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The Wild Life movie poster |
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| Directed by | Art Linson |
| Produced by | Cameron Crowe Art Linson |
| Written by | Cameron Crowe |
| Starring | Chris Penn Ilan Mitchell-Smith Eric Stoltz Lea Thompson Jenny Wright Rick Moranis Sherilyn Fenn Hart Bochner |
| Music by | Eddie Van Halen Donn Landee |
| Cinematography | James Glennon |
| Editing by | Michael Jablow |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 28, 1984 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $11,020,375 |
The Wild Life is a 1984 comedy-drama film, written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Art Linson.The movie was an indirect sequel to the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The film is only available on VHS and Laserdisc in pan and scan with stereo analog tracks. No DVD version has been released due to music rights issues. Eddie Van Halen, was responsible for the entire music only part of the soundtrack, due to his southern California style of guitar playing (where the movie was based).
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The plot revolves around the characters of three teenagers living in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Bill (Eric Stoltz), has just graduated from high school and got his first apartment. His younger brother Jim (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), spends a lot of time practicing with his Nunchakus, getting high, listening to heavy metal, and hanging out with Vietnam vet Charlie (Randy Quaid). Other important characters include Tom (Chris Penn), a hedonistic high-school wrestling champ, a trendy department store manager named Harry (Rick Moranis), Anita (Lea Thompson) who works at a donut shop, and her friend Eileen (Jenny Wright) who works at the department store. Anita has a fling with a cop named David (Hart Bochner), who, unknown to Anita, is married. The three boys set out for a night of fun and craziness at a strip bar and later on have a party at Bill's apartment.