Something Wild

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Golden Globe Awards 1987 - Nominated - Best Actor - Comedy/Musical

Golden Globe Awards 1987 - Nominated - Best Actress - Comedy/Musical

Golden Globe Awards 1987 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

Something Wild

Director:
Jonathan Demme
R, 113 Minutes
 

At A Glance

Film Synopsis

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.

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Details

Runtime:
113 min.

Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Crime

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Certification:
R

Tagline

Something different something daring something dangerous

 

Plot Summary

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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