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Overview
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Writers (WGA):
Barry Gifford (novel)
David Lynch (screenplay)
Release Date:
17 August 1990 (USA) more
Plot:
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(27 articles)
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This whole world is Wild at Heart and crazy on top more (158 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nicolas Cage | ... | Sailor Ripley |
 | Laura Dern | ... | Lula Fortune |
 | Willem Dafoe | ... | Bobby Peru |
 | J.E. Freeman | ... | Marcelles Santos |
 | Crispin Glover | ... | Dell |
 | Diane Ladd | ... | Marietta Fortune |
| Calvin Lockhart | ... | Reggie |
 | Isabella Rossellini | ... | Perdita Durango |
 | Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Johnnie Farragut |
 | Grace Zabriskie | ... | Juana Durango |
 | Sherilyn Fenn | ... | Girl in Accident |
| Marvin Kaplan | ... | Uncle Pooch |
 | William Morgan Sheppard | ... | Mr. Reindeer (as W. Morgan Sheppard) |
 | David Patrick Kelly | ... | Dropshadow |
| Freddie Jones | ... | George Kovich |
Additional Details
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David Lynch's Wild at Heart (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
124 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (cut) | New Zealand:R18 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 (DVD version) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Castle Green Apartments - 99 S. Raymond, Pasadena, California, USA more
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Director Trademark: [David Lynch] [highway at night] more
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Continuity: When they are in bed - he has a shirt on in one shot, the other one it's off, and then on again. more
Quotes:
[Sailor's gun doesn't fire]
Bobby Peru:
It's full of dummies, dummy!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes (#4.6)" (1991) more
Soundtrack:
Avant du mourir more
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Wild at Heart begins with an arresting scene of bloody violence by one of the two lead characters, Sailor Ripley, and this immediately grabs our attention. After this he hooks up with his lover, Lula, who he fiercely protects, and goes on a bizarre road trip into the deep south of the states, while avoiding Lula's mother, played with passion by a deservedly Oscar-nominated Diane Ladd, who has an obsessive hatred for Sailor. They meet an assortment of weird people, especially Bobby Peru, and also Perdita Durango, who has appeared recently in a film with her name as the title, also written by Barry Gifford. It is classic David Lynch, with a homage type theme to the Wizard of Oz. It has the sensuality and eroticism later seen in Lost Highway, the violence and gore, the head sequence after the bank robbery being graphic, and a general uneasiness throughout. But it is a darkly humorous and transfixing piece.