Wonderland
- Original title
- Wonderland
- Year
- 2003
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Val Kilmer
- Lisa Kudrow
- Kate Bosworth
- Christina Applegate
- Josh Lucas
- Dylan McDermott
- Carrie Fisher
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Natasha Gregson Wagner
- Janeane Garofalo
- Ted Levine
- Eric Bogosian
- Franky G.
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Based on a true story. Drugs. Crime
- Synopsis
- A chronicle of the spectacular fall of infamous porn star John C. "Johnny Wadd" Holmes. Based on a true story, the biopic explores the multiple murders that took place high atop Wonderland Avenue in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon, in the summer of 1981. At first the victims were thought to be mere drug dealers and party hounds, but the case became elevated to a classic L.A. noir when they were discovered to be connected to the infamous porn star. By the time the story begins, Holmes had already fallen from perhaps the biggest and most famous star in the hardcore industry, to a state of financial and pharmaceutical ruin. Holmes juggles two women: he is devoted to his jailbait teenage girlfriend Dawn, while still married to his wife Sharon--and the three form a most unique love triangle, particularly as the two women have a better relationship with each other, than either has with him. Holmes befriends local drug dealers Ron and Susan Launius, but soon gets himself 'neck deep' into debt and desperation. He starts playing both sides against the middle as he desperately tries to stay out of jail and stay alive. To save himself from the wrath of notorious gangster Eddie Nash, did Holmes set up his best friends for murder? It all depends on whose story you believe.
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- Critics' reviews
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"'Wonderland' may not be the feel-good movie of the year; in fact it feels pretty lousy most of the time. But it offers a dark story well-told with some truly fine performances."
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"'Wonderland' is fast and frenetic and so unvarnished that it can make you feel unclean watching it."
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"'Wonderland' never gives us a single reason to care about any of these people."
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"Although Wonderland isn't much of a movie, it is a parade of exceptional acting."
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