The Wild Life (1984 film)
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Director Art Linson Screenplay Cameron Crowe Writer Cameron Crowe Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 28, 1984 Music by Eddie Van Halen, Donn Landee Cast Chris Penn (Tom Drake), Ilan Mitchell-Smith (Jim Conrad), Eric Stoltz (Bill Conrad), Jenny Wright (Eileen), Lea Thompson (Anita), Brin Berliner (Tony)Similar movies Jamon Jamon , Night of the Creeps , Let\'s Be Cops , All Ladies Do It , Valley Girl , Outside Providence Tagline It brings all your fantasies to life. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The wild life 1984
The Wild Life is a 1984 comedy-drama film, written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Art Linson. Eddie Van Halen and Donn Landee composed the film's score.
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Plot summary
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, who is fixated on Vietnam and the Vietnam war (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), spends a lot of time practicing with his Nunchakus, getting high, listening to heavy metal on his boombox, and hanging out with Vietnam vet Charlie (Randy Quaid). Other important characters include Tom (Christopher Penn), a hedonistic high-school wrestling champ who works with Bill at a bowling alley, a trendy department store manager named Harry (Rick Moranis), Anita, Bill's ex-girlfriend (Lea Thompson) who works at a donut shop, and her friend Eileen, Tommy's girlfriend (Jenny Wright) who works at the department store with Harry. 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.
Song
"The Wild Life" is a song written and performed by English female pop music vocal group Bananarama. It was composed for and included in the movie and on its soundtrack. The single peaked at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1984.
