Wild Things (film)
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A 1998 erotic crime film starring Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Denise Richards, Neve Campbell and Bill Murray. It was directed by John McNaughton. In some countries the film was released as Sex Crimes. An uncut version of the movie, adding seven minutes to its runtime, was released on DVD in 2004.
Directed by John McNaughton
Produced
by Kevin Bacon (executive)
Steven Brown (line)
Steven A. Jones
Rodney
Liber
Written by Stephen Peters
Starring Matt Dillon
Kevin Bacon
Denise
Richards
Neve Campbell
Bill Murray
Music by George S. Clinton
Distributed
by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) March 20, 1998
Running time 108 min.
Language English
Budget $20,000,000 (estimated)
Followed by Wild Things
2 (2004)
Wild Things 3 (2005)
Plot
Two female students,
wealthy, popular Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards) and goth trailer dweller Suzie
Toller (Neve Campbell)—accuse Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), a high school guidance
counsellor, of rape. During the trial, Suzie reveals Mr. Lombardo did not rape
her and Kelly fabricated the charges because she was in love with him and angry
he slept with her mother. The trial humiliates Van Ryan and her entire family,
and Lombardo receives a settlement, which he uses to retire peacefully. It is
then revealed Sam, Kelly, and Suzie orchestrated the scandal with the aim of taking
money from the trial.
As police sergeant Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) becomes suspicious, Suzie becomes increasingly nervous and Sam worries she will undermine their plan. After Kelly has an affair with Suzie, Sam and Kelly take her to the seaside, where Sam appears to murder Suzie with a wine bottle. This incident frightens Kelly, who did not expect murder as part of their plan. In the investigation into Suzie's disappearance, police find her blood and teeth by the ocean. Ray discovers Sam is the killer and goes to Kelly's house to protect Kelly from Sam. Kelly shoots at Ray, forcing him to return fire and kill her. Ray is discharged from the police force following this incident, while Sam spends time at a tropical resort. Sam goes to his room and finds Ray there, Ray and Sam had been collaborating the whole time.
They later go cruising in Sam's boat in the ocean, where Sam knocks Ray overboard. When Ray climbs back onboard, Suzie , alive and now with blonde hair , shoots him with a spear gun and Ray disappears into the surf. As Sam relaxes, Suzie gives him a drink laced with poison and knocks him overboard. She sails the boat back to shore by herself.
A series of flashbacks explains the story. Suzie devised the plan, in which she wished to receive the money from the trial and kill Ray in revenge for his killing her boyfriend some time ago. She manipulated all the characters in the plot, making Sam seem the mastermind and faking her own death. She was underestimated because of her delinquency and poor background. Those who knew her say her IQ was around 200 and, if she put her mind to it, "she could do anything."
The film is famous for a erotic sex scenes
Cast
Matt Dillon as Sam Lombardo
Kevin Bacon as Sergeant Ray Duquette
Neve
Campbell as Suzie Marie Toller
Theresa Russell as Sandra Van Ryan
Denise
Richards as Kelly Lanier Van Ryan
Daphne Rubin-Vega as Detective Gloria Perez
Robert Wagner as Tom Baxter
Bill Murray as Kenneth Bowden
Filming
locations
Almost all the high school sequences, including many pool scenes,
were filmed at Ransom Everglades school in Coconut Grove, Florida.
Sequels
The sequel to the movie, 2004's Wild Things 2, never saw release in
the theatres and went straight to video, as did a third film called Wild Things:
Diamonds in the Rough (2005). The sequels recycle much of the plot, dialogue,
and direction of the first film, albeit with different actors.
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