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7.1/10   919 votes
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Writer:
Bruce Wagner (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 May 1993 (USA) more
Plot:
A multi-national corporation attempts to take over America while small pockets of resistance hold out against rampant technology. full summary
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Best CYBER-Noir Dialogue EVER more

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)

James Belushi ... Harry Wyckoff

Dana Delany ... Grace Wyckoff

Robert Loggia ... Sen. Anton Kreutzer

Kim Cattrall ... Paige Katz

Angie Dickinson ... Josie Ito

Ernie Hudson ... Tommy Lazlo

Bebe Neuwirth ... Tabba Schwartzkopf

Nick Mancuso ... Tully Woiwode
Charles Hallahan ... Gavin Whitehope
Robert Morse ... Chap Starfall
David Warner ... Eli Levitt

Ben Savage ... Coty Wyckoff

Bob Gunton ... Dr. Tobias Schenkl

Brad Dourif ... Chickie Levitt

Aaron Michael Metchik ... Peter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
300 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Senator Anton Kreutzer (Robert Loggia) and his religion New Realism are based on L. Ron Hubbard and The Church of Scientology. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The rear-view mirror in Harry's corvette appears and disappears from scene to scene. more
Quotes:
Grace Wyckoff: Oh my God, Harry! Do you know how much it *hurts* to be *shot* in the chest? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Mise-en-abyme (2006) more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Best CYBER-Noir Dialogue EVER, 7 September 2005
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Author: dgarwood from USA

The real credit for WILD PALMS should go to Bruce Wagner and his flowing, prosaic dialogue. It's like classic Film Noir crossed with cyber-speak, doused with a fifth of Single Malt Scotch and set on fire. There are so many clever, nimble phrases that are turned on their axis and spun into something entirely different.

Examples:

"Mystery loves company."

"Do you know how much it hurts to be SHOT IN THE CHEST??"

"You're no General! You're a pimp with the wings of a bat!"

"You've got quite a mouth on you! Take care someone doesn't take a needle and sew it up."

"Weak dog! You stillborn calf! YOU MAKE ME VOMIT!"

Granted the whole package is a little hard to take in all at once - it's one of those things that becomes more interesting the more you watch it. And for everyone who argues it ends with a whimper, not a bang, well, you may be right, but I posit that The Senator, Harry's real lineage, The Go Chip, and the Mimezine are all besides the point. Enjoy it for one of the campiest, cleverest, most intelligent scripts ever written for television.(Thank You Bruce Wagner) This is a project that is not only entertaining to watch, but a JOY to listen to. It's FUN.

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