimacy, the past and forgiveness. Traylor's use of the California desert resonates with the search of her characters; in the most barren of landscapes, it finds wildflowers that bloom.
- Release date
- October 21, 2005
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Mike White as John Goodman
- Susan Traylor as Undine
- Christopher Thornton as Jim Travis
- Rosanna Arquette as Prostitute
- Christina Bartlett as Lisa (Jim's girlfriend)
- Kristina Bartlett as Lisa
- Ed Begley Jr. as Documentary Narrator
- Sarah Blakley-Cartwright as Sylvia
- Christian Camargo as Jimmy Smith
- Seymour Cassel as Jim's Father
Crew
- Susan Traylor · Director
- Susan Traylor · Writer
- Sonja Taylor · Producer
- Susan Traylor · Producer
- Paul Ryan · Cinematographer
- Stuart H. Pappé · Editor
- Ann Trulove · Editor