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Wild at Heart
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Wild at Heart is a 1990 American crime, drama, and romance film directed by David Lynch. The screenplay was written by Lynch and Barry Gifford, based on a work by Gifford. The cast includes Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, and Crispin Glover. Production was led by producer Steve Golin, with Frederick Elmes serving as director of photography and Duwayne Dunham as film editor. The movie was produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Netflix.
Filmed in New Orleans, the narrative takes place in North Carolina. The film’s original language is English. It has a runtime of 120 minutes according to one source, while others list it as 125 minutes. The production budget was $9,500,000, and it generated $14,569,027 in revenue. Angelo Badalamenti composed the music, and Patricia Norris was the production designer.
The film received the Palme d'Or and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. It holds a 7.2 rating on IMDb based on 111,593 votes and a 7.039 average on TMDb from 1,905 votes. The tagline describes it as "A wild and crazy love story."
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7.0Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Sailor
- Laura Dern as Lula
- Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru
- Diane Ladd as Marietta Fortune
- Harry Dean Stanton as Johnnie Farragut
- J.E. Freeman as Marcelles Santos
Themes
- witch
- hotel room
- based on novel or book
- hitman
- texas
- car journey
- new orleans, louisiana
- dark comedy
- forbidden love
- melancholy
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Lynch
- Screenplay by
- David Lynch
- Based on
- Wild at Heart , by Barry Gifford
- Produced by
- Monty Montgomery Steve Golin Sigurjón Sighvatsson
- Starring
- Nicolas Cage Laura Dern Willem Dafoe Crispin Glover Diane Ladd Isabella Rossellini Harry Dean Stanton
- Cinematography
- Frederick Elmes
- Edited by
- Duwayne Dunham
- Music by
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Production companies
- PolyGram Propaganda Films
- Distributed by
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- Release dates
- May 19, 1990 ( 1990-05-19 ) ( Cannes ) August 17, 1990 ( 1990-08-17 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 124 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $14.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Palme d'Or
- Genre
- neo-noir
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David Lynch
- Screenwriter
- David Lynch
- Cast member
- Albert Popwell
- Composer
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Production company
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Frederick Elmes
- Narrative location
- North Carolina
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 520415
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1990-08-24
- film editor
- Duwayne Dunham
- title
- Wild at Heart
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- distributed by
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- production designer
- Patricia Norris
- after a work by
- Barry Gifford
- film format
- 35 mm film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 52/100
- capital cost
- 10000000
- box office
- 14560247
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Encyclopedic overview
Wild at Heart is a 1990 American neo-noir black comedy romantic crime film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Barry Gifford. Starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rossellini, and Harry Dean Stanton, the film follows Sailor Ripley and Lula Fortune, a young couple who go on the run from Lula's domineering mother and the criminals she hires to kill Sailor.
Lynch intended only to produce the film, but after reading Gifford's book, he decided to write and direct it as well. He disliked the ending of the novel and decided to change it to fit his vision of the main characters. The film is noted for its allusions to The Wizard of Oz and Elvis Presley. Early test screenings for the film were poorly received, with Lynch's decision not to cut some violent scenes of his film and estimating that at least 200 people walked out due to its graphic content.
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