Wild Palms (1993– )

A multi-national corporation attempts to take over America while small pockets of resistance hold out against rampant technology.

Stars:

James Belushi, Dana Delany, Robert Loggia

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
James Belushi	...	Harry Wyckoff (5 episodes, 1993)
Dana Delany	...	Grace Wyckoff (5 episodes, 1993)
Robert Loggia	...	Sen. Anton Kreutzer (5 episodes, 1993)
Kim Cattrall	...	Paige Katz (5 episodes, 1993)
Angie Dickinson	...	Josie Ito (5 episodes, 1993)
Ernie Hudson	...	Tommy Lazlo (5 episodes, 1993)
Bebe Neuwirth	...	Tabba Schwartzkopf (5 episodes, 1993)
Nick Mancuso	...	Tully Woiwode (5 episodes, 1993)
David Warner	...	Eli Levitt (5 episodes, 1993)
Ben Savage	...	Coty Wyckoff (5 episodes, 1993)
Bob Gunton	...	Dr. Tobias Schenkl (5 episodes, 1993)
Aaron Michael Metchik	...	Peter (5 episodes, 1993)
Robert Morse	...	Chap Starfall (3 episodes, 1993)
Brad Dourif	...	Chickie Levitt (3 episodes, 1993)
Charles Rocket	...	Stitch (3 episodes, 1993)
François Chau	...	Hiro (3 episodes, 1993)

Storyline

LA in the near future, Harry Wykoff accepts a job as presidents of a gigantic TV company. Het is confronted with a total new technology called "The New Reality" where three-dimensional TV animated pictures are projected in living rooms all around the world. Harry launches to the top of the company with his career but once there he is caught in a web of intrigues, betrayal and murder. A game of life and death begins...

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Plot Keywords:

corporation | scientology | conspiracy | based on comic book | rhinoceros | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 May 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Vad pálmák

Filming Locations:

City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Greengrass Productions, Ixtlan

Technical Specs

Runtime:

300 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Friends' "prayer, "O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;/ The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won" is the first two lines of Walt Whitman's "O Captain My Captain" while the Synthiotics prayer "The wind is old and still at play / While I must hurry upon my way,/ For I am running to Paradise" is from W.B Yeats "Running to Paradise."

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Goofs

The rear-view mirror in Harry's corvette appears and disappears from scene to scene.

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Quotes

Hiro: Beat me up, Scotty!

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Connections

References The Shining (1980)

User Reviews

Invading Heaven

In childhood i once heard a story from Greek mythology, long story short, the Gods hid a little piece of god in all of man were we could never find it. Hence the Fathers were trying to use VR to separate our intellect or soul from man and create disembobied god online. Which IMO explains the movies religious undertones, the praying to child actors and what not. I haven't seen this movie in since it appeared on TV and i still think about it.

In hind site the movie was a prophetic warning the way everyone was addicted to the virtual reality online world while in reality they lived in poverty and everything around them was going straight to hell. On one hand we do all our bisness, communication and socialization online, on the other hand online is not real? But we can live without it anymore we are addicted to the unreal..