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21 October 2005 (USA) moreTagline:
All is fair in love and real estate.Plot Keywords:
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Politically Inspired Environmental Romance moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Noah Wyle | ... | Gavin Ransom | |
| Illeana Douglas | ... | Olive Ransom | |
| Kate Mara | ... | Zoe Tripp | |
| Cloris Leachman | ... | Eileen Boatwright | |
| Joanne Whalley | ... | Luna | |
| Keith Carradine | ... | Elton Tripp | |
| Valerie Perrine | ... | Lenora Tripp | |
| Jane Lynch | ... | Sybill Platt | |
| Michael Panes | ... | Marion Pardon | |
| Erika Luckett | ... | Mary Ann | |
| Will Marchetti | ... | Mayor | |
| Charles Martinet | ... | City Councilman | |
| Richard Gross | ... | Contractor | |
| Jarion Monroe | ... | Architect | |
| Elisabeth Nunziato | ... | Real Estate Broker |
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Activist: Gavin Ransom, when will you stop cutting down trees?Gavin Ransom: When people stop living in houses.
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If John Muir were alive today, he might make a movie like The Californians. Gavin Ransom (Noah Wyle), an avaricious real estate developer and land exploiter has a twin sister, Olive Ransom (Illeana Douglas) who is a passionate environmentalist and vegan. Their diametrical philosophies illuminate the intricacies of hypocrisy. Olive discovers a mellifluous vocalist, Zoe Tripp (Kate Mara), whose pro-ecology ballads are reminiscent of Joan Baez. Soon Zoe is offered a recording contract, which excludes her guitarist-accompanist father, Elton Tripp (Keith Carradine), and the lyrical import of her songs is threatened by commercialism, as many species are threatened by builders and human population growth. A romance develops between Gavin and Zoe, despite Olive's opposition, as Gavin loses his way on the road to quick riches, and finds other values aside from money.