Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Direction
Lynch operating at absolute peak unhinged genius.
Acting
Naomi Watts' audition scene remains career-defining.
Cinematography
That blue box and Silencio Club will haunt your dreams.
Director
David Lynch
Naomi Watts
Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
Laura Harring
Rita / Camilla Rhodes
Justin Theroux
Adam
Ann Miller
Coco
Mark Pellegrino
Joe
Robert Forster
Detective McKnight
Dan Hedaya
Vincenzo Castigliane
Angelo Badalamenti
Luigi Castigliane
Patrick Fischler
Dan
Brent Briscoe
Detective Domgaard
Michael Cooke
Herb
Monty Montgomery
Cowboy
Lee Grant
Louise
James Karen
Wally Brown
Chad Everett
Jimmy Katz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Originally shot as a TV pilot for ABC, who rejected it for being 'too weird'—Lynch then shot new material to make it feature-length.
The Club Silencio scene was filmed in a single night with live orchestra; Watts and Harring genuinely didn't know the singers would collapse.
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