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Wild at Heart

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  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990)
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Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
95K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,969
227
    • David Lynch
    • Barry Gifford(novel "Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula")
    • David Lynch(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nicolas Cage
    • Laura Dern
    • Willem Dafoe
    • David Lynch
    • Barry Gifford(novel "Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula")
    • David Lynch(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nicolas Cage
    • Laura Dern
    • Willem Dafoe
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 260User reviews
    • 104Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

    Videos6

    Wild at Heart
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    Pedro Pascal Answers Our Burning Questions
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    'Wild At Heart' | Anniversary Mashup
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    Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990)
    Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990)
    Hannah Kozak with Isabella Rossellini on location of the David Lynch film "Wild At Heart"
    Isabella Rossellini and Hannah Kozak on David Lynch's Wild at Heart.
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    Top cast

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    Nicolas Cage
    Nicolas Cage
    • Sailor
    Laura Dern
    Laura Dern
    • Lula
    Willem Dafoe
    Willem Dafoe
    • Bobby Peru
    J.E. Freeman
    J.E. Freeman
    • Santos
    Crispin Glover
    Crispin Glover
    • Dell
    Diane Ladd
    Diane Ladd
    • Marietta Fortune
    Calvin Lockhart
    Calvin Lockhart
    • Reggie
    Isabella Rossellini
    Isabella Rossellini
    • Perdita
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    • Johnnie Farragut
    Grace Zabriskie
    Grace Zabriskie
    • Juana
    Sherilyn Fenn
    Sherilyn Fenn
    • Girl in Accident
    Marvin Kaplan
    Marvin Kaplan
    • Uncle Pooch
    William Morgan Sheppard
    William Morgan Sheppard
    • Mr. Reindeer
    • (as W. Morgan Sheppard)
    David Patrick Kelly
    David Patrick Kelly
    • Dropshadow
    Freddie Jones
    Freddie Jones
    • George Kovich
    John Lurie
    John Lurie
    • Sparky
    Jack Nance
    Jack Nance
    • 00 Spool
    Pruitt Taylor Vince
    Pruitt Taylor Vince
    • Buddy
      • David Lynch
      • Barry Gifford(novel "Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula")
      • David Lynch(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      During filming, Laura Dern passed out when David Lynch asked her to smoke four cigarettes at once in one deep inhalation. When she came to, she saw a worried Lynch standing above her asking: "Tidbit! Are you alright?"
    • Goofs
      During the scene when Sailor's is running through a traffic jam to find Lula, a crew member and boom mic is visible in the reflection of one of the windows of a black van.
    • Quotes

      Lula: This whole world's wild at heart and weird on top.

    • Crazy credits
      The ending credits play over footage of Sailor singing "Love Me Tender" to Lula, rather than a black screen.
    • Alternate versions
      To avoid an X-rating in the USA, David Lynch added a smoky haze and spark impact to the shots where Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe) shoots himself with a shotgun and blows his head off. The second shot has the same smoky haze on it to hide the chunk of his head flying though the air. The effect made the removal of his head from his body less clear and muted the blood and gore and got the movie an "R" rating. The uncut version was released outside the USA, but since the David Lynch-approved DVD came out in the U.S. (the shot was altered there), the censored transfer has been used on worldwide DVD releases as well, while most of the versions with the bloodier version of the scene have gone out of print. Oddly enough, the more graphic version is still shown in TV airings in the U.S. on the Sundance Channel.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Darkman/Wild at Heart/Pump Up the Volume/My Blue Heaven/The Witches (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Slaughter House
      Written by Joel DuBay, Jeffrey Litke & Adrian Liberty

      Performed by Powermad

      Published by Cosmic Lug Publishing (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Reprise Records

      by Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews260

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    8/10
    Lynch on the road to hell
    The most creative and controversial director in cinema is back with a road-movie! Wild at Heart is one rough roller coaster ride and a typical Lynch-cocktail of violence, sex and of course…bizarre characters. I challenge you to find one personality in this film that could be referred to as a ‘normal human being'. As usually, Lynch introduces a bunch of wicked individuals in his film who're all messed up in the head pretty bad. Yet, I feel like Wild at Heart might be Lynch's most accessible film (outside The Elephant Man and The Straight Story). The structure remains chronological and quite easy to follow. Unlike the previous Blue Velvet, I feel like the plot and development of Wild at Heart is a bit inferior to the wonderful photography. The greatest aspects in the screenplay are in fact the delicious side-chapters that are told without absolute necessity. Like the story about Lula's cousin Dell (Crispin Glover), the torture of Harry Dean Stanton's character and the nasty and disturbing images of a car accident the protagonists come across. These are the little sequences that truly prove Lynch's talent as a storyteller. Overall and simply put: this movie is COOL! It's a joy to watch and you really hate to love some of the offensive characters. Willem Dafoe takes the cake as Bobby Peru. His portrayal is a neat follow-up to Blue Velvet's Frank Booth. Peru is a filthy and despicable pervert with itchy-trigger-fingers! It's a damn shame he hasn't got any more screen time. Wild at Heart surely isn't the greatest masterpiece out there, but you should love it for what it is: an absurd and entertaining adventure with a couple of thought-provoking values and an extraordinary love-lesson.
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    • Release date
      • August 17, 1990 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • El Paso, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
      • Propaganda Films
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    • 2 hours 5 minutes
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