MULHOLLAND DRIVE

Year: 2001
USA: Universal Focus
UK: Pathe Distribution
UK DVD Special Edition (2007): Optimum Releasing
Cast: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya, Mark Pellegrino, Brian Beacock, Robert Forster, Michael J Anderson, Angelo Badalamenti, Diane Baker, Brent Briscoe, Scott Coffey, Missy Crider, Billy Ray Cyrus, Chad Everett, Kate Forster, Matt Gallini, Melissa George, Marcus Graham, Lee Grant, Michele Hicks, James Karen, Elizabeth Lackey, Tyrha Lindsey, Sean E Markland, Monty Montgomery, Johanna Stein, Rita Taggart, Katharine Towne
Director: David Lynch
Countries: France / USA
USA & UK: 146 mins
USA Rated: R for violence, language and some strong sexuality
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language and moderate sex and violence
USA Release Date: 19 October 2001 (Limited Release - Wider)
USA Release Date: 12 October 2001 (Limited Release - Los Angeles and New York)
UK Release Date: 4 January 2002
UK DVD Special Edition Release Date: 5 March 2007


Synopsis

Nothing is what it seems along Mulholland Drive. Written and directed by David Lynch, the movie is set in Los Angeles where a complicated story of suspense and opposites unfolds. Lynch explores the city's schizophrenic nature, an uneasy blend of innocence and corruption, love and loneliness, beauty and depravity.

MULHOLLAND DRIVE begins as a botched hit results in the meeting of bruised brunette amnesiac Rita (Laura Harring) and blonde would-be Hollywood actress Betty (Naomi Watts).

Taking the viewer on a memorable neo-noir trip through Hollywood's dark underbelly, Lynch dispenses with a conventional narrative in favour of an hallucinogenic assault on the senses that will stay with you long after the credits roll.

DVD EXTRAS

Making Of
Exclusive interviews with Mary Sweeney (subtitled) and Angelo Badalamenti (English language)
Cannes 2001 press conference
Trailer
Inland Empire trailer
Lynch on Lynch book extract