Wild Orchid (1990)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Zalman King

Writers (WGA):

Patricia Louisianna Knop (written by) &
Zalman King (written by)

Release Date:

27 April 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A woman lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.

Plot Keywords:

Millionaire | Brazil | Sex | Lawyer | Male Nudity

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 22

12:25 AM

MAX

Cast

Mickey Rourke	...	James Wheeler
Jacqueline Bisset	...	Claudia Dennis
Carré Otis	...	Emily Reed
Assumpta Serna	...	Hanna Munch
Bruce Greenwood	...	Jerome McFarland
Oleg Vidov	...	Otto Munch
Milton Gonçalves	...	Flavio
Jens Peter	...	Volleyball Player
Antonio Mario Silva Da Silva	...	Rambo
Paul Land	...	Big Sailor
Michael Villella	...	Elliot Costa
Bernardo Jablonski	...	Roberto
Luiz Lobo	...	Juan
Lester Berman	...	Interviewer #1
Steven Kaminsky	...	Interviewer #2

Runtime:

105 min | Canada:117 min (Ontario) | USA:111 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:R (Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Singapore:R(A) | Singapore:R21 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bahia, Brazil

Company:

Vision PDG

Trivia:

Mickey Rourke and Carré Otis were a couple at the time this film was made, and there is a persistent rumor that the sex scenes were not faked.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the end, when Wheeler and Emily ride off on the Harley, Wheeler is wearing a leather vest in some shots, and a long sleeved leather jacket in others.

Quotes:

Claudia Lirones: [after Volleyball Player has removed his jeans] Ask him if he understands what tremendous pleasure women get looking at naked men.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Luke Wilson/U2 (#30.6)" (2004)

HOT, HOT, HOT

Wild Orchid is a steamy erotic flick that probably won't please everybody. Young lawyer Emily is signed to a law firm and flies with her boss to Rio and when Emily's boss leaves for a meeting, she sets Emily up with Wheeler, a successful real estate developer who Emily is attracted to, but cannot have because he is impotent. This leads to Wheeler setting Emily up with an American business man for sex, cross dressing, and steamy sexual pairings. While the R Rated cut of Wild Orchid is quite graphic, the Unrated version is even more so. If you like trashy drama and erotic scenes, then you might enjoy Wild Orchid.

Wild Orchid is Unrated for extremely strong graphic sexuality, nudity, adult language, and for some mild violence.