Wild Side (1995 film)
| Wild Side | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Donald Cammell |
| Produced by |
John Langley (a.o.) Frank Mazzola (director's cut) |
| Written by |
China Kong Donald Cammell |
| Starring |
Christopher Walken Joan Chen Anne Heche Steven Bauer |
| Cinematography | Sead Mutarevic |
| Edited by | Frank Mazzola |
Release date | 1995 |
Running time |
96 min. 111 min. (Director's cut) |
| Country |
United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
Wild Side is a 1995 film co-written and directed by Donald Cammell. It went straight to video and stars Christopher Walken, Joan Chen, Anne Heche, and Steven Bauer.
There are three different versions of the film. Cammell committed suicide shortly after seeing it drastically re-edited by its producers. A "director's cut" version by Cammell's wife and co-screenwriter China Kong, and his editor and sometime producer Frank Mazzola, was released in 2000 and was noted by critics.[1] The film is perhaps best known for its graphic lesbian love scenes between stars Joan Chen and Anne Heche. The scenes proved controversial to the point that after Wild Side's initial airings on HBO, the network subsequently chose to air a version of the film with those portions deleted.
Cast
- Anne Heche as Alex Lee
- Christopher Walken as Bruno Buckingham
- Joan Chen as Virginia
- Steven Bauer as Tony
- Allen Garfield as Dan Rackman
- Adam Novak as Lyle Litvak
- Marcus Aurelius as Agent James Reed
- Michael Rose as Agent Morse Jaeger
- Lewis Arquette as The Chief
- Candace Kita as Lotus Ita
References
- ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (June 29, 2000). "Donald Cammell's Wild Side". The Guardian.