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Wild at Heart (1990) 7.2
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Metascore: 52/100
Reviews: 177 user | 85 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 |
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Cast
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| Nicolas Cage | ... | ||
| Laura Dern | ... | ||
| Willem Dafoe | ... | ||
| J.E. Freeman | ... | ||
| Crispin Glover | ... | ||
| Diane Ladd | ... | ||
| Calvin Lockhart | ... | ||
| Isabella Rossellini | ... | ||
| Harry Dean Stanton | ... | ||
| Grace Zabriskie | ... | ||
| Sherilyn Fenn | ... | ||
| Marvin Kaplan | ... | ||
| William Morgan Sheppard | ... |
Mr. Reindeer
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| David Patrick Kelly | ... | ||
| Freddie Jones | ... | ||
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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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Country:
USARelease Date:
17 August 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
David Lynch's Wild at Heart See more »Box Office
Budget:
$9,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
$14,560,247 (USA)Company Credits
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Written by Big Joe Williams (as Joe Williams)
Performed by Them
Published by MCA Music Publishing, a Division of MCA Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Products
a Division of PolyGram, Inc.
Capitol Recordings
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Several cast members were culled from David Lynch's then-active TV series, Twin Peaks, which he temporarily left to make this film. Sherilyn Fenn, Grace Zabriskie, David Patrick Kelly, Sheryl Lee and Jack Nance were all either regular or recurring characters on the series. See more »Goofs
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 »Soundtracks
"Baby Please Don't Go"Written by Big Joe Williams (as Joe Williams)
Performed by Them
Published by MCA Music Publishing, a Division of MCA Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Products
a Division of PolyGram, Inc.
Capitol Recordings
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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!