Standing in the way of our heroes’ quest for happiness is a typically Lynchian menagerie of maniacs, fronted by Marietta.Īs our story begins, Sailor is released from a nearly two-year prison stint for his self-defense in the killing of an assailant, Bobby Ray Lemon (Gregg Dandridge), who had pulled a knife on Sailor at the secret behest of Marietta, smarting from a recent rejection after coming on to her daughter’s boyfriend. With a script by Lynch adapted from the 1989 novel by Barry Gifford, Wild At Heart tells the tale of young star-crossed North Carolina lovers (and thrash metal connoisseurs) Sailor Ripley (Cage), a noble blue collar troublemaker with an Elvis complex, and Lula Pace Fortune (Dern), a rebel in constant conflict with her domineering mother Marietta Fortune (Ladd). Lynch gives his eccentric cast, ranging from generational Hollywood royalty to reliable character actor weirdos Harry Dean Stanton, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover and Grace Zabriskie, full license to let their freak flags fly with some truly wild set pieces. A violent, angry road trip romance, Wild At Heart boasts stars stemming from three cinematic powerhouse families - Nicolas Cage (a Coppola), Laura Dern (daughter to Corman and Dante stalwart Bruce) plus her real-life mother Diane Ladd, and, in a supporting role, Isabella Rossellini (daughter to Golden Age star Ingrid Bergman and the neorealist helmer Roberto Rossellini). David Lynch’s demented crime fantasy Wild At Heart was unleashed upon an unsuspecting nation 30 years ago today.
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