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Director:
David Lynch
Writers (WGA):
Barry Gifford (novel)
David Lynch (screenplay)
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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
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more
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(27 articles)
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A Surreal, Nightmarish Road trip that's Wild at Heart and Weird on Top! more (157 total)

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Also Known As:
David Lynch's Wild at Heart (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
124 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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Trivia:
Several cast members were culled from David Lynch's then-active TV series, "Twin Peaks" (1990), which he temporarily left to make this film. Sherilyn Fenn, Grace Zabriskie, David Patrick Kelly, Sheryl Lee and Jack Nance were all either regular or recurring characters on the series. more
Goofs:
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:
Lula: Uh oh. Baby, you'd better get me back to that hotel. You got me hotter than Georgia asphalt. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Kosmogonia more

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A Surreal, Nightmarish Road trip that's Wild at Heart and Weird on Top!, 5 August 2005
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Author: NateManD from Bloomsburg PA

"Wild at Heart" is one deranged and twisted road trip as only David Lynch could bring you. It's so dark but at times funny too. Lula (Laura Dern) and Sailor (Nicholas Cage)are in love, but Lula's mother played by Laura Dern's real life mother Diane Ladd is evil. She doesn't want to see them together. Because of a murder, Sailor is finally released from prison. Lula's mom hires people to kill sailor. So Lula and Sailor go on a crazy road trip with dark and fellini like characters. William Defoe is unforgettable as the creepy and perverted Bobby Peru. The film almost received an X/NC-17 rating. It's easy to see why, it has lots of disturbing sex and violence. But than again that's a David Lynch trademark. This film is probably on my list of favorite road trip movies, next to Godard's "Weekend" (1967), "Thelma & Louise" and "Natural Born Killers". Both Nicholas Cage and Laura Dern give amazing performances. Dern's character Lula is the complete opposite of Sandy in "Blue Velvet", cause she's so wild and sexual. But Lula still has a naive child like charm. It seems that actor Nicholas Cage was born to play Sailor, a charming Elvis like ex convict who wants to change his ways. Also check out Berry Gifford's sequel to Wild at Heart, "Perdita Durango" (aka. dance with the devil) These films are both Wild at Heart and weird on Top!

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