Wonderland
Sex, drugs, murder. Welcome to L.A.
Country
Production
Budget
$5 000 000
Box office
$2 466 444
Director
James Cox
Actors
Scenario
Captain Mauzner, Todd Samovitz
Producer
Michael Paseornek, Holly Wiersma, Peter Block, Michael Burns, Marc Butan, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Peter Kleidman, Tom Ortenberg, Julie Yorn
Camera operator
Michael Grady
Composer
Artist
Franco-Giacomo Carbone
Audition
Barbara Fiorentino, Rebecca Mangieri
Editing
Jeff McEvoy
Whole Team (44)
Whole Team (44)
Short description
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.
What's left behind the scenes
- On the anniversary of the Wonderland murders, Val Kilmer and Josh Lucas spent the night in the infamous house; Lucas played the homeowner, Ron Launius.
- Holmes, a legend in the adult film industry (he starred in over 2000 films), became the subject of a fictionalized film for the first time. However, as early as 1997, his persona inspired Paul Thomas Anderson to make "Boogie Nights"; Mark Wahlberg played a porn star in that film who occasionally resembled Holmes.
- At the same time as this film, Val Kilmer was filming Renny Harlin's thriller, "Mindhunters" (2004). He was allowed to wear long hair for that film, which was necessary for his role as Holmes.
- Filming period: November 4 – November 26, 2002.
- The film is based on real events from July 1981. The incident depicted in the film became known as the "Laurel Canyon Murders" and the "Wonderland Murders" case.
- John Holmes could have been played by Matt Dillon; he was the first choice for the lead role. The actor dropped out of the project to work on his own film, "Ghost World" (2002).
- Kristina Applegate, who played one of the victims on Wonderland Avenue, grew up near the location. She even remembers bloodstained mattresses near the house where the murders took place.
- The film was shot in just 18 days.
- In the film, John Colmes wears a chain with a ring. This is the actual ring Holmes gave to his fiancée Sharon Holmes in 1965. Before filming, Sharon gave the ring to Val Kilmer for good luck, and after filming, she gifted it to Dawn Schiller.
- Val Kilmer was so captivated by the project that he created a photo report about the filming, which was later published as a separate book.
- The shootout scene in Wonderland incorporates photographs actually taken at the crime scene.
- The film was released on DVD with an additional documentary about the real police investigation of the Wonderland case.
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