The Wild Life (film)
The Wild Life | |
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Directed by | Art Linson |
Written by | Cameron Crowe |
Produced by | Cameron Crowe Art Linson |
Starring | |
Cinematography | James Glennon |
Edited by | Michael Jablow |
Music by | Edward Van Halen Donn Landee |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | September 28, 1984 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million |
Box office | $11,020,375 |
The Wild Life is a 1984 comedy-drama film, written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Art Linson.[1] Eddie Van Halen and Donn Landee composed the film's score.[1]
Plot summary
The plot revolves around the characters of three teenagers living in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Bill (Eric Stoltz) has just graduated from high school and got his first apartment. His younger brother Jim, who is fixated on Vietnam and the Vietnam war (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), spends a lot of time practicing with his Nunchakus, getting high, listening to heavy metal on his boombox, and hanging out with Vietnam vet Charlie (Randy Quaid). Other important characters include Tom (Christopher Penn), a hedonistic high-school wrestling champ who works with Bill at a bowling alley, a trendy department store manager named Harry (Rick Moranis), Anita, Bill's ex-girlfriend (Lea Thompson) who works at a donut shop, and her friend Eileen, Tommy's girlfriend (Jenny Wright) who works at the department store with Harry. Anita has a fling with a cop named David (Hart Bochner) who, unknown to Anita, is married. The three boys set out for a night of fun and craziness at a strip bar and later on have a party at Bill's apartment.
Cast
Song
"The Wild Life" is a song written and performed by English female pop music vocal group Bananarama. It was composed for and included in the movie and on its soundtrack. The single peaked at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1984.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Maslin, Janet (September 28, 1984). "The Wild Life (1984) 'THE WILD LIFE' OPENS". The New York Times.
- ^ "Hot 100". Billboard. December 15, 1984.