The Wild Party (1975 film)
| The Wild Party | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Written by |
Walter Marks (Based 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 dates | March 1975 |
Running time | 109 min. (director's cut) |
| Language | English |
The Wild Party is a 1975 Merchant Ivory Productions film directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, and starring James Coco and Raquel Welch.[1]
An aging silent movie comic star of the 1920s named Jolly Grimm attempts a comeback by staging a party to show his new film. But the party turns into a sexual free-for-all and the comic ends up killing his mistress, Queenie, and an actor who has taken an interest in her.
The film was loosely based on a 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.
A dance scene was choreographed by Patricia Birch.
Cast
- James Coco as Jolly Grimm
- Raquel Welch as Queenie
- Perry King as Dale Sword
- David Dukes as James Morrison
- Tiffany Bolling as Kate
- Mews Small as Bertha
- Royal Dano as Tex
- Paul Barresi as the Bartender
Further reading
- Parish, James Robert (2006). Fiasco - A History of Hollywood’s Iconic Flops. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 359 pages. ISBN 978-0-471-69159-4.
References
- ↑ Canby, Vincent (October 14, 1981). "The Wild Party (1974) IVORY'S ORIGINAL 'WILD PARTY'". The New York Times.
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