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Something Wild (1986)

★ 6.6 · 392 ratings on TMDB

Something Different. Something Daring. Something Dangerous.

Something Wild poster★ 6.6

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

DirectorJonathan Demme
CastGeorge 'Red' Schwartz, Jeff Daniels, Leib Lensky, Maggie T., Margaret Colin, Melanie Griffith
GenresComedy, Crime, Romance
The emergence reading

Something Wild keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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