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Wilder Napalm

  • 19931993
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 49m
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5.5/10
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Wilder Napalm (1993)
Two brothers with the secret power of starting fires with their minds, reunite after years apart, only to find conflict with their differing lifestyles.
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Two brothers with the secret power of starting fires with their minds, reunite after years apart, only to find conflict with their differing lifestyles.Two brothers with the secret power of starting fires with their minds, reunite after years apart, only to find conflict with their differing lifestyles.Two brothers with the secret power of starting fires with their minds, reunite after years apart, only to find conflict with their differing lifestyles.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.7K
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    • Glenn Gordon Caron
    • Vince Gilligan
  • Stars
    • Debra Winger
    • Dennis Quaid
    • Arliss Howard
    • Glenn Gordon Caron
    • Vince Gilligan
  • Stars
    • Debra Winger
    • Dennis Quaid
    • Arliss Howard
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    • 21User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Dennis Quaid and Debra Winger in Wilder Napalm (1993)
    Dennis Quaid and Debra Winger in Wilder Napalm (1993)
    Dennis Quaid and Debra Winger in Wilder Napalm (1993)
    Dennis Quaid and Debra Winger in Wilder Napalm (1993)
    Dennis Quaid and Jim Varney in Wilder Napalm (1993)
    Debra Winger in Wilder Napalm (1993)
    Debra Winger and M. Emmet Walsh in Wilder Napalm (1993)
    Debra Winger in Wilder Napalm (1993)
    Arliss Howard in Wilder Napalm (1993)
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    Debra Winger
    Debra Winger
    • Vida
    Dennis Quaid
    Dennis Quaid
    • Wallace
    Arliss Howard
    Arliss Howard
    • Wilder
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Fire Chief
    Jim Varney
    Jim Varney
    • Rex
    Mimi Lieber
    Mimi Lieber
    • Snake Lady
    Marvin J. McIntyre
    Marvin J. McIntyre
    • Deputy Sheriff Spivey
    Justin LaBlanc
    • Young Wilder
    Lance Lee Baxley
    • Young Wallace
    Peter Willie
    • Horace Braintree
    Daniel Hagen
    Daniel Hagen
    • Harrison
    Eric Whitmore
    • Maurice
    Robert Peters
    Robert Peters
    • Deputy Sheriff Day
    Buck Nolan
    • Tall Man
    Rae L. Lawrence
    • Bingo Lady
    Charles Gideon Davis
    Charles Gideon Davis
    • Arnold, Singing Firemen
    John Hostetter
    John Hostetter
    • Matt, Singing Firemen
    Jonathan Rubin
    • Bod, Singing Firemen
      • Glenn Gordon Caron
      • Vince Gilligan
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    • Trivia
      Arliss Howard and Debra Winger are real-life husband and wife.
    • Quotes

      Wallace: Why, we're just one big ol' thermonuclear family, Wilder!

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Man Without a Face/Wilder Napalm/King of the Hill/Hard Target/And the Band Played On (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Moon River
      Written by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini

    User reviews21

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    10/10
    A Cinematic Carnival!
    I used to watch this on either HBO or Showtime or Cinemax during the one summer in the mid 90's that my parents subscribed to those channels. I came across it several times in various parts and always found it dark, bizarre and fascinating. I was young then, in my early teens; and now years later after having discovered the great Arliss Howard and being blown away by "Big Bad Love" I bought the DVD of "Wilder Napalm" and re-watched it with my girlfriend for the first time in many years. I absolutely loved it! I was really impressed and affected by it. There are so many dynamic fluid complexities and cleverness within the camera movements and cinematography; all of which perfectly gel with the intelligent, intense and immediate chemistry between the three leads, their story, the music and all the other actors as well. It's truly "Cinematic". I love Arliss Howard's subtle intensity, ambivalent strength and hidden intelligence, I'm a big fan of anything he does; and his interplay with Debra Winger's manic glee (they are of course married) has that magic charming reality to it that goes past the camera. (I wonder if they watch this on wedding anniversaries?......."Big Bad Love" should be the next stop for anyone who has not seen it; it's brilliant.) And, Dennis Quaid in full clown make-up, sneakily introduced, angled, hidden and displayed by the shot selection and full bloomed delivery is of the kind of pure dark movie magic you don't see very often. Quaid has always had a sinister quality to him for me anyways, with that huge slit mouth span, hiding behind his flicker eyes lying in wait to unleash itself as either mischievous charm or diabolical weirdness (here as both). Both Howard and Quaid have the insane fire behind the eyes to pull off their wonderful intense internal gunslinger square-offs in darkly cool fashion. In fact the whole film has a darkly cool energy and hip intensity. It's really a fantastic film, put together by intelligence, imagination, agility and chemistry by all parties involved. I really cannot imagine how this got funded, and it looks pretty expensive to me, by such a conventional, imagination-less system, but I thank God films like this slip through the system every once in awhile. In a great way, with all of its day-glo bright carnival colors, hip intelligence, darkly warped truthful humor and enthralling chemistry it reminds me of one of my favorite films of all time: "Grosse Pointe Blank".......now that's a compliment in my book!
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      • August 20, 1993 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Lakeland, Florida, USA
    • Production companies
      • Baltimore Pictures
      • TriStar Pictures
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    • 1 hour 49 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby SR

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