Wild Side (1995 film)

Wild Side is a 1995 erotic action thriller film co-written and directed by Donald Cammell and starring Christopher Walken, Joan Chen, Anne Heche, Steven Bauer, and Allen Garfield. It went straight to video.

Wild Side
Directed byDonald Cammell
Produced byJohn Langley (a.o.)
Frank Mazzola (director's cut)
Written byChina Kong
Donald Cammell
StarringChristopher Walken
Joan Chen
Anne Heche
Steven Bauer
Allen Garfield
Music byRyuichi Sakamoto
CinematographySead Mutarevic
Edited byFrank Mazzola
Release date
1995
Running time
96 min.
111 min. (Director's cut)
CountryUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

By day, Alex Lee is a California banker. By night, she moonlights as "Johanna", a high-end call girl. When she is drawn into the sordid life of infamous money launderer Bruno Buckingham, Alex must learn to safely navigate her way past Bruno's infatuation, deal with the unwanted advances of Bruno's driver Tony, and come to accept the growing attraction between herself and Virginia -- Bruno's wife.

Cast

Release

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 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.

References
  1. Bradshaw, Peter (29 June 2000). "Donald Cammell's Wild Side". The Guardian.


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