Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
Acting
Nicolas Cage's Sailor is peak unhinged charisma; Dafoe's Peru is nightmare fuel incarnate.
Direction
Lynch cranks his Americana obsessions to eleven—Wizard of Oz references and all.
Editing
Jarring cuts to burning men and random violence that shouldn't work but absolutely do.
Director
David Lynch
Nicolas Cage
Sailor
Laura Dern
Lula
Willem Dafoe
Bobby Peru
Diane Ladd
Marietta Fortune
Harry Dean Stanton
Johnnie Farragut
J.E. Freeman
Marcelles Santos
Isabella Rossellini
Perdita Durango
Grace Zabriskie
Juana Durango
Calvin Lockhart
Reggie
William Morgan Sheppard
Mr. Reindeer
Crispin Glover
Dell
Sheryl Lee
The Good Witch
Sherilyn Fenn
Girl in Accident
Jack Nance
00 Spool
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Buddy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Diane Ladd (Marietta) is Laura Dern's actual mother; their screaming matches required zero acting. Ladd was so committed she had real glass shards in her hair for the kitchen scene.
The film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes 1990, famously annoying critics who wanted something 'respectable.' Lynch's acceptance speech just said 'Thank you very much' in his best Elvis.
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