Wild at Heart (1990)
- Starring:
- Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, (more)
- Director(s):
- David Lynch
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Independent Films
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Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern play a pair of lovers on the run in David Lynch's surrealist road movie Wild at Heart. Cage's Sailor Ripley is a violent ex-convict with an Elvis Presley fixation who falls in love with Dern's Lula Pace Fortune, the daughter of a rich, but mentally unstable, Southern belle named Marietta (Diane Ladd, Dern's real-life mother). Just after Sailor is released from prison, where he was jailed for brutally killing one of Marietta's thugs, he and Lula take off on a wild cross-country trip, pursued by his parole officer, her mother, criminals, bounty hunters, and detectives. Along the way, Sailor and Lula have a lot of sex, share their pasts, share their respective obsessions for Elvis and The Wizard of Oz, and meet a lot of bizarre characters, including a seedy ex-marine (Willem Dafoe) who persuades Sailor to participate in a bank robbery. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 124 mins
Complete Cast:
- Nicolas Cage - Sailor Ripley
- Diane Ladd - Marietta Fortune
- Isabella Rossellini - Perdita Durango
- Crispin Glover - Dell
- J.E. Freeman - Marcello Santos
- David Patrick Kelly - Dropshadow
- Freddie Jones - George Kovich
- Marvin Kaplan - Uncle Pooch
- John Lurie - Sparky
- Tommy G. Kendrick - Red (uncredited/cut out)
- Ed Wright - Desk Clerk
- Cage S. Johnson - Man at Shell Station
- Sheryl Lee - Good Witch
- Frank Collison - Timmy Thompson
- Albert Popwell - Barkeeper at Zanzibar (uncredited/cut out)
- William Morgan Sheppard - Mr. Reindeer
- Tracey Walter - Roach (uncredited/cut out)
- Bob Terhune - Earl Kovich (uncredited/cut out)
- Shawne Rowe - Waitress (uncredited/cut out)
- Laura Dern - Lula Pace Fortune
- Willem Dafoe - Bobby Peru
- Harry Dean Stanton - Johnnie Farragut
- Grace Zabriskie - Juana
- Calvin Lockhart - Reggie
- Glenn Walker Harris, Jr. - Pace
- Charlie Spradling - Irma
- Brent Fraser - Idiot Punk
- Jack Nance - 00 Spool
- Scott Coffey - Billy
- Peter Bromilow - Hotel Manager
- Koko Taylor - Singer at Zanzibar
- Daniel Quinn - Young Cowboy
- Nicholas Love - Man in Wheelchair
- Darrell Zwerling - Singer's Manager
- Pruitt Taylor Vince - Buddy
- Jack Jozefson - Chet (uncredited/cut out)
- Sherilyn Fenn - Girl in Accident
- Frances Bay - Madam
- Director(s):
- David Lynch
- Writer(s):
- David Lynch, Mark Frost
- Producer(s):
- Sigurjon Sighvatsson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Graphic Violence)
- Categories:
- Independent Films
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- 1990 - Wild at Heart - Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
- 1990 - Wild at Heart - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Cinematography
