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Eraserhead
Sign in to saveEraserhead is a 1977 American horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch in his feature-length directorial debut. Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians. Shot in black and white and surrealist style, the independent film was Lynch's first feature-length effort following several short films. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk, it tells the story of a man (Nance) who is left to care for his grossly deformed child in a desolate industrial landsca
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Eraserhead is a 1977 American independent, experimental, thriller, and drama film written, directed, edited, and produced by David Lynch. The black-and-white picture, which runs for 89 minutes, features a cast including Jack Nance, Jeanne Bates, Jack Fisk, and Jennifer Lynch. Frederick Elmes served as the director of photography, while the production was filmed in California. The film’s main subject is a dysfunctional family, and it is associated with the New Hollywood movement.
The movie was released on September 28, 1977, with a budget of $100,000. It earned $7,097,971 at the box office. Eraserhead has received various critical assessments, including a Metascore of 87 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 87%. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.2 based on 143,988 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.344 from 2,726 users. The film has won three awards and received two nominations.
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Film · TMDB
7.3First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Cast
- Jack Nance as Henry Spencer
- Charlotte Stewart as Mary X
- Allen Joseph as Mr. X
- Jeanne Bates as Mrs. X
- Judith Roberts as Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
- Laurel Near as Lady in the Radiator
Themes
- baby
- nightmare
- mutant
- claustrophobia
- parents-in-law
- pencil
- surrealism
- black and white
- torture
- parallel world
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
142,551 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
87/100
- Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
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- Eraserhead
- Film.image
- Eraserhead - Filmex '77 poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- David Lynch
- Film.producer
- David Lynch
- Film.writer
- David Lynch
- Film.editing
- David Lynch
- Film.studio
- AFI Center for Advanced Studies
- Film.distributor
- Libra Films
- Film.runtime
- 89 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $100,000
- Film.gross
- $7.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Pre-production
- Filming
- Post-production
- Soundtrack
- Themes and analysis
- Release
- Box office
- Reception
- Home media
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Eraserhead is a 1977 American horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch in his feature-length directorial debut. Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians. Shot in black and white and surrealist style, the independent film was Lynch's first feature-length effort following several short films. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk, it tells the story of a man (Nance) who is left to care for his grossly deformed child in a desolate industrial landscape.
Eraserhead was produced with the assistance of the American Film Institute (AFI) during Lynch's time studying there. It nonetheless spent several years in principal photography because of funding difficulties; donations from Fisk and his wife Sissy Spacek as well as Nance's wife and crew member Catherine Coulson kept production afloat. It was shot on several locations owned by the AFI in California, including Greystone Mansion, and a set of disused stables in which Lynch lived. Lynch and sound designer Alan Splet spent a year working on the film's audio after their studio was soundproofed. The soundtrack features organ music by Fats Waller and includes the song "In Heaven", written and performed for the film by Peter Ivers, with lyrics by Lynch.
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