Wild Things

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Wild Things
Cover of the movie's unrated edition DVD
Directed by	John McNaughton
Produced by	Kevin Bacon (executive) Steven Brown (line) Steven A. Jones Rodney Liber
Written by	Stephen Peters
Starring	Matt Dillon Kevin Bacon Denise Richards Neve Campbell Bill Murray
Music by	George S. Clinton
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	20 March 1998
Running time	108 min.
Language	English
Budget	$20,000,000 (estimated)
Followed by	Wild Things 2 (2004) Wild Things 3 (2005)
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Wild Things is a 1998 erotic crime film starring Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Denise Richards, Neve Campbell and Bill Murray. It was directed by John McNaughton. In some countries the film was released as Sex Crimes. An uncut version of the movie, adding seven minutes to its runtime, was released on DVD in 2004.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Filming locations
4 Sequels
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot

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Two female students accuse Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), a high school guidance counsellor, of rape — the wealthy, popular Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards) and goth trailer dweller Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell). During the trial, Suzie reveals that Mr. Lombardo did not rape her, and that Kelly fabricated the charges because she was in love with him and angry he slept with her mother. The trial humiliates Van Ryan, and Lombardo receives a generous settlement, which he uses to retire peacefully. It is then revealed that Sam, Kelly, and Suzie orchestrate the scandal with the aim of taking the money from the trial.

As Police sergeant Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) becomes suspicious, Suzie becomes increasingly nervous, causing Sam to worry she will undermine their plan. After Kelley has an affair with Suzie, they take her to the seaside, where Sam murders her with a wine bottle. This incident frightens Kelly, who was not expecting murder as part of their plan. In the investigation into her disappearance, police find her blood by the ocean. Ray discovers Sam is the killer, and goes to Kelly's house to protect Kelly from Sam, but she shoots him, forcing him to shoot her too. Ray is discharged from the police force following this incident, while Sam spends time at a tropical resort. As Sam goes to his room, he finds Ray there, who had been collaborating with him the whole time.

They later go cruising in Sam's boat in the ocean, where Sam knocks Ray overboard. When he climbs back onboard, Suzie shoots him with a spear gun, alive and now with blonde hair. As Ray disappears into the distance, Sam relaxes on his boat. Suzie gives him a drink laced with poison, and then knocks him overboard. She sails the boat back to shore by herself. Then the movie reveals a series of flashbacks explaining the story. Suzie devised the plan, in which she wished to receive the money from the trial and kill Ray for killing her boyfriend some time ago. She manipulated all the characters in the plot, making Sam seem the mastermind and faking her own death. She was underestimated because of her delinquincy and poor background, but those who knew her say her IQ was around 200, and, if she put her mind to it, "she could do anything."

[edit] Cast

Matt Dillon as Sam Lombardo
Kevin Bacon as Sergeant Ray Duquette
Neve Campbell as Suzie Marie Toller
Theresa Russell as Sandra Van Ryan
Denise Richards as Kelly Lanier Van Ryan
Daphne Rubin-Vega as Detective Gloria Perez
Robert Wagner as Tom Baxter
Bill Murray as Kenneth Bowden

[edit] Filming locations

Almost all the high school sequences, including many pool scenes, were filmed at Ransom Everglades school in Coconut Grove, Florida.

[edit] Sequels

The sequel to the movie, 2004's Wild Things 2, never saw release in the theatres and went straight to video, as did a third film called Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005). The sequels recycle much of the plot, dialogue, and direction of the first film, albeit with different actors.

In February 2006, it was announced that Campbell and Richards will appear in another installment of the film, Backstabbers, and producers are trying to get more of the original's cast to star as well.^[1]