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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781404994973
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1404994971
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 04, 2005
Running Time: 285 minutes
Sales Rank: 31403
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: May 16, 1993
Editorial Review:
Description:
A dark, sexy, noir Los Angeles of the future is the backdrop for Oliver Stone's haunting, sci-fi saga of greed, treason and virtual reality. Harry Wyckoff (James Belushi) is about to become a player in a dark and terrifying battle where everything is at stake and no one is who they seem. Featuring an all-star cast, this story about a cult, a corporation, and a conspiracy to rule the country, is one of the most original movie events in recent history.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 4:3 and grainy. Well... I guess it's better than my VHS set.
What's there to say about Wild Palms that hasn't been said a hundred times before?
With that, I'll stick to the DVD itself: despite the back proudly proclaiming "High Definition Transfer", the picture quality is pretty bad. I'm not sure what the master was on this, but there's a lot of color bleeding, and a lot of blur -- more than the intentional soft focus that many scenes were shot it.
The picture itself is 4:3, which isn't completely unexpected, given that this was ... Read More
Rating:  - Dark View of Cyberspace
Oliver Stone's dark take on cyberspace, computers and the tech future. Again, the familiar thread of conspiracies, forces at work that want to change and control the world fighting the forces that want to help and save humanity. Sound familiar? Well, it's a thread that runs through the history of storytelling from the Greeks in their plays, Hans Christen Anderson in his fairy tales and George Lucas' stories in Starwars. This series is a bit long and involved. Take it in small doses, a chunk at a time ... Read More
Rating:  - liked it then, like it now, though dated
I first discovered Wild Palms in the back of Details magazine in the early 90s. I had a college roommate at the time who liked Details; I just liked the comic :). Anyway I was intrigued by the comic and read it every month.
In 93 I was again surprised, this time when I found out that what I thought was a little-known comic was now an Oliver Stone miniseries. I found it engrossing in a the-world-sucks-and-it-oughta-end-but-just-wont-and-religion-sucks-william-gibson way, which was right up ... Read More
Rating: - Modern Film Noir
Very good example of modern film noir that leaves you gessing even after it's over. A brilliant blending of different eras to create a timeless setting as compelling as it is surreal.
Rating: - Interesting if confusing '90s miniseries worth a look
Here's a show exec-produced by Oliver Stone, one of the great conspiracy theorists of our times, and in the vein of Philip K. Dick as washed through the sensibilities of David Lynch. While ostensibly about mind control, political extremism, shadow cults and rich people wearing ties outside of their collars (apparently the new fashion in this "alternate reality" of the 90s), It's really a film noir exercise in merging American culture, especially Los Angeles culture, with Japanese tech sensibilities. Sometimes ... Read More
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