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Wild At Heart
1991
In adapting Barry Gifford's colorful novel, David Lynch delivers another jolt of adrenaline to unsuspecting viewers everywhere. WILD AT HEART follows the troubled romance of Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern), two lovers who struggle to remain together even when fate seems intent on keeping them apart. In this case, .. Read more
| Starring | Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rossellini |
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| Director | David Lynch |
| Genres | Drama |
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Wild At Heart
In adapting Barry Gifford's colorful novel, David Lynch delivers another jolt of adrenaline to unsuspecting viewers everywhere. WILD AT HEART follows the troubled romance of Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern), two lovers who struggle to remain together even when fate seems intent on keeping them apart. In this case, fate is Lula's mother, Marietta Fortune (Diane Ladd), a desperate woman who hates Sailor and will do anything to keep him away from her daughter. After Sailor is released from prison for murdering a man albeit in self-defence he and Lula embark on a sex-filled, rocking road trip, aware that they are being hunted by one of Marietta's cronies. When they pull off the road in order to hide out in a small trailer park, Sailor befriends Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe), an incredibly intense war veteran with a rotten set of teeth. Bobby convinces Sailor to help him rob a bank, much to Lula's objections (for she has discovered that she is pregnant). Sailor must decide if he wants to go straight and be there for his child or remain under Bobby's influence and risk returning to jail. Lynch's raucous film contains his trademark visual style, over-the-top dialogue, and pulsating soundtrack, creating another truly distinct picture.
| Starring | Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rossellini, Harry Dean Stanton, Crispin Glover, Diane Ladd, Frances Bay, Sherilyn Fenn, Freddie Jones, David Patrick Kelly, Calvin Lockhart, John Lurie, Jack Nance, Grace Zabriskie, Sheryl Le |
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| Director | David Lynch |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 59 mins |
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| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Jul 2003 Production year: 1991 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Director David Lynch goes over the top, over people's heads and somewhere over the psychedelic rainbow here in another ultra-violent and sleazily sexy pulp art attack. Forget the story; Lynch clearly has. Just follow convict and Elvis fan Nicolas Cage and his white trash girlfriend Laura Dern as they are pursued through the Deep South by her crazed mother's gumshoe lover. Stuffed with the Sultan of Strange's transfixing brand of deranged visuals, haunting weirdness and exuberant camp, it's another hip and hypnotic rollercoaster ride through the twin peaks of pretentiousness and exhilaration.
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Over-ripe acting, violent action, and a melodramatic plot combine to produce the cinematic equivalent of Grand Guignol. It won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990.
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18 out of 19 people found this review helpful
Simply fantastic
I took two unsuspecting friends to see this film at the cinema. When it finished I laughed for 20 minutes non-stop. My friends said nothing.
This is a David Lynch Tour de Force. It starts with Nicolas Cage smashing a guy's head in to the sound of heavy metal. That's a warning to the faint hearted to leave now or else. Then there's sex, violence, crime, Elvis impressions, jealousy, envy, deception, more violence, the Wizard of Oz and the open road.
Great performance from Laura Dern and Willem Dafoe as the ugliest man on the planet.
Possibly my favourite David Lynch movie... if there weren't so many good ones to choose from. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Full of all the weird characters and dream-like set pieces typical of David Lynch. Gritty and uncompromising but with a lot of humour.
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