Summary:
Essentially a prequel to David Lynch and Mark Frost's earlier TV series "Twin Peaks". The first half-hour or so concerns the investigation by FBI Agent Chet Desmond (Chris Isaak) and his partner Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland) into the murder of night-shift waitress Teresa Banks in the small Washington state town of Deer Meadow. When Desmond finds a mysterious clue to the murder, he inexplicably disappears. The film then cuts to one year later in the nearby town of Twin Peaks and follows the events during the last week in the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) a troubled teenage girl with two boyfriends; the hot-tempered rebel Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) and quiet biker James Hurley (James Marshall), her drug addiction, and her relationship with her difficult (and possible schizophrenic) father Leland (Ray Wise), a story in which her violent murder was later to motivate much of the TV series. Contains a considerable amount of sex, drugs, violence, very loud music and inexplicable imagery.
| Runtime: | 135 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for strong violence, sex, and drug content, and for language. |
| Production: | New Line Cinema |
| Genres: | Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
| Countries: | USA, France |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Feb 26, 2002 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| David Lynch | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| David Lynch | Written By |
| Mark Frost | Television Series Twin Peaks |
| Robert Engels | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ray Wise | Leland Palmer |
| Sheryl Lee | Laura Palmer |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Chris Isaak | Special Agent Chester Desmond |
| Dana Ashbrook | Bobby Briggs |
| David Bowie | Phillip Jeffries |
| David Lynch | Gordon Cole |
| Eric DaRe | Leo Johnson |
| Heather Graham | Annie Blackburn |
| James Marshall | James Hurley |
| Mädchen Amick | Shelly Johnson |
| Miguel Ferrer | Albert Rosenfeld |
| Moira Kelly | Donna Hayward |
| Pamela Gidley | Teresa Banks |
| Peggy Lipton | Norma Jennings |
| Phoebe Augustine | Ronette Pulaski |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| David Lynch | Executive Producer |
| Francis Bouygues | Producer |
| Gregg Fienberg | Producer |
| Johanna Ray | Associate Producer |
| John Wentworth | Co-Producer |
| Mark Frost | Executive Producer |
| Tim Harbert | Associate Producer |
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