The Wild Angels (1966)

Regisseur:

Roger Corman

Drehbuchautor:

Charles B. Griffith (writer)

Premierendatum:

20. Juli 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Werbezeile:

Their credo is violence...Their God is hate...and they call themselves 'The Wild Angels'

Plot:

Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California while Bruce Dern plays 'Loser'...

Plot Keywords:

Destruction Of Furniture | Minister | Billiard Game | Dancing | Cigarette Smoking

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

The First and Maybe the Best

Besetzung

Peter Fonda	...	Heavenly Blues
Nancy Sinatra	...	Mike
Bruce Dern	...	Loser
Diane Ladd	...	Gaysh
Buck Taylor	...	Dear John
Norman Alden	...	Medic
Michael J. Pollard	...	Pigmy
Lou Procopio	...	Joint
Joan Shawlee	...	Momma Monahan
Marc Cavell	...	Frankenstein
Coby Denton	...	Bull Puckey
Frank Maxwell	...	Preacher
Gayle Hunnicutt	...	Suzie
Gina Grant
Art Baker	...	Thomas

Alternativ:

All the Fallen Angels (USA) (working title)
Wilden Engel, Die (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for drug-related material.

Länge:

Germany:86 Min | USA:93 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Pathécolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

West Germany:18 (f) | Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1973) | Finland:K-18 (heavily cut) (1973) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1992) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1990) | Norway:18 (1971) | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Dies und das:

Actress Laura Dern (daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd) was conceived during the movie shoot. Growing up, she sometimes showed people who asked about her parents a still of them in their biker outfits.

Dialogzitate:

Medic: [said jokingly to girl dancing] Hey, don't get none of that on me!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in Edge of Outside (2006)

Soundtrack:

Theme from 'The Wild Angels'

The First and Maybe the Best

"Wild Angels" was the first of the American International biker pictures, which were a drive-in staple of the late 60's and early 70's. Coming almost a generation after "The Wild Ones" these films were enjoyed by anyone who enjoyed a beer-assisted drive-in fantasy about being an outlaw biker for a few hours (they usually played as double features). It was a big game of lets pretend.

And like "Wild In the Streets" much of the appeal was the fear and disgust these things elicited from parents; as they were the only ones who actually took any of the stuff seriously. Many a Peter Fonda poster from "Wild Angels" went up on bedroom walls as parents pondered where they had gone wrong.

The gang in "Wild Angels" did not wear Hells Angels colors, they were "Angels-San Pedro" although some Hells Angels from the Long Beach chapter actually appeared in the film. AI's biker films had very colorful titles and often mentioned Hell or Angels in the title: "Devils Angels", "The Born Losers", "The Savage Seven", "The Mini-Skirt Mob", "Angels from Hell", "Hells Angels 69", "Hells Belles", and "The Hard Ride".

"Wild Angels" was ground-breaking stuff when it was released and featured more Nazi stuff than the later films because once the surfers adopted the Iron Cross it was no longer cool. It broke the outrage meter with its finale as the funeral for The Loser (Bruce Dern) turned into a gang-bang of his widow (Diane Ladd), the destruction of the chapel, the assault of the minister, the abuse of the corpse, and a rumble with the outraged townspeople. And throw in some drug use.

Roger Corman's direction is his most active ever, and the editing by Monte Hellman keeps the pace moving along. You don't notice until it is over that very little actually happened. Fonda is super cool and Nancy Sinatra is unintentionally hilarious. Michael J. Pollard and Gayle Hunnicutt are instantly recognizable in supporting roles. Mike Curb's score is high-lighted by Davie Allan and the Arrows' hit "Blues' Theme."

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.