

Lynch read Barry Gifford’s novel, Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula, at the behest of his friend, Monty Montgomery. David Lynch wasn't supposed to direct Wild at Heart. Here are 16 things you might not have known about Lynch’s divisive neo-noir. Yet a quarter-century later, we’re still talking about it. But the film was hardly met with unanimous acclaim when the film claimed Cannes’ top prize, it was met with “great cheers and many boos, some of the latter from me,” Roger Ebert recalled. Just one month after Twin Peaks premiered on ABC, Wild at Heart made its debut at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or. Starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern as star-crossed lovers Sailor and Lula, the film-based on Barry Gifford’s novel-was yet another high point for Lynch in what turned out to be a very good year for the cult director. She went on to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her portrayal of Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris in the 2008 TV film Recount, and the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series for her role as Amy Jellicoe in HBO's Enlightened (2011–13).Like a campy version of Romeo and Juliet, David Lynch’s Wild at Heart came roaring into theaters in 1990.

Her other film roles include Mask (1985), Smooth Talk (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Jurassic Park (1993), Citizen Ruth (1996), October Sky (1999), I Am Sam (2001), Inland Empire (2006), The Master (2012), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), and Star Wars: Episode VIII (2017).ĭern won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for the 1992 film Afterburn, and guest starred in the 1997 "Puppy Episode" of the sitcom Ellen. For her performance in the 1991 film Rambling Rose, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, while for her performance in the 2014 film Wild, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Laura Elizabeth Dern-Harper (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress.
