The Wild Party (1975 film)
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| The Wilde Party | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Written by | Walter Marks (base on the poem by Joseph Moncure March) |
| Starring | James Coco Raquel Welch Perry King Tiffany Bolling Royal Dano David Dukes |
| Music by | Walter Marks Louis St. Louis (song) |
| Cinematography | Walter Lassally |
| Distributed by | AIP (theatrical cut version) MGM (DVD, directors cut) |
| Release date(s) | March, 1975 |
| Running time | 109 min. (director's cut) |
| Language | English |
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- This article is about the 1975 film. For other uses, see The Wild Party.
Motion picture The Wild Party (1975) directed by James Ivory and starring James Coco as Jolly Grimm and Raquel Welch as Queenie.
Loosely based on the 1920's film actor Fatty Arbuckle scandal, an aging silent movie comic star (Coco) attempts a comeback by staging a party that turns into a sexual free-for-all. The comic ends up killing his mistress Queenie and her latest boyfriend (Perry King).
The film was loosely based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March, and filmed in Riverside, California. The poem was also made into two musicals, a Broadway show composed by Michael John LaChiusa which followed the poem very closely and an off-Broadway production composed by Andrew Lippa which took some artistic liberties with the poem but still less than this movie.
Dance scene choreographed by Patricia Birch (just after the work musical Grease with Louis St. Louis's music who also wrote that musical.
Cast:
- James Coco as Jolly Grimm
- Raquel Welch as Queenie
- Perry King as Dale Sword
- Tiffany Bolling as Kate
- Royal Dano as Tex
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