History Film / Wonderland

''Wonderland'' is a 2003 crime film based on the real life Wonderland Murders that happened in 1981. It stars Creator/ValKilmer as the famous porn star John Holmes, and Creator/KateBosworth as his underage girlfriend. John Holmes is suspected as playing a part in the four murders, and he and David Lind provide different perspectives on what happened during the robbery of Eddie Nash.

* RareGuns: Ronny has a pair of antique revolvers that he's trying to sell, but he never actually uses them himself.

%%* BiggusDickus: John Holmes, of course.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Holmes gets this. The film omits his frequent physical abuse of Dawn, as well as the fact that he tended to steal his wife's credit cards to support himself. While mentioning his death from [[=AIDS=]], the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue neglects to mention that Holmes infected two of his female co-stars, apparently after he knew he was sick.

** It can be applied to Holmes’ life before porn when he worked as a forklift operator in the freezing section of a meat-packing plant: both his lungs collapsed and he was force to quit.

* TheBadGuyWins: The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue end states that Eddie Nash was acquitted of the charge of having ordered the Wonderland Murders and that, at the time of the movie, he was living in California as a free man, probably enjoying the profits of his life of crime.

* AssholeVictim: Launius and his cohorts (With the exception of the wives) were murderous, unstable drug addicts. They still didn't deserve the particular fate They get though.

* BeardOfEvil: Ron Launius.

* BiggusDickus: John Holmes, of course.

* CareerEndingInjury: Not so much a physical injury but more of a poor mental state: as a result of Holmes’ drug addiction, by 1980 he could no longer maintain an erection and was blacklisted by the porn industry. Dawn mentions this when confiding with Sharon, saying that John hasn’t made a film in two years.
** It can be applied to Holmes’ life before porn when he worked as a forklift operator in the freezing section of a meat-packing plant, both his lungs collapsed and he was force to quit.

* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Ron Launius was far more sociopathic and violent than he is portrayed here (Not that he's the poster child for stability here). He was a suspect in twenty-seven open homicides at the time of his death.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: During the robbery David Lind accidentally shoots one of Nash's guards, it doesn't kill or heavily injure him though.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Eddie get's revenge by getting his henchman and Holmes to [[spoiler:break into the Wonderland gang's apartment and beating Ron, Deverell, Richardson and Miller to death with steel pipes. It's a very violent and intense scene.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Both Holmes and David Lind try to pass themselves off as this in Their stories. Both are probably lying but John's version sounds closer to the truth as, unlike Lind, he is willing to admit he isn't that sane.

* RareGuns: Ronny has a pair antique revolvers that he's trying to sell, but he never actually uses them himself.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Holmes gets this. The film omits his frequent physical abuse of Dawn, as well as the fact that he tended to steal his wife's credit cards to support himself. While mentioning his death from AIDs, the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue neglects to mention that Holmes infected two of his female co-stars, apparently after he knew he was sick.

%%* RashomonStyle

** Paris Hilton is on Eddie's boat, but it's brief.
** Also, Carrie Fisher as a religious zealot housewife who tries to help Dawn, but angrily throws her and John Holmes out of her house when she catches them doing the nasty in her kitchen.

''Wonderland'' is a 2003 crime film based on the real life Wonderland Murders that happened in 1981. It stars Creator/ValKilmer as the famous porn star John Holmes, and Kate Bosworth as his underage girlfriend. John Holmes is suspected as playing a part in the four murders, and he and David Lind provide different perspectives on what happened during the robbery of Eddie Nash.

* Career-EndingInjury: Not so much a physical injury but more of a poor mental state: as a result of Holmes’ drug addiction, by 1980 he could no longer maintain an erection and was blacklisted by the porn industry. Dawn mentions this when confiding with Sharon, saying that John hasn’t made a film in two years.

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* [[ShowerOfAngst Bath of Angst]]: Two; Dawn after pimping herself out to Eddie Nash and Holmes after the Wonderland murders.
* TheBadGuyWins: the "WhereAreTheyNow?" end states that Eddie Nash was acquitted of the charge of having ordered the Wonderland Murders and that, at the time of the movie, he was living in California as a free man. Probably enjoying the profits of his life of crime.

* MushroomSamba

* RashomonStyle

* TheCameo: Paris Hilton is on Eddie's boat, but it's brief. Don't let that turn you off from seeing the movie though.
** Also, Carrie Fisher as a religious zealot housewife who tries to help Dawn, but angrily throws her and John Holmes out of her house when she catches them doing the nasty in her kitchen.
* TrueCrime
* "WhereAreTheyNow?"Epilogue

''Wonderland'' is a 2003 crime film based on the real life Wonderland Murders that happened in 1981. It stars ValKilmer as the famous porn star John Holmes, and Kate Bosworth as his underage girlfriend. John Holmes is suspected as playing a part in the four murders, and he and David Lind provide different perspectives on what happened during the robbery of Eddie Nash.

Wonderland is a 2003 crime film based on the real life Wonderland Murders that happened in 1981. It stars ValKilmer as the famous porn star John Holmes, and Kate Bosworth as his underage girlfriend. John Holmes is suspected as playing a part in the four murders, and he and David Lind provide different perspectives on what happened during the robbery of Eddie Nash.

* OnlyAFleshWound: Lynn refers to his shooting of a bodyguard in the back as this. Subverted in that its clear to viewers it isn't.
* OnlySaneMan: Both Holmes and David Lynn try to pass themselves off as this in Their stories. Both are probably lying but John's version sounds closer to the truth as, unlike Lynn, he is willing to admit he isn't that sane.