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Plot summary
Eva, a retired high school teacher, is newly widowed. A check for five million dollars arrives on the policy of her late husband, which was worth fifty thousand. Her friend Maddie has just been left by her husband, who chose a younger woman, and she tells Eva to keep the money. They fly to Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, for a holiday. The insurance company wants its money back and sends an investigator after them.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Wild Oats (2016)
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- In February 2017 Impex Entertainment sued Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for $1 million over an unpaid $855,000 licensing fee; Sony countersued a producer in March 2017, saying the Lifetime premiere broke a contractual theatrical requirement.
- Five actors who had joined Wild Oats, Jacki Weaver, Alan Arkin, Jack Black, Maria Bello and Jon Voight, all eventually dropped out before filming to pursue other projects.
- Jessica Lange replaced Jacki Weaver in Wild Oats, and Demi Moore took over from Sarah Jessica Parker after Parker dropped out of the film.
- Wild Oats shot in Gran Canaria in the summer of 2014, and the finished film went out with 43 credited producers.
- Wild Oats's lead characters were meant to flee to Las Vegas, but the crew settled on the Canary Islands instead for tax purposes.
- Shirley MacLaine's 2016 memoir Above the Line: My 'Wild Oats' Adventure was inspired by the making of Wild Oats.
