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Lost Highway is a 1997 neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by David Lynch. The screenplay was written by Lynch and Barry Gifford, with cinematography by Peter Deming and music composed by Angelo Badalamenti. The cast includes Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, and Robert Loggia. Produced by Mary Sweeney, who also served as film editor, the movie was produced by Ciby 2000 and Asymmetrical Productions. It was distributed by October Films and Netflix.
The narrative is set in Los Angeles, and filming took place in California, Los Angeles, and North Carolina. The film was shot on 35 mm film and has a runtime of 134 or 135 minutes. It was released in the United States and France, with publication dates recorded as January 15, February 21, February 27, and April 10, 1997. The original language is English.
Lost Highway has a budget of 15,000,000 and generated 3,836,866 in revenue. It holds a rating of 7.6 on IMDb based on 170,965 votes, and a vote average of 7.54 from 2,945 votes on TMDb. The film's tagline is "A lost road on the edge of strange...".
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Film · TMDB
7.5A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Cast
- Patricia Arquette as Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
- Bill Pullman as Fred Madison
- Balthazar Getty as Pete Dayton
- Robert Blake as Mystery Man
- Robert Loggia as Mr. Eddy / Dick Laurent
- Michael Massee as Andy
Themes
- prison
- pornography
- jealousy
- dreams
- dual identity
- nightmare
- police
- sexual frustration
- gangster
- insanity
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Lynch
- Written by
- David Lynch, Barry Gifford
- Produced by
- Mary Sweeney , Tom Sternberg, Deepak Nayar
- Starring
- Bill Pullman Patricia Arquette Balthazar Getty Robert Blake Natasha Gregson Wagner Gary Busey Robert Loggia
- Cinematography
- Peter Deming
- Edited by
- Mary Sweeney
- Music by
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Production companies
- Ciby 2000 , Asymmetrical Productions
- Distributed by
- October Films (United States) Ciby 2000 (France)
- Release dates
- January 15, 1997 ( 1997-01-15 ) (France) January 1997 ( 1997-01 ) ( Sundance ) February 21, 1997 ( 1997-02-21 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 134 minutes
- Countries
- United States France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $3.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David Lynch
- Screenwriter
- Barry Gifford
- Cast member
- John Roselius
- Composer
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Producer
- Mary Sweeney
- Production company
- Ciby 2000
- Cinematographer
- Peter Deming
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- North Carolina
- Duration
- 135
- FilmAffinity ID
- 657196
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Lost Highway Filmlogo.png
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- publication date
- 1997-02-27
- soundtrack release
- Lost Highway
- film editor
- Mary Sweeney
- title
- Lost Highway
- production designer
- Patricia Norris
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Lost Highway
- film format
- 35 mm film
- costume designer
- Patricia Norris
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 53/100
- box office
- 3726792
- Commons category
- Lost Highway (film)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lost Highway is a 1997 surrealist neo-noir horror film directed by David Lynch, who co-wrote it with Barry Gifford. The film stars Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, and Balthazar Getty, as well as Robert Blake, Jack Nance, and Richard Pryor in their final film roles. It follows a man who receives unmarked VHS tapes showing footage of his home before he is abruptly arrested for his wife's murder, at which point he mysteriously disappears and is replaced by a young man leading a different life.
Financed by French production company Ciby 2000 and Lynch's own Asymmetrical Productions, the film was largely shot in Los Angeles, where Lynch collaborated with cinematographer Peter Deming and frequent producer and editor Mary Sweeney. The film's surreal narrative structure has been likened to a Möbius strip, while Lynch has described it as a "psychogenic fugue" rather than a conventionally logical story. Angelo Badalamenti and Barry Adamson scored the film, while the soundtrack, produced by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, features selected songs by David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Rammstein, as well as new recordings from Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, and the Smashing Pumpkins.
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