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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0027616862839
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 05, 2001
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 16179
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: November 07, 1986
Editorial Review:
Description:
'reckless romance, comedy and a wild-side ride [you] won't soon forget (Newsday)! Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith and Ray Liotta star in this classic comedy thriller about losing yourself, finding your heart and kidnapping a date for your high-school reunion! Nominated* for three Golden Globe awards, Something Wild captures the giddy exhilaration of jumping into a car, hitting the road [and] chucking it all (LA Herald-Examiner)! Mild-mannered Charlie Driggs (Daniels) thinks he's a closet rebeluntil he meets a real one. Sexy, free-spirited and totally reckless, Lulu (Griffith) hijacks Charlie for an outrageous spree filled with offbeat sex, petty larceny and hilarious mayhem. But when Lulu's psychotic ex-con husband Ray (Liotta) puts the brakes on their joyride, Charlie suddenly realizes that his walk on the wild side may not only cost him his job and his girlfriendit just might cost him his lifein this wonderfully zesty romantic thriller full of unexpected plot curves (New York Daily News)! *1986: Actress: Melanie Griffith; Actor: Jeff Daniels; Supporting Actor: Ray Liotta
Amazon.com essential video:
Jonathan Demme's sexy 1986 road comedy, a story about the liberation of a stuffed-shirt businessman (Jeff Daniels) by a free-spirited punkette (Melanie Griffith), looks better and better as the years go by. By dressing Griffith in a bowl-cut black wig and giving her character the resonant nickname Lulu, Demme establishes a clear link with G.W. Pabst's 1928 Louise Brooks melodrama Pandora's Box--except that in this case the influence of a sexual free spirit is not seen as malign or corrupting. The turning point comes when the girl's hard-edged manner is discarded along with the wig and the nickname: Lulu turns into Audrey, a touchingly vulnerable, fluffy blonde. Ray Liotta, making his first big splash as Audrey's ex-con ex-husband, a hot-wired collection of homicidal tics, personifies the menacing aspects of the 'wild side' of life. The intensity of the final showdown between Daniels and Liotta startles some viewers, but it provides a needed catharsis. The film's glorious soundtrack album featuring David Byrne's peppy title track became a hit in its own right, and is still readily available. --David Chute
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A delightful sexy road movie!
"Something wild" belongs to the well known genre of dazzling evasion so typical of hat colorful and irreverent decade. We shouldn't forget the acidic renovation of the British comedy (Brazil, Brian's life, Consuming passions) the surrealist Buffet froid (Bertrand Blier), the social satire Ariel (Aki Kaurismaki), (the embodiment of our inner dreams due the screen's magic) The purple rose of Cairo (Woody Allen), After hours (Scorsesse) or Choose me (Alan Rudolph).
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Rating:  - A new twist on a love story
This is a great twist on the traditional love story. Demme takes you on a 'wild' ride. Inspires to get priorities correct in life. An interesting evening for two: somthing for the guys - someone who get over their head, something for the girls - an untraditional love story that touches the heart. Let's hope that not every couple starts out like this. Great cast with Griffith, Daniels, Liotta (in a superb and very scary performance).
Rating: - Best reason to buy this.....
aside from Demme being awesome...he has fantastic taste in music and this film is no exception.....let's not forget that the worship worthy band the The Feelies makes a cameo....reason enough to buy the film, in my opinion!
Rating: - Good pick- me- upper- movie
Great casting-believable storyline-natural acting. Excellent blend of comedy,love and drama. I bought two cause i might wear out one! John J Wedrall.
Rating: - Fun!
This is a fun movie with good performances by Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta. I loved it the first time I saw it and still enjoy it.
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