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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Lions Gate EAN: 0031398211334 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Lions Gate Manufacturer: Lions Gate Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Lions Gate Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 06, 2007 Running Time: 104 minutes Studio: Lions Gate Theatrical Release Date: 2003 Sales Rank: 15688 MPN: LGED21133D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes. You're about to experience both versions. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Interesting But Flawed Account of the Notorious Wonderland MurdersIn the 1970s, when pornographic movies became increasingly available to mainstream consumers, John Holmes (1944-1988) parlayed his supersized endowment into stardom. Those who knew him well describe him as likeable but somewhat dim; when his stardom began to fade he had nothing on which to fall back, and he became just another drug-addicted has been, trading on what was left of his dubious celebrity for a line of cocaine here and a line of cocaine there. In 1981 Holmes tended to bounce between ... Read More Rating: - A wild ride but confusingIt was an interesting movie but If I didnt know so much about the subject matter I would have been lost in all the confusing back and forth scenes from earlier on in the month of July 1981 to a few days later. It was good overall. Liked the music and would like to buy the sound track. Rating:  - MediocreWonderland is a mediocrity with a poorly written central character. But De Niro's performance as Max Cady, which could easily have gone over the top, is the only thing that raises that trite thriller up to mediocrity. Kilmer's Holmes does not elicit sympathy nor disdain, even when he pimps his girlfriend Dawn to Nash, and later physically abuses her. Yet, the scene where De Niro tries to seduce Juliette Lewis's character still creeps a viewer out even as the written ... Read More Rating:  - Gritty, Fueled-up and DecadentNot expecting much upon viewing, the first 15 minutes of this film is fresh and the energy driven soundtrack suck you right into the under-belly of Hollywood and it's infamous history of multiple killings. I remember hearing about the murders on t.v. and knew that John Holmes was involved somehow, but not to the extremes that the film makers took in giving us an up-close view of how brutal and deliberate the murders were. Would recommend to anyone who doesn't mind the sex industry and a climatic ... Read More Rating: - Thirteen Inches Better Than You ThinkBasically, this film suffers from having been released after Boogie Nights. Where that film was loosely based upon the life and deeds of John Holmes, Wonderland attempts to detail the last public burst of attention Holmes received and why such came to pass. It is a Rashomon-like retelling of the Wonderland Avenue murders, from the viewpoints of Holmes and sometime accomplice David Lind. A third version of Holmes' involvement, that of a police detective investigating the murders, is briefly alluded to, but ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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