Wild Thing (film)
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Directed by | Max Reid |
Screenplay by | John Sayles |
Story by | Larry Stamper |
Produced by | David Calloway Nicolas Clermont |
Starring | Robert Knepper Kathleen Quinlan |
Cinematography | René Verzier |
Edited by | Battle Davis Steven Rosenblum |
Music by | George S. Clinton |
Production company | Filmline International[1] |
Distributed by | Atlantic Releasing Corporation[1] |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | US$84,000 |
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Wild Thing is a 1987 film directed by Max Reid and starring Robert Knepper and Kathleen Quinlan. The screenplay was by John Sayles and the story by Larry Stamper. The film was distributed by the Atlantic Entertainment Group.
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Plot
When his parents are killed in a botched drug deal, a young boy is taken in by a bag lady who teaches him about the Blue Coats (Cops) and White Coats (Doctors). After her death, he becomes an urban Tarzan defending innocents in a large city. He soon becomes an urban legend and champion of street justice, espousing a 1960s philosophy and coming to the aid of the helpless and oppressed. Jane (Kathleen Quinlan) is the concerned social worker who falls for the hero. Armed with a bow and arrow and makeshift equipment such as a grappling hook made from an old umbrella, he and his cat sidekick set out to avenge his parents death when he finds the drug dealer that killed them. The song Wild Thing by the rock band The Troggs is played as a sort of theme music for this unlikely hero, played by Robert Knepper.
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Cast
- Robert Knepper as Wild Thing
- Kathleen Quinlan as Jane
- Robert Davi as Chopper
- Maury Chaykin as Jonathan Trask
- Betty Buckley as Leah
- Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Wild Thing (10 years old)
- Clark Johnson as Winston
- Sean Hewitt as Father Quinn
- Teddy Abner as Rasheed
- Cree Summer as Lisa
- Shawn Levy as Paul
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Source: "Wild Thing (film)", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, August 28th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Thing_(film).
Further Reading

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Long Day's Journey into Night

List of fictional feral children

Wild Bill Hickok

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Clock King
Kathleen Quinlan

The Legend of Tarzan (TV series)

Clara's Heart

Robert Knepper

The Unsaid

Veronika Voss

Brat Pack (comics)

Richard and Mary Parker

Alternative versions of Spider-Man

Calamity Jane

The Amsterdam Kill
References
- ^ a b "Wild Thing (1987)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
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