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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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Plot Synopsis
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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 Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Performed by Nicolas Cage
Published by Jerry Leiber Music and Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP)
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Laura Dern' mother Diane Ladd - who also appears in this film - appeared with Crispin Glover's father Bruce Glover in Chinatown. See more »Goofs
When they are in bed - he has a shirt on in one shot, the other one it's off, and then on again. See more »Soundtracks
"Love Me"Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Performed by Nicolas Cage
Published by Jerry Leiber Music and Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP)
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Wild at Heart begins with an arresting scene of bloody violence by one of the two lead characters, Sailor Ripley, and this immediately grabs our attention. After this he hooks up with his lover, Lula, who he fiercely protects, and goes on a bizarre road trip into the deep south of the states, while avoiding Lula's mother, played with passion by a deservedly Oscar-nominated Diane Ladd, who has an obsessive hatred for Sailor. They meet an assortment of weird people, especially Bobby Peru, and also Perdita Durango, who has appeared recently in a film with her name as the title, also written by Barry Gifford. It is classic David Lynch, with a homage type theme to the Wizard of Oz. It has the sensuality and eroticism later seen in Lost Highway, the violence and gore, the head sequence after the bank robbery being graphic, and a general uneasiness throughout. But it is a darkly humorous and transfixing piece.