Wild Side (1995) on Netflix
Alex Lee works at a Los Angeles bank and moonlights as a high-priced call girl called Joanna. Her regular client, the money launderer Bruno Buckingham, suspects a leak in his circle.
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Plot summary
The mortgage on Alex Lee's beachfront home in Los Angeles outstrips her pay at the bank where she works. At night she works as a high-priced call girl under the name Joanna. Her most regular client is Bruno Buckingham, a money launderer who suspects a mole in his inner circle. Bruno has his driver Tony take Alex home one night and watch for evidence about her; Alex gives Tony a false address. Through the bank, Alex meets Virginia Chow, the chief executive of a Chinese company that is opening an account at the bank, and Alex finds herself drawn to Virginia.
Cast
- Adam Novakas Lyle Litvak
- Marcus Aureliusas Agent James Reed
- Rolando De La Mazaas Steward
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Wild Side (1995)
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- Donald Cammell's original version of Wild Side, told in a non-linear narrative, was recut without his permission by the production company Nu Image, which pushed the sex scenes to the fore and left an incoherent exploitation picture.
- Director Donald Cammell shot himself in his Hollywood Hills home on 24 April 1996; friends said he suffered from long-term chronic depression that was reportedly made worse by the studio's recut of Wild Side.
- The graphic lesbian love scenes between Joan Chen and Anne Heche proved so controversial that after Wild Side aired on HBO, the network chose to show a version of the film with those portions deleted.
