Something Wild ★★½ 1986 (R) Mild-mannered business exec Daniels is picked up by an impossibly free-living vamp with a Louise Brooks hairdo, and taken for the ride of his up-till-then staid life, eventually leading to explosive violence. A sharp-edged comedy with numerous changes of pace. Too-happy ending wrecks it, but it's great until then. Look for cameos from filmmakers John Waters and John Sayles. 113m/C VHS, DVD. Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Margaret Colin, Tracey Walter, Dana Peru, Jack Gilpin, Su Tissue, Kenneth Utt, Sister Carol East, John Sayles, John Waters, Charles Napier;
Director:
Jonathan Demme;
Writer:
E. Max Frye;
Writer:
Tak Fujimoto;
Cameo:
Rosemary Paul, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne.
