- Wisdom (film)
Infobox Film
name = Wisdom
caption = Theatrical release poster
director =Emilio Estevez Robert Wise (uncredited)
producer =Bernard Williams
eproducer =Robert Wise
aproducer =
writer =Emilio Estevez
starring =Emilio Estevez Demi Moore Tom Skerritt Veronica Cartwright William Allen Young Richard Minchenberg
music =Danny Elfman
cinematography = Adam Greenberg
editing =Michael Kahn
distributor =20th Century Fox
released =December 31 ,1986 (USA)
runtime = 109 min.
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget = Unknown
gross = $5,715,174 (USA)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:54923
imdb_id = 0092225"Wisdom" is a 1986 American crime
film . It was written by its star,Emilio Estevez , who co-directed with executive producerRobert Wise . The movie also starsDemi Moore , along with "Alien" veteransTom Skeritt andVeronica Cartwright as Estevez's parents. Emilio dedicated the picture to the memory of his friend Henry Proach. The film was distributed by20th Century Fox and rated R by the MPAA. Its end title song is "Home Again," byOingo Boingo .The film was not popular with critics;
Leonard Maltin considered it "wretchedly scripted, with one of the most self-defeating wrap-ups you'll ever see." To date, "Wisdom" is the only Emilio Estevez movie not released to DVD.ynopsis
John Wisdom (Estevez) is a young man just out of
college . He's branded a "Felon" after a grand theft auto conviction on the night of his high school graduation, and as a result can't hold down a decent job. Seeing little future for himself, Wisdom takes a left turn: he becomes a criminal "for the people," evocative ofRobin Hood . After seeing news reports about all the impoverishedfarmer s andworking class being sent to the bank to pay ownership debts, Wisdom goes on a bank robbing spree with his girlfriend Karen (Moore); they erase loan and mortgage records, buying time for the poor to pay their debts. As if having the FBI on their tail wasn't enough, things take a turn for the worse when a panicky Karen murders a localsheriff . She and Wisdom make a run for the Canadian border, but when Karen is shot by a police helicopter, Wisdom leaves her in the care of some university medical students. He resumes his flight, but is surrounded by cops and feds at a college football field. Wisdom attempts to bluff his way out, but is riddled with gunfire and dies.John wakes up where the movie started, in his parents' bathroom. He emerges from the shower and proceeds to get ready for his job interview. His entire story has been, apparently, a daydream.
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External links
*imdb title|0092225|Wisdom
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