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Something Wild (1986) | User Rating
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Release Date Nov 7, 1986 (USA) DVD Release Date • R1: Jun 5, 2001
MPAA Rating R
Running Time 1 hour, 53 minutes
Country USA
Studio Orion, Religioso Primitiva
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles • Something Wild • Gefährliche Freundin (1987)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy, On The Road, Thieves, Murder, Psychos, Racy, Police, Deception, Role-switching, Cult Classic
Plot: Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels star in this quirky road movie from director Jonathan Demme (MARRIED TO THE MOB, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). Charlie Driggs (Daniels) is a timid New York investment broker who lets himself be abducted during his lunch hour by an attractive nut named Lulu (Griffith). While drunk, she drives him to a New Jersey hotel for some kinky sex and petty thievery, and later convinces him to accompany her to Pennsylvania and pose as her husband at her high school reunion. More misadventures ensue, and Charlie gradually finds himself loosening up and falling in love, but then the film makes a sudden left turn with the appearance of Ray (Ray Liotta), Lulu's real husband--a violent ex-convict. As the film's tone oscillates from lightheartedness to darkness, Demme's affection for his characters never wavers, and he keeps things moving with a jubilant soundtrack of global music and a roster of cameo appearances that include directors John Waters and John Sayles, and musicians the Feelies and Sister Carol. It's a comedy, it's a drama, it's a look at the pleasures and dangers of stepping outside the norm, in life and in film.
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| Directed by |
Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate |
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| Written by |
E. Max Frye
Palmetto, Where the Money Is, Second Nature | |
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 | Charles Napier
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Loaded Weapon 1 |
 | John Waters
Seed of Chucky, Homer & Eddie, Divine Trash |
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The Silence of the Lambs, Hester Street, Over the Brooklyn Bridge | | |
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| Music By |
| John Cale
American Psycho, The Beach, Basquiat | |
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