Something Wild: Wild Things
By May 10, 2011
Something Wild asks the eternal question “What makes us happy?” But the answer it proposes is far from easily arrived at. It’s a boy meets girl story, certainly, but one that goes much deeper Read more »
- United States
- 1986
- 113 minutes
- Color
- 1.78:1
- English
- Spine #563
SYNOPSIS: A straitlaced businessman meets a quirky, free-spirited woman at a downtown New York greasy spoon. Her offer of a ride back to his office results in a lunchtime motel rendezvous—just the beginning of a capricious interstate road trip that brings the two face-to-face with their hidden selves. Featuring a killer soundtrack and electric performances from Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, and Ray Liotta, Something Wild, directed by oddball American auteur Jonathan Demme, is both a kinky comic thriller and a radiantly off-kilter love story.
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Cast
| Audrey “Lulu” Hankel | Melanie Griffith |
| Charles Driggs | Jeff Daniels |
| Ray Sinclair | Ray Liotta |
| Irene | Margaret Colin |
| Country Squire | Tracey Walter |
| Peaches | Dana Preu |
| Larry Dillman | Jack Gilpin |
| Irate chef | Charles Napier |
| Richard Graves | Robert Ridgely |
| Dottie | Sister Carol |
| The Willies | The Feelies |
| Motorcycle cop | John Sayles |
| Used-car guy | John Waters |
| Tracy | Kristen Olsen |
| Nelson | Steve Scales |
| Hitchhiking cowboy | The Texas Kid |
| Peggy Dillman | Su Tissue |
| Dad | Kenneth Utt |
| Motel philosopher | Jim Roche |
Credits
| Director | Jonathan Demme |
| Producer | Jonathan Demme and Kenneth Utt |
| Written by | E. Max Frye |
| Director of photography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Editing | Craig McKay |
| Production design | Norma Moriceau |
| Executive producer | Edward Saxon |
| Music score by | John Cale and Laurie Anderson |
| Opening song by | David Byrne |
| Associate producers | Bill Miller and Ron Bozman |
| Sound recordist | Frank Graziadei |
| Art director | Steve Lineweaver |
| Camera operator | Tony Janelli |
| Costume supervisor | Eugene Bafaloukos |
| Musical consultant | Gary Goetzman |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
- New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Tak Fujimoto and approved by director Jonathan Demme, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New video interviews with Demme and writer E. Max Frye
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thompson
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Press Notes: Something Wild
May 18, 2011
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