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5.2/10   827 votes
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Director:
Glenn Gordon Caron
Writer (WGA):
Vince Gilligan (written by)
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Release Date:
20 August 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy more
Tagline:
Never start a romance you can't put out.
Plot:
Wilder and Wallace are brothers and pyrokinetics. Ever since childhood they've been able to start fires... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Great portrayal of film music more (16 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Debra Winger ... Vida Foudroyant

Dennis Quaid ... Wallace Foudroyant / Biff the Clown

Arliss Howard ... Wilder Foudroyant

M. Emmet Walsh ... Fire Chief

Jim Varney ... Rex
Mimi Lieber ... Snake Lady
Marvin J. McIntyre ... Deputy Sheriff Spivey
Justin LaBlanc ... Young Wilder
Lance Lee Baxley ... Young Wallace
Peter Willie ... Horace Braintree

Daniel Hagen ... Harrison
Eric Whitmore ... Maurice

Robert Peters ... Deputy Sheriff Day
Buck Nolan ... Tall Man
Rae L. Lawrence ... Bingo Lady
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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
Ivuedim, Florida, USA more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Vida Foudroyant: It's 12:47 and 23 seconds. Time to screw. Let's do it in the booth.
Wilder Foudroyant: You're not serious.
Vida Foudroyant: Yes, I really am!
Wilder Foudroyant: Vida! Vida!
Vida Foudroyant: Okay. Let's just find some hedges or something. Oh, baby, I'm rarin' to go!
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Movie Connections:
References "Bewitched" (1964) more
Soundtrack:
The Late Night Theme more

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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Great portrayal of film music, 9 March 2005
7/10
Author: dcstatehoodnow from United States

The people who are bad-mouthing this film are those who don't understand film to begin with. These are the people who love movie blockbusters and adverse to any movie that doesn't star Leonardo DiCaprio. Wilder Napalm is a neat little film that may seem quirky and maybe even stupid at first, but what it lacks in plot, it more than makes up for in substance.

One thing in particular about the movie that impressed me was it's use of music, which plays a large part. Those students of film music will notice how important music is in the movie, both in Vida and Wilder's life, and in the background. Wilder's theme, Vida's theme, and Wallace's theme are all heard in the opening sequence, and it is funny how some of the lyrics play out. For instance, in the scene where the men are singing "Duke of Earl", Vida is with Wilder when the men sing something like "She is my girl", and then she goes over to Wallace to give him something when the men sing the lyric "She will be my girl" cleverly showing the tension between the two brothers There are all sorts of little intricacies like this inside the movie, and while it may look like a flop on the outside, the real student of film will notice how good this movie really is.

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