Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

David Lynch

Writers (WGA):

Mark Frost (television series Twin Peaks) &
David Lynch (television series Twin Peaks) ...

Release Date:

28 August 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Meet Laura Palmer... In a town where nothing is as it seems... And everyone has something to hide.

Plot:

A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer; the last week of the life of Laura Palmer is chronicled.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | FBI | FBI Agent | Investigation | Teenage Girl

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Sheryl Lee	...	Laura Palmer
Ray Wise	...	Leland Palmer
Mädchen Amick	...	Shelly Johnson
Dana Ashbrook	...	Bobby Briggs
Phoebe Augustine	...	Ronette Pulaski
David Bowie	...	Phillip Jeffries
Eric DaRe	...	Leo Johnson
Miguel Ferrer	...	Albert Rosenfield
Pamela Gidley	...	Teresa Banks
Heather Graham	...	Annie Blackburn
Chris Isaak	...	Special Agent Chester Desmond
Moira Kelly	...	Donna Hayward
Peggy Lipton	...	Norma Jennings
David Lynch	...	Gordon Cole
James Marshall	...	James Hurley

Also Known As:

Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me (France) (DVD title)
Twin Peaks - Les 7 derniers jours de Laura Palmer (France)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Teresa Banks and the Last Seven Days of Laura Palmer (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sex, and drug content, and for language.

Runtime:

135 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:R (certificate no. 31718) | Italy:VM14 | Spain:18 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Ireland:18 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) | UK:18 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Everett, Washington, USA

Company:

CiBy 2000

Trivia:

In most versions of the film certain sequences are sub-titled - at the nightclub where the music drowns out the dialogue and when characters speak backwards - but not in the British version. Apparently, director David Lynchchanged his mind so often as to whether they should be included or not, by the time he came to a final decision, the British distributors had already made all their prints (without subtitles) and couldn't afford to make any more.

Quotes:

Donna: Where are the cookies?
Laura: You mean Fred and Ginger?
Donna: Dancing.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Donnie Darko (2001)

Soundtrack:

Questions in a World of Blue

The last 7 dark days of the Homecoming Queen's Life...

Bob, Agent Cooper, Laura Palmer, Teresa Banks, The Man From Another Place, etc...

Welcome back to David Lynch's offbeat town of TWIN PEAKS.

Much darker than the TV series, this film was in part meant to answer many previously unanswered questions, but if anything - in typical Lynch fashion - it tangles things even further, and confuses matters all round.

Lynch apparently shot more than 5 hours of the feature, and as much of these deleted/extended/alternative scenes are still missing, the movie we're left with feels rather bare and rushed.

The performances are excellent, and the movie is visually stunning, and as usual the plot - while confusing - is intense and riveting.

But alas it could have been so so so much more.... (sighs)