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Wonderland

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  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Wonderland (2003)
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery
In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
22K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,537
560
  • Director
    • James Cox
  • Writers
    • James Cox
    • Captain Mauzner
    • Todd Samovitz
  • Stars
    • Val Kilmer
    • Lisa Kudrow
    • Kate Bosworth
Top credits
  • Director
    • James Cox
  • Writers
    • James Cox
    • Captain Mauzner
    • Todd Samovitz
  • Stars
    • Val Kilmer
    • Lisa Kudrow
    • Kate Bosworth
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 166User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

    Photos117

    Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth in Wonderland (2003)
    Kate Bosworth in Wonderland (2003)
    Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth in Wonderland (2003)
    Val Kilmer in Wonderland (2003)
    Val Kilmer and Eric Bogosian in Wonderland (2003)
    Dylan McDermott and Josh Lucas in Wonderland (2003)
    Lisa Kudrow and Kate Bosworth in Wonderland (2003)
    Val Kilmer and Dylan McDermott in Wonderland (2003)
    Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth in Wonderland (2003)
    Kate Bosworth, James Cox, and Max in Wonderland (2003)
    Aisha Tyler at an event for Wonderland (2003)
    Aisha Tyler at an event for Wonderland (2003)

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    Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer
    • John Holmes
    Lisa Kudrow
    Lisa Kudrow
    • Sharon Holmes
    Kate Bosworth
    Kate Bosworth
    • Dawn Schiller
    Christina Applegate
    Christina Applegate
    • Susan Launius
    Carrie Fisher
    Carrie Fisher
    • Sally Hansen
    Kim Marriner
    • Reporter
    • (as Kim Mariner)
    Dylan McDermott
    Dylan McDermott
    • David Lind
    Michael Pitt
    Michael Pitt
    • Gopher
    • (scenes deleted)
    Alexis Dziena
    Alexis Dziena
    • Gopher's Girlfriend
    • (scenes deleted)
    Karen LaKritz
    • Bartender
    • (as Karen Lakritz)
    Steve Cox
    • Guy at Bar
    Josh Lucas
    Josh Lucas
    • Ron Launius
    Louis Lombardi
    Louis Lombardi
    • Slim Jim
    Franky G
    Franky G
    • Louis
    Ted Levine
    Ted Levine
    • Sam Nico
    Russell Sams
    Russell Sams
    • Cherokee
    Chris Cioffi
    • Letterman Meathead
    Tim Blake Nelson
    Tim Blake Nelson
    • Billy Deverell
    • Director
      • James Cox
    • Writers
      • James Cox
      • Captain Mauzner
      • Todd Samovitz
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In the movie, Val Kilmer (as John Holmes) wears a chain around his neck that holds a ring. The ring was the actual wedding band that John Holmes gave his wife, Sharon, when they got married in 1965. Sharon loaned it to Val to give him good luck on the movie. When the movie was over, Sharon then gave the ring to Dawn Schiller.
    • Goofs
      When John picks up Dawn at Sally Hansen's house, she has with her the little dog, but when they leave running down the stairs, she has nothing in her hands, while he has a briefcase. Then, when they are in the car, Dawn has the puppy back with her.
    • Quotes

      Sam Nico: He's dicking us around. A mile of dick and no balls.

    • Crazy credits
      "score recorded and mixed by Fredrik Sarhagen" is credited twice.
    • Connections
      Edited from Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      La Grange
      Written by Billy Gibbons (as Billy F. Gibbons), Frank Beard (as Frank Beerd) and Dusty Hill

      Performed by Wes Cunningham

      Published by Songs of Mosaic (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Mosaic Music Publishing, LLC

    User reviews166

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    A cesspool of a film, expertly made though
    I've always thought of this as the Oliver Stone Movie that the man never made. It has the sordid, excessive sleaziness of U Turn, and the studious inquisition into true crime and intriguing Americana that he showed us in JFK. Both films explore the violence and ugliness that peppers American history in different ways, the brash and the academic which often exist in opposite poles colliding in Wonderland, a wholeheartedly nasty account of a stomach churning multiple murder involving one of the most infamous porn stars who ever lived, John Holmes (Val Kilmer). I don't know what the real Holmes was like (besides tell rumours of his anaconda cock), but the version we see here is a sniveling, unrepentant scumbag who is very hard to empathize with unless you flip the nihilism switch on in your brain and lose yourself in it. The film follows his association with a group of fellow undesirables, interested only in furthering their own drug habits by any means necessary, legal or otherwise. John is late in bis career and on the cusp of being a washout, his underage girlfriend (Kate Bosworth) pretty much the only friend he has in the world. He spends his days getting involved in all kinds of smutty business, along with a crew of fellow junkies led by loose cannon Josh Lucas, grim biker Dylan McDermott and timid Tim Blake Nelson. When they collectively catch wind of the wealth of one of John's acquaintances, a dangerous club owning mobster (Eric Bogosian in full psycho mode), the dollar signs swirl in their already dilated pupils. After an ill advised robbery, Bogosian reacts with all the wrath of the Israeli mafia, fuelled by his personal vendetta, brutally slaughtering each and every one of John's gang, letting him live as a branded snitch. The film is based on notoriously grisly crime scene photos which can be seen online, laying speculation on Holmes's part in the killings, and spinning a sinfully chaotic, noisy web of pulpy hijinks surrounding the case. The film is told from two different perspectives, a fractured narrative laid down by Kilmer and McDermott in respective and very different summaries of the event. Ted Levine and Franky G. play the two detectives who take it all in and work the case, and the excellent M.C. Gainey plays a veteran ex cop who they bring simply because he's the only familiar face which skittish Holmes will open up to. This is an ugly, nasty film and I won't pretend it doesn't get very gratuitous both in dialogue and action. It goes the extra mile of obscenity and then some in its efforts to make us squirm, but every time I pondered the necessity of such sustained atrocities, I reminded myself that in real life there's even more of such stuff, and the film is just trying to hit the themes of decay home hard, albeit with a sledgehammer, not a whiffle ball bat in this case. Kilmer is fidgety brilliance as Holmes, a severely damaged dude who hangs onto the last strand of our sympathy by the wounded dog whine in his voice alone. The only time I felt anything for the dude is when he visits his estranged ex wife (a flat out fantastic Lisa Kudrow, cast against type and nailing it) and we see flickers of a dignity in him that's long since been consumed by darkness. One of his best roles for sure. Watch for further work from Michael Pitt, Louis Lombardi, Janeane Garofalo, Scoot Mcnairy, Christina Applegate, Faizon Love, Chris Ellis, Paris Hilton and Natasha Gregson Warner too. This one is like Boogie Nights, Rashomon and Natural Born Killers tossed in together on spin dry. It's a wicked concoction, but you'll need to bring a strong stomach and the foreknowledge that you're going to be spending two hours with some of the most deplorable human beings this planet has to offer. The silver lining is you get to see it all play out in killer style, smoky and evocative 1970's cinematography and dedicated thespians branding each scene with their own lunacy. Tough to swallow, but great stuff.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 24, 2003 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Wonderland Murders
    • Filming locations
      • 8763 Wonderland Avenue, Laurel Canyon, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lions Gate Films
      • Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (EFO Films)
      • Epsilon Motion Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,060,512
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $91,798
      • Oct 5, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,466,444
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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