Wonderland (2003)

In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.

Director:

James Cox

Writers:

James Cox, Captain Mauzner

Stars:

Val Kilmer, Lisa Kudrow, Kate Bosworth

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kate Bosworth	...	Dawn Schiller
Carrie Fisher	...	Sally Hansen
Val Kilmer	...	John Holmes
Kim Marriner	...	Reporter (as Kim Mariner)
Dylan McDermott	...	David Lind
Michael Pitt	...	Gopher (scenes deleted)
Alexis Dziena	...	Gopher's Girlfriend (scenes deleted)
Karen LaKritz	...	Bartender (as Karen Lakritz)
Steve Cox	...	Guy at Bar
Josh Lucas	...	Ron Launius
Louis Lombardi	...	Slim Jim
Franky G	...	Louis
Ted Levine	...	Sam Nico
Russell Sams	...	Cherokee
Chris Cioffi	...	Letterman Meathead

Storyline

John Holmes was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But in 1981, years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He's estranged from his wife, holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress, and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the most grisly murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue?

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Plot Keywords:

police | murder | porn star | robbery | police investigation | 

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Taglines:

Sex, drugs, murder. Welcome to L.A.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence/grisly images, pervasive drug use and language, some sexuality/nudity

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Wonderland Murders

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$91,798, 5 October 2003, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,060,512, 31 December 2003

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,466,444

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Films, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (EFO Films), Epsilon Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In 2000, Ted Levine also appeared in the short-lived TV series Wonderland.

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Goofs

When John returns to Dawn he sits down on the bed with a six-pack of Budweiser. The cans are of contemporary type and not the straight cylindrical type of the 1980s.

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Quotes

Ron Launius: Ah, you must be Barbara. You enjoying yourself?
Barbara Richardson: Yeah, this is the best party I've ever been to.
Ron Launius: Well it's only the beginning baby L.A. in the summer anything could happen right.

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Crazy Credits

"score recorded and mixed by Fredrik Sarhagen" is credited twice.

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Connections

Referenced in Adjust Your Tracking (2013)

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Soundtracks

Gloria
(1964)
Written by Van Morrison
Published by Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) & Bernice Music Inc. (BMI)

User Reviews

Kilmer proves he's bigger than most

Val Kilmer... Love or loath him, sometimes he gets under the skin of a character and pulls out a performance that makes you go 'Hey! This guy is a GREAT actor!' He did in the leather pants of Jim in The Doors and he's done it again in the leather underpants of John.

Revolving around the fall and fall of uber porn king John Holmes, Kilmer strutts to his knees as we unravel one of the biggest murder mysteries hollywood has never solved for over twenty years, with Holmes the key suspect to a brutal Manson-style slaughter.

What Kilmer does so effortlessly is exhude the low-life of the celebrity, the do anything to anyone craving that overwhelms anyone who had it and then lost it. Go see him, you'll know what I mean.