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Wild at Heart (1990)

R  125 min  -  Crime | Romance | Thriller   -  17 August 1990 (USA)
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Ratings: 7.2/10 from 34,813 users   Metascore: 52/100 
Reviews: 167 user | 72 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Director:

David Lynch

Writers:

Barry Gifford (novel), David Lynch (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicolas Cage ...
Laura Dern ...
Willem Dafoe ...
J.E. Freeman J.E. Freeman ...
Crispin Glover ...
Diane Ladd ...
Calvin Lockhart Calvin Lockhart ...
Isabella Rossellini ...
Harry Dean Stanton ...
Grace Zabriskie ...
Sherilyn Fenn ...
Marvin Kaplan Marvin Kaplan ...
William Morgan Sheppard ...
Mr. Reindeer (as W. Morgan Sheppard)
David Patrick Kelly ...
Freddie Jones ...
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Storyline

Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together... until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>  

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Genres:

Crime | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

David Lynch's Wild at Heart See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$9,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$14,560,247 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Willem Dafoe is actually urinating in the toilet when he goes to visit Laura Dern and asks to "piss in your head". Apparently, Dafoe had drunk a lot of bottled water and really needed to go. Only later did he find out that the toilet was not a working one and some poor crew member had to clean it. See more »

Goofs

Crew or equipment visible: During the scene when Sailor's is running through a traffic jam to find Lula, a crew member and boom mic is visible in the reflection of one of the windows of a black van. See more »

Quotes

Sailor: That ain't never will happen, baby. Least not in our lifetime.
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Soundtracks

"Slaughter House"
Written by Joel DuBay, Jeffrey Litke & Adrian Liberty
Performed by Powermad
Published by Cosmic Lug Publishing (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Reprise Records
by Arrangement with Warner Special Products See more »