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Release Date:
17 August 1990 (USA)
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Plot:
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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4 nominations
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(37 articles)
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'Return of the Jedi,' Directed by David Lynch?
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'Return of the Jedi,' Directed by David Lynch?
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A Surreal, Nightmarish Road trip that's Wild at Heart and Weird on Top!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nicolas Cage | ... | Sailor Ripley |
 | Laura Dern | ... | Lula Fortune |
 | Willem Dafoe | ... | Bobby Peru |
 | J.E. Freeman | ... | Marcelles Santos |
 | Crispin Glover | ... | Dell |
 | Diane Ladd | ... | Marietta Fortune |
| Calvin Lockhart | ... | Reggie |
 | Isabella Rossellini | ... | Perdita Durango |
 | Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Johnnie Farragut |
 | Grace Zabriskie | ... | Juana Durango |
 | Sherilyn Fenn | ... | Girl in Accident |
| Marvin Kaplan | ... | Uncle Pooch |
 | William Morgan Sheppard | ... | Mr. Reindeer (as W. Morgan Sheppard) |
 | David Patrick Kelly | ... | Dropshadow |
| Freddie Jones | ... | George Kovich |
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David Lynch's Wild at Heart (USA) (complete title)
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124 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:R (cut) |
New Zealand:R18 |
Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-15 (DVD version) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:R |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:III |
Ireland:18 |
Italy:VM14 |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:18 |
Singapore:M18 (re-rating) |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)
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The snakeskin jacket Sailor wears in the film was actually Nicolas Cage's own.
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Continuity: When they are in bed - he has a shirt on in one shot, the other one it's off, and then on again.
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References Experiment in Terror (1962)
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Slaughter House
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"Wild at Heart" is one deranged and twisted road trip as only David Lynch could bring you. It's so dark but at times funny too. Lula (Laura Dern) and Sailor (Nicholas Cage)are in love, but Lula's mother played by Laura Dern's real life mother Diane Ladd is evil. She doesn't want to see them together. Because of a murder, Sailor is finally released from prison. Lula's mom hires people to kill sailor. So Lula and Sailor go on a crazy road trip with dark and fellini like characters. William Defoe is unforgettable as the creepy and perverted Bobby Peru. The film almost received an X/NC-17 rating. It's easy to see why, it has lots of disturbing sex and violence. But than again that's a David Lynch trademark. This film is probably on my list of favorite road trip movies, next to Godard's "Weekend" (1967), "Thelma & Louise" and "Natural Born Killers". Both Nicholas Cage and Laura Dern give amazing performances. Dern's character Lula is the complete opposite of Sandy in "Blue Velvet", cause she's so wild and sexual. But Lula still has a naive child like charm. It seems that actor Nicholas Cage was born to play Sailor, a charming Elvis like ex convict who wants to change his ways. Also check out Berry Gifford's sequel to Wild at Heart, "Perdita Durango" (aka. dance with the devil) These films are both Wild at Heart and weird on Top!