David Lynch's Wild at Heart (1990)
Original title: Wild at Heart
dir: David Lynch
Lovers Lula (Dern) and Sailor (Cage) are separated after he is jailed for killing – in self-defense – a man who attacked him with a knife who was hired by Lula's mother, Marietta Fortune (Ladd). Upon Sailor's release, Lula picks him up at the prison where she hands him his snakeskin jacket and he happily accepts. They go to a hotel where she reserved a room, make love and go to see the heavy metal band Powermad. While they are dancing at the club, an anonymous slam dancer bumps into Lula and begins to dance and grind into her. Sailor gets the band to stop and tells the man to apologize. The man tells him that he looks "like a clown in that stupid jacket". They fight and Sailor wins. He tells the man to apologize. Sailor gets the band to immediately launch into "Love Me" by Elvis as he sings lead vocal. Later, back in the room, after making love again, Sailor and Lula finally decide to run away to California, breaking Sailor's parole. Lula's mother arranges for a private detective, Johnnie Farragut (Harry Dean Stanton) to find them and bring them back. He agrees because he is in love with her. Unbeknown to Johnnie, however, Marietta also hires gangster Marcelles Santos (J.E. Freeman) to track them, and eliminate Sailor.
Cast:
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Nicolas Cage
Sailor Ripley
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Laura Dern
Lula Fortune
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Willem Dafoe
Bobby Peru
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J.E. Freeman
Marcelles Santos
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Crispin Glover
Cousin Dell
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Diane Ladd
Marietta Fortune
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Calvin Lockhart
Reggie
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Isabella Rossellini
Perdita Durango
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Harry Dean Stanton
Johnnie Farragut
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Grace Zabriskie
Juana Durango
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Sherilyn Fenn
Girl in Accident
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Marvin Kaplan
Uncle Pooch
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William Morgan Sheppard
Mr. Reindeer
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David Patrick Kelly
Dropshadow
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Freddie Jones
George Kovich
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John Lurie
Sparky
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Jack Nance
00 Spool
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Pruitt Taylor Vince
Buddy
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Gregg Dandridge
Bob Ray Lemon
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Glenn Walker Harris Jr.
Pace Fortune
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Frances Bay
Madam
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Blair Bruce Bever
Hotel Custodian
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Sally Boyle
Aunt Rootie
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Peter Bromilow
Hotel Manager
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Lisa Ann Cabasa
Reindeer Dancer
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Frank A. Caruso
Old Bum
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Frank Collison
Timmy Thompson
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Eddy Dixon
Rex
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Brent David Fraser
Idiot Punk
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Cage S. Johnson
Man at Shell Station
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Sheryl Lee
Good Witch
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Valli Leigh
Mr. Reindeer's Resident Valet #2
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Nicholas Love
Man in Wheelchair
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Daniel Quinn
Tom Mix
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Mia M. Ruiz
Mr. Reindeer's Resident Valet #1
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Charlie Spradling
Irma
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Billy Swan
Billy Swan
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KoKo Taylor
Singer at Zanzibar
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Ed Wright
Desk Clerk
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Darrell Zwerling
Singer's Manager
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Zachery Berger
Man in Gents' Room
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Scott Coffey
Billy
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Jack Jozefson
Chet
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Tommy G. Kendrick
Red
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Debra Lamb
Fire Eater at Party
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Bellina Logan
Beany Thorn
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Albert Popwell
Barkeeper at Zanzibar
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Shawne Rowe
Waitress
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Michele Seipp
Girl at Zanzibar
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Neil Summers
Cop
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Bob Terhune
Earl Kovich
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Tracey Walter
Traveller