Wild Oats (film)

Wild Oats

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Andy Tennant
Produced by
  • Blythe Frank
  • Lucas Jarach
  • Kip Konwiser
  • Chris Ranta
  • Nicolas Veinberg
  • Dan Zisson
Written by
Starring
Music by George Fenton
Cinematography José Luis Alcaine
Edited by Tracey Wadmore-Smith
Production
company
  • Wild Pictures
  • Defiant Pictures
  • Mountaintop Pictures
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 22, 2016 (2016-08-22) (TV)
  • September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) (United States)
Running time
 86 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $125,214[1]

Wild Oats is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and written by Gary Kanew and Claudia Myers. The film stars Demi Moore, Jessica Lange, Shirley MacLaine, and Billy Connolly. The film premiered on Lifetime on August 22, 2016, prior to being released in a limited release on September 16, 2016, by The Weinstein Company and RADiUS-TWC.

Plot

When a retired high school teacher Eva (Shirley McLaine) loses her husband, she accidentally receives a life insurance check for $5,000,000 instead of $50,000. Her friend Maddie (Jessica Lange), whose husband has just left her for a younger woman, convinces her to keep the money and they both depart to have a good time in a resort, the Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. There, Eva is courted by an older gentleman who accompanies her in town. In the local casino she wins almost half a million euros despite knowing nothing about card games. Eva ends up in bed with him, enjoying lovemaking after a 7-year dry period with her husband. Her friend Maddie loses money, but finds a young, virile man who has just lost his girlfriend, and happens to like older women. Their sex rejuvenates her, but in the process he's strained his back. In the meantime, the American insurance investigator is on Eva's trail, together with her mostly estranged daughter, to get back the $ 5,000,000 for the Insurance Company, but they are trumped by the Company's European representative who accepts a bribe to let her escape rather than sending her to the worst woman's prison in the Spanish-speaking world. Maddie realizes that the older gentleman is a scam artist, and with the hotel detective finds out that he's working for Don Carlos, the richest man on the island. Eva and Maddie escape from the insurance investigator and her daughter to go to Don Carlos, who is feared by everyone who knows him except his firecracker of a Brazilian second wife, who tears into him when his bodyguard, who is her lover and the father of her child, is disturbed by the guard's gratuitous gun fire. Besides cheating old women Don Carlos also swindles wine snobs by selling them inferior and old wine with nice labels from classy estates that they sometimes don't get to drink because the bottles are dropped by the older gentleman, who is known under various names including Bix. The story ends on a happy note because Don Carlos gives Eva back her winnings: it turns out that Don Carlos was an exchange student in Liberty, IL, where Eva was everyone's favorite teacher, as has been said by various people who help her along during the movie. Maddie stays behind with her virile lover, while Eva goes back to the US where she ends up marrying the insurance investigator in a ceremony where all of the characters happily meet again.

Cast

Production

On April 9, 2012, Dimension Films acquired the film, Howard Deutch was set to direct the film with Shirley MacLaine, Jacki Weaver and Alan Arkin joining the cast.[7] On May 17, 2012, Jack Black joined the cast, but later dropped out.[8] On October 17, 2013, Andy Tennant was announced to direct the film.[2] On May 9, 2014, Jessica Lange and Sarah Jessica Parker joined the cast.[3] On June 11, 2014, Demi Moore replaced Sarah Jessica Parker after she dropped out.[4] On June 21, 2014, Matt Walsh joined the cast of the film.[6]

Filming

Principal photography began on June 10, 2014, in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Spain), and ended on July 15, 2014.[9][10]

Release

The film premiered on Lifetime on August 22, 2016.[11] The film was released in a limited release on September 16, 2016.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Wild Oats". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Fleming, Mike. "Andy Tennant Signs With Paradigm, Has Shirley MacLaine, Jacki Weaver, Alan Arkin Circling 'Wild Oats'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  3. 1 2 "CANNES: Jessica Lange, Sarah Jessica Parker Joining Shirley Maclaine in ‘Wild Oats’". Variety. 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  4. 1 2 "Demi Moore Replacing Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘Wild Oats’". Variety. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  5. 1 2 3 Fleming, Mike. "Shirley MacLaine Joins 'Wild Oats'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  6. 1 2 "'Veep's Matt Walsh Joins Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange In 'Wild Oats'". Deadline.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  7. ↑ Fleming, Mike. "Dimension Films Acquires 'Wild Oats'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  8. ↑ "Jack Black to Star in WILD OATS Alongside Shirley MacLaine, Jacki Weaver, and Alan Arkin". Collider.com. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  9. ↑ "On The Set For 6/16/14: Boxing Drama ‘Southpaw’ Starts, ‘American Ultra’ Wraps". Studiosystemnews.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  10. ↑ "On The Set For 7/21/14: Meg Ryan Directs & Stars In ‘Ithaca’ Adaptation Starting For Playtone, TWC’s ‘Tulip Fever’ Wraps". Studiosystemnews.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  11. ↑ "Wild Oats". Lifetime. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Wild Oats". Coming Soon. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
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