Wild at Heart
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Wild at Heart is a 1990 film directed by David Lynch. The film is based on the novel by Barry Gifford.
Starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, and Willem Dafoe, the film mixes bizarre almost supernatural events and off-kilter violence making it an atypical road movie which stands all the usual clichés of the genre on their head. It is an unusual homage to The Wizard of Oz.
The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot summary
Lovers Lula Pace and Sailor Ripley are separated after Sailor is jailed for killing in self defence.
Upon his release they set out for California (ignoring Sailor's probation). Lula's psychopathic mother Marietta Fortune (who tried to have him killed originally) arranges for a private detective and underworld friends to find them and eliminate Sailor.
Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together...until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen. After being stranded in a small town, Sailor agrees to join the loathsome Bobby Peru in a criminal venture.
Main cast
- Nicolas Cage - Sailor Ripley
- Laura Dern - Lula Pace Fortune
- Willem Dafoe - Bobby Peru
- Diane Ladd - Marietta Fortune
- Crispin Glover - Cousin Dell
- Isabella Rossellini - Perdita Durango
- Harry Dean Stanton - Johnnie Farragut
- Sherilyn Fenn - Girl in accident
Trivia
- The movie's promotional posters spell Nicolas Cage's name as "Nicolas" as well as "Nicholas."
- Nicolas Cage does his own singing.
- The snakeskin jacket Sailor Ripley wears in the film was actually Nicolas Cage's own.
- After filming was completed, Nicolas Cage gave Laura Dern his snakeskin jacket.
- After chain smoking a number of cigarettes, Laura Dern passed out on the set. She was awakened by David Lynch saying "Tid Bit? Are you alright?".
- The Region 1 DVD contains the altered (less graphic) take of the shotgun scene.