"Wild Palms" (1993) TV mini-series

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Directors:

Kathryn Bigelow
Keith Gordon
(more)

Writer:

Bruce Wagner (writer)

Release Date:

16 May 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A multi-national corporation attempts to take over America while small pockets of resistance hold out against rampant technology.

Plot Keywords:

Corporation | Eye Gouging | Rhinoceros | Cyberpunk | Illuminati

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations

Cast

James Belushi	...	Harry Wyckoff
Dana Delany	...	Grace Wyckoff
Robert Loggia	...	Sen. Anton Kreutzer
Kim Cattrall	...	Paige Katz
Angie Dickinson	...	Josie Ito
Ernie Hudson	...	Tommy Lazlo
Bebe Neuwirth	...	Tabba Schwartzkopf
Nick Mancuso	...	Tully Woiwode
Charles Hallahan	...	Gavin Whitehope
Robert Morse	...	Chap Starfall
David Warner	...	Eli Levitt
Ben Savage	...	Coty Wyckoff
Bob Gunton	...	Dr. Tobias Schenkl
Brad Dourif	...	Chickie Levitt
Aaron Michael Metchik	...	Peter
Rondi Reed	...	Eileen Whitehope
Beata Pozniak	...	Tambor
Charles Rocket	...	Stitch
François Chau	...	Hiro
Eugene Lee	...	Lt. Bob Grindrod
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Gibson	...	Himself
Oliver Stone	...	Himself
Danny Kamekona	...	Ushio (uncredited)
Sean Kanan	...	Jacob (uncredited)
Monica Mikala	...	Deirdre Wyckoff (uncredited)
Nicole Nagel	...	Drug Addict (uncredited)

Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow		(hour 4)
Keith Gordon		(hours 3 and 5)
Peter Hewitt		(hours 1 & 2)
Phil Joanou		(hour 6)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bruce Wagner		writer

Produced by
Michael Rauch	....	producer
Oliver Stone	....	executive producer
Bruce Wagner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Cinematography by
Phedon Papamichael

Film Editing by
Norman Hollyn
Patrick McMahon
Stan Salfas

Casting by
Sharon Bialy
Debi Manwiller
Richard Pagano

Production Design by
Dins W.W. Danielsen		(as Dins Danielsen)

Art Direction by
Mark Zuelzke

Set Decoration by
Suzette Sheets

Costume Design by
Judianna Makovsky

Makeup Department
Andre Blaise	....	hair stylist
Gina Monaci	....	makeup artist
Danielle Russell	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Bill Brown	....	post-production supervisor
Patti Kent	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Bunn	....	second second assistant director
David Cass Jr.	....	assistant director
Sara Fischer	....	assistant director
David Hallinan	....	assistant director
Joanne Keene Hall	....	dga trainee
Martha L. Mericka	....	assistant director
Jane Paul	....	assistant director
Margie Sperling	....	assistant director

Art Department
Don 'Tex' Clark	....	set dresser
Doug Harlocker	....	property master
Laura McIntyre	....	lead man
John Stone	....	construction foreman

Sound Department
Paul Berolzheimer	....	sound effects editor
Mark Cookson	....	sound effects editor
Louis Creveling	....	dialogue editor
Patrick Giraudi	....	dialogue editor
David Grant	....	dialogue editor
Dan Jamele	....	dialogue editor
Scott A. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
Derek Marcil	....	adr mixer
Beau Maxwell	....	sound effects editor
Debbie Melford	....	adr editor
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
Craig Sadler	....	dialogue editor
Steve Scoville	....	dialogue editor
Don Summer	....	sound mixer
Paul Urmson	....	sound effects editor
Kevin J. Ward	....	boom operator (as Kevin Ward)

Special Effects by
Karin Hanson	....	special effects hair

Stunts
Rick Avery	....	stunts
Terry Jackson	....	stunts
Barbara Anne Klein	....	stunt double: Kim Cattrall
Ray Lykins	....	stunts
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (1993)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kelly Clear	....	gaffer (as Kelly Dean Clear)
Henry Coccetti Jr.	....	best boy
Tim Day	....	best boy
Roger Dean	....	gaffer
Christopher Faloona	....	gaffer
Rob J. Greenlea	....	grip
D.J. Harder	....	second assistant camera
Yvo Kwee	....	gaffer
Michael Millikan	....	first assistant camera
Mike Milliken	....	focus puller
J. Michael Muro	....	Steadicam operator (as James Muro)
Luke Palmer	....	assistant camera
David Pearlberg	....	dolly grip
Wally Pfister	....	camera operator
Rafael E. Sánchez	....	key grip

Casting Department
Susan Booker	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eileen Kennedy	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Charles Bunn	....	apprentice editor
Julia Gray	....	apprentice film editor
Quincy Z. Gunderson	....	assistant editor
Devon Miller	....	assistant editor
Mark L. Mitchell	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Fernando Aponte	....	orchestrator
Budd Carr	....	music supervisor
John Frizzell	....	orchestrator (as John C. Frizzell)
John Strauss	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Reese Lane	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Zaia Alexander	....	unspecified assistant
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Randi Feldman	....	script supervisor
Alec Gillis	....	prosthetic effects
Robert Grindrod	....	auditor
Brenda Laurel	....	wetware consultant
Shari Leibowitz	....	production coordinator
Peter McManus	....	assistant accountant
Beth Melnick	....	location manager
Macall B. Polay	....	payroll accountant
Diane Schneier	....	production executive
Roger Trilling	....	executive consultant
Karen Vaughan	....	script supervisor
Alan Noel Vega	....	location manager
Brenda K. Wachel	....	script supervisor
Paul Wilson	....	location manager
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	prosthetic effects
Art Tizon	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Azita Zendel	....	assistant: Oliver Stone (uncredited)

Production Companies

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• Greengrass Productions
• Ixtlan Corporation

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Other Companies

• Bill Dance Casting  extras casting

Runtime:

300 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

The unusual looking police cars are 1963 Studebaker Avantis, a very rare classic car.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The rear-view mirror in Harry's corvette appears and disappears from scene to scene.

Quotes:

Grace Wyckoff: Mystery loves company.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mise-en-abyme (2006)

Best CYBER-Noir Dialogue EVER

The real credit for WILD PALMS should go to Bruce Wagner and his flowing, prosaic dialogue. It's like classic Film Noir crossed with cyber-speak, doused with a fifth of Single Malt Scotch and set on fire. There are so many clever, nimble phrases that are turned on their axis and spun into something entirely different.

Examples:

"Mystery loves company."

"Do you know how much it hurts to be SHOT IN THE CHEST??"

"You're no General! You're a pimp with the wings of a bat!"

"You've got quite a mouth on you! Take care someone doesn't take a needle and sew it up."

"Weak dog! You stillborn calf! YOU MAKE ME VOMIT!"

Granted the whole package is a little hard to take in all at once - it's one of those things that becomes more interesting the more you watch it. And for everyone who argues it ends with a whimper, not a bang, well, you may be right, but I posit that The Senator, Harry's real lineage, The Go Chip, and the Mimezine are all besides the point. Enjoy it for one of the campiest, cleverest, most intelligent scripts ever written for television.(Thank You Bruce Wagner) This is a project that is not only entertaining to watch, but a JOY to listen to. It's FUN.