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Title: Something Wild (1986)
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| Jeff Daniels | ... | Charles Driggs | |
| Melanie Griffith | ... | Audrey Hankel | |
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George 'Red' Schwartz | ... | Counter Man (as George Schwartz) |
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Leib Lensky | ... | Frenchy |
| Tracey Walter | ... | The Country Squire | |
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Maggie T. | ... | Country Squire Bulldog |
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Patricia Falkenhain | ... | Charlie's Secretary |
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Sandy McLeod | ... | Graves' Secretary |
| Robert Ridgely | ... | Richard Graves | |
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Buzz Kilman | ... | TV Newscaster |
| Kenneth Utt | ... | Dad | |
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Adelle Lutz | ... | Rose |
| Charles Napier | ... | Irate Chef | |
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Jim Roche | ... | Motel Philosopher |
| John Sayles | ... | Motorcycle Cop | |
The uneventful life of the businessman Charles Driggs suddenly changes when he meets the wild and sexy Lulu. When he accepts her offer to drive him back to his office, she instead takes him out of town and on a trip, leaving behind his old life. Posing as a married couple, Charles and "Audrey" (which turns out to be Lulu's real name) visit her mother and her high school reunion. At this reunion they meet Audrey's violent ex-husband Ray, who has just released from prison. When Ray makes it clear that he wants Audrey back, that is when the real trouble begins. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
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Rewatching Something Wild recently some 30 years after I first saw it, I was struck by how vividly the craziness of the story stayed in my memory, but also how surprising and unexpected the plot turns were. This is a good sign that that someone took time to craft an excellent plot. In fact, the film makers have lavished tender loving care on every aspect of this film and given it a lot of heart.
Melanie Griffith does everything but set the screen on fire as she takes Jeff Daniel's humdrum office worker life and turns it upside down. We're then taken on a helter-skelter anything-goes trip where the couple leave the city and the staid conventions of middle class life behind as they plunge into a passionate affair and journey deep into the comforting familiarity of small town America with its motels, folksy shops and and kindly people. Ironically this is where the greatest danger lurks in the shape of old flame Ray Liotta, grinning maniacally and flipping the madcap whimsy into insane violence.
Every minor character on this trip fills you with good vibes, in sharp contrast to the sinister kind of twist that current-day Hollywood mainstream gives to bit players. The soundtrack, for fans of 80s music, is fantastic - you're bound to hear stuff you haven't heard for ages.
This film works on many levels: the actors are charming and charismatic, and their parts are well and sympathetically written. It's a loving memoir of a materialistic decade that many thought was money-obsessed but was filled with many hapless characters like this reviewer who lived similar episodes in their own lives: except not so wild!