Tideland (2005) on Netflix
Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. After her mother overdoses, her father Noah takes her to a rundown farmhouse in rural Texas, where she retreats into fantasy with her doll heads.
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Plot summary
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads enter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens.
Cast
- Sally Crooksas Dell's Mother
- Mitch Cullinas Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- Kent Nolanas Boy (uncredited)
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tideland (2005)
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- Casting Jeliza-Rose was difficult: roughly 400 Canadian girls auditioned for the role, none of whom Gilliam felt had "a real soul" for the character, until a VHS tape submitted from Vancouver featured Jodelle Ferland, whom Gilliam agreed was perfect for the part.
- Production designer Jasna Stefanovic based the film's look on the paintings of Andrew Wyeth and on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and despite scenes depicting taxidermy and a trapped live squirrel, no animals were actually harmed while making the film.
