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Features: DVD, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound
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Rita, is involved in a car crash on Mulholland Drive, in Hollywood California, with two men. In the crash, the men die, but Rita escapes. She remembers nothing afterwards, not even her name, but simply crawls away. Rita tries to figure out who she is. In another part of Los Angeles a film director is being conned into hiring a specific actress for his new movie by a pair of brothers named Luigi and Vincezno Castigliane.
"One of the years best!" USA Today
"A maniacal thrill!" New York Times
Editor's Note
David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, Betty Elms (Naomi Watts), a wide-eyed gal from Deep River, Ontario, has just landed in Los Angeles with dreams of movie super stardom. When Betty finds the nameless beauty in her aunt's apartment, she is deeply intrigued by the situation and offers to help her. This sends the two women on a bizarre search for the truth through the macabre, sun-soaked streets of the City of Angels, where the mob, a young film director (Justin Theroux), a studio executive with a tiny head, and an enigmatic figure named the Cowboy all float into the picture, then out again, until there is no longer any distinction between what is dream and what is reality. Originally filmed as a pilot for ABC, Lynch's daring, open-ended vision was coldly rejected by the network. As he was about to abandon the project, French producer Pierre Edelman convinced Lynch to rethink it as a feature. The result is this stunning expression of the subconscious, a testament to the power of personal artistic vision.
| Features | Theatrical trailer(s) | | Production notes | | Widescreen 1.85:1 (Anamorphic) |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 9/2/2003 |
| Running Time: 145 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2001 | | Catalog ID: 21780 | | UPC: 00025192178023 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
New York Film Critics Circle (2002) |  | Winner, Best Picture | |
National Society of Film Critics (2002) | | Winner, Best Picture | |
Golden Globe (2002) | | | Nominated, Best Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Lynch's latest lingers in the mind and keeps you gripped in ways that have eluded some of his past cinema oddities..." 10/08/2001 p.5DEntertainment Weekly
"...Lynch's head is a more than tantalizing place to be..." 10/19/2001 p.51-2 Sight and Sound
"...Naomi Watts shows real attack....[The film] shows signs of being a lasting work, a film that shifts and changes along with the viewer..." 01/01/2002 p.51 Rolling Stone
"...Surrender to it. Lynch's wild ride through the unconscious is grounded in emotion....A dark, dazzling piece..." 11/08/2001 p.133-4 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Like real dreams, it does not explain....[The film] lingers over what it finds fascinating....A movie to surrender yourself to. If you require logic and closure, see something else..." 03/31/2002 p.5 Premiere
"Watts, in two opposite roles, displays striking range." 03/01/2005 p.110 Total Film
5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n experience that'll baffle, exhilarate and leave you in stunned silencio." 05/01/2007 p.126 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "A tantalizing and beautifully shot film....Still as enigmatic and impenetratable six years on." 05/01/2007 p.123 |
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5 of 5 An American Film Classic Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Danny from Canton, CT
Lynch's Mullholland Drive is one of the most thought provoking movies in years. The acting is suberb across the board and this movie will suck you in and keep you there. Highly Recommended. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 Man, I love this film Thursday, May 13, 2004
Rocnred from San Diego, CA
This is such a clever written movie. My friend and I sat in a restaurant and talked for over 2 hours after we saw the movie deciphering every nuance. Lynch’s portrayal of the powerful Hollywood movie machine is hilarious and very forthright. There is so much going on in this movie it is mind-boggling. The acting was stupendous. The actors took us exactly where we were supposed to believe they were. This is not a movie for the average viewer. It is not linear. Most people don’t understand it and some do. Peter Deming’s cinematography is absolutely breath taking. I recommend this to everyone I think could understand it. Was this review helpful?
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5 of 5 A Masterpiece Thursday, July 18, 2002
Ballsey from Seattle WA
Thought while you watch, you may feel like you've been ripped off, but the feeling after you've seen it for the first time is amazing. Mulholland Dr. is an amazingly crafted movie, and is surprisingly captivating for the 2 1/2 hours it lasts. The characters are all interesting, but seem to be with holding some important information about the what's going on. This is NOT a conventional film, so do not go into it expecting anything. It seems like the only reason people dislike this movie is because it threatens them by coming of smarter than they are. Lastly, if you are confused as to what happened, just go to a search engine and type "Mulholland Dr. Spoiler". You'll get all the answers. Was this review helpful?
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4 of 5 beyond our expectation of continuity Sunday, June 23, 2002
Shanchi from San Francisco, CA
The plot might be confusing, but it is clever. David Lynch points out the discontinuousness in the very individualized society. Many of the time, from our view of individualism we thought we were not replaceable. In this movie, however, it is beyond our expectation of continuity. Betty turns to be Diane and Rita becomes Camella. If you don't focus on who is who, Lynch has actually told an artistic story.
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1 of 5 A Waste of 2 + Hours.. Monday, May 13, 2002
Filo Nassge from Cleveland, Ohio
I watched this DVD with anticipation that something, anything was going to make sense. The very "L.A.ish" plot and lack of character continuity was frustrating. The point David Lynch was trying to make with the convoluted relationship between "Betty" and "Rita" was hoplessly lost in his desire to put out something shocking. The problem was I didn't know what it was about and after seeing it once, did I have any desire to find out what it was about!I am sure David Lynch will continue to impress Hollywood with this sort of wacky plot but he lost me to indifference and isn't that the worst thing you can have happen as a director? Was this review helpful?
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5 of 5 Classic David Lynch Wednesday, May 01, 2002
Michael from New York, New York
A woman--let's call her Rita-- is involved in an accident and forgets everything, including her name. She meets up with another woman--let's call her Betty-- and they try to find out Rita's identity. Meanwhile a series of apparently random events come into the film in what appear to be unrelated acts of possible gangland interference with a movie production, leading up to a scene in which Rita opens a blue box. At that point the whole plot unravels and you discover that much of what is going on is a dream, which pulls all of the seemingly random events into focus. This is classic Lynch: convoluted, erotic, confusing, but ultimately very powerful. Was this review helpful?
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2 of 5 Dazed and Confused Tuesday, April 30, 2002
coach4lb from Long Beach, CA
I watched this movie twice in a row thinking I must have missed something in the plot. Well I didn't and to this day I still don't really know what the whole thing was about. The characters were never tied together enough for me to understand. Plus the disc has no director commentary to help out. I couldn't distinguish between present, dream, or fantasy. The acting was superb as was the cinematography but the plot was so convoluted I was lost most of the time. Can anyone explain this movie to me?I love Mr. Lynch's movies most of the time but this one was way out there.
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