Mulholland Dr. (1999)
Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series (co-written with TV screenwriter Joyce Eliason) for the channel ABC, which had approved the script, but chose not even to air the pilot once it was done in 1999, despite Lynch's labours to cut the project to their liking. It was left in limbo until 18 month later French company Studio Canal Plus (also producer of 'The Straight Story') agreed to pay ABC $7 million for the pilot, and budget a few million more to turn the pilot into a two-hour, 27-minute movie. The cost of the film doubled to $14 million as sets had to be reconstructed and actors recalled.
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Justin Theroux as |
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Naomi Watts as |
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Laura Harring as |
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Ann Miller as |
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Robert Forster as |
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Angelo Badalamenti as |
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Brent Briscoe as Detective Domgaard |
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Scott Coffey as Wilkins |
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Katharine Towne as Cynthia |
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Dan Hedaya as Vincenzo Castigliane |
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Angelo Badalamenti as Luigi Castigliane |
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Chad Everett as Woody Katz |
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James Karen as Wally Brown |
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Lee Grant as Louise Bonner |
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Lori Heuring as Lorraine |
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Billy Ray Cyrus as Gene Clean |
Production | Brian Grazer | Executive Producer |
Directing | David Lynch | Director |
Production | David Lynch | Executive Producer |
Writing | David Lynch | Writer |
Editing | Mary Sweeney | Editor |
Production | Mary Sweeney | Producer |
Production | Neal Edelstein | Producer |
Production | Michael Polaire | Producer |
Sound | Angelo Badalamenti | Music |
Production | Ron Howard | Executive Producer |
Camera | Peter Deming | Director of Photography |
Production | Tony Krantz | Executive Producer |