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ERA
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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Wild Life
"It brings all your fantasies to life."
1984 1h 36m EN
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METACRITIC
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6
IMDB
★6.1TMDB · 69●32Metacritic★6IMDB · 3,264
ComedyDrama
Synopsis
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Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
“It brings all your fantasies to life.”
Cast
Chris Penn
Tom Drake
Lea Thompson
Anita
Eric Stoltz
Bill Conrad
Jenny Wright
Eileen
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
Jim Conrad
Rick Moranis
Harry
Hart Bochner
David Curtiss
Randy Quaid
Charlie
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Art Linson
- Writers
- Cameron Crowe
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Art Linson, shot by James Glennon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Michael Jablow shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
MoodPlayr · trivia#03
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CAST
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Chris Penn and Lea Thompson and Eric Stoltz carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "It brings all your fantasies to life.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0088402 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 69 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
MoodPlayr · trivia#07
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Art Linson directs. James Glennon behind the camera. Michael Jablow cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 142 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Art Linson, shot by James Glennon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Michael Jablow shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Chris Penn and Lea Thompson and Eric Stoltz carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "It brings all your fantasies to life.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0088402 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 69 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 8Classified under 8 themes, including "high school", "california", "police", "strip club".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- James Glennon
- Editing
- Michael Jablow
- Production design
- William Sandell
- Costume design
- Marilyn Vance
- Runtime
- 96 min · 1h 36m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $9,500,000
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- Metacritic
- 32/100
- IMDB rating
- 6/10 · 3,264 votes
- MPAA
- R
Also by
Art Linson
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Universal Pictures
US
Key crew
- StuntsKenny Endoso
- Executive ProducerC.O. Erickson
- Co-ProducerDon Phillips
- MusicDonn Landee
- Production DesignWilliam Sandell
- ProducerArt Linson
- ProducerCameron Crowe
- StuntsDonna Keegan
- Costume DesignMarilyn Vance
- StuntsPat Romano
- EditorMichael Jablow
- StuntsFrank Lloyd
- StuntsChuck Picerni Jr.
- MusicEddie Van Halen
- StuntsGeorge Fisher
- StuntsKaren Price
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- high school
- california
- police
- strip club
- coming of age
- drugs
- sex comedy
- voyeur
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1984-09-28R
Also known as
International titles
- Vida MalucaBR
- Jóvenes alocadosES
