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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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It sits within the topics 1970s avant-garde and experimental films, 1977 American films and 1977 directorial debut films.
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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
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Film.name
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- dysfunctional family
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- David Lynch
- Screenwriter
- David Lynch
- Cast member
- Gill Dennis
- Producer
- Jeanne Bates
- Production company
- American Film Institute
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 388347
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Eraserhead.jpg
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- publication date
- 1978-12-31
- film editor
- David Lynch
- title
- Eraserhead
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- David Lynch
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 100000
- budget
- 20000
- box office
- 7097971
- film format
- 35 mm film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.2/10
- Commons category
- Eraserhead
- sound designer
- Alan Splet
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