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Twin Peaks

  • TV Series
  • 1990–1991
  • TV-MA
  • 47m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
204K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
305
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Twin Peaks (1990)
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An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.

  • Creators
    • Mark Frost
    • David Lynch
  • Stars
    • Kyle MacLachlan
    • Michael Ontkean
    • Mädchen Amick
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.8/10
    204K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    305
    34
    • Creators
      • Mark Frost
      • David Lynch
    • Stars
      • Kyle MacLachlan
      • Michael Ontkean
      • Mädchen Amick
    • 337User reviews
    • 129Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated TV #68
    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 16 wins & 45 nominations total

    Episodes30

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    "Twin Peaks" | Anniversary Mashup
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    Twin Peaks:The First Season
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    Twin Peaks: Wounds And Scars
    Trailer 6:35
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    Twin Peaks: Deleted Scenes
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    Twin Peaks: Cooper's Dreams
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    Twin Peaks
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    Twin Peaks: Rest In Pain
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    Twin Peaks
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    Twin Peaks: The One-Armed Man
    Trailer 3:57
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    Dates in Movie & TV History: Feb. 24 - Laura Palmer Found Murdered
    Video 2:27
    Watch Dates in Movie & TV History: Feb. 24 - Laura Palmer Found Murdered

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    Ian Buchanan in Twin Peaks (1990)
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    Top cast

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    Kyle MacLachlan
    Kyle MacLachlan
    • Special Agent Dale Cooper
    Michael Ontkean
    Michael Ontkean
    • Sheriff Harry S. Truman
    Mädchen Amick
    Mädchen Amick
    • Shelly Johnson
    Dana Ashbrook
    Dana Ashbrook
    • Bobby Briggs
    Richard Beymer
    Richard Beymer
    • Benjamin Horne
    Lara Flynn Boyle
    Lara Flynn Boyle
    • Donna Hayward
    Sherilyn Fenn
    Sherilyn Fenn
    • Audrey Horne
    Warren Frost
    Warren Frost
    • Dr. Will Hayward
    Peggy Lipton
    Peggy Lipton
    • Norma Jennings
    James Marshall
    James Marshall
    • James Hurley
    Everett McGill
    Everett McGill
    • Big Ed Hurley
    Jack Nance
    Jack Nance
    • Pete Martell
    Joan Chen
    Joan Chen
    • Jocelyn Packard
    Kimmy Robertson
    Kimmy Robertson
    • Lucy Moran
    Michael Horse
    Michael Horse
    • Deputy Tommy 'Hawk' Hill
    Piper Laurie
    Piper Laurie
    • Catherine Martell…
    Harry Goaz
    Harry Goaz
    • Deputy Andy Brennan
    Eric DaRe
    Eric DaRe
    • Leo Johnson
    • Creators
      • Mark Frost
      • David Lynch
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In the 2014 book Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks by Brad Dukes, Jules Haimovitz (who was the president and COO of Spelling Entertainment while Twin Peaks was on) says that during the show's run, he got a call from the financier Carl Lindler demanding to know who killed Laura Palmer. Lindler told Haimovitz that he was asking not for himself but for then-president of the United States George Bush, who was in turn asking for Mikhail Gorbachev, then the leader of the U.S.S.R.
    • Quotes

      Dale Cooper: Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot black coffee.

    • Crazy credits
      There are some episodes that don't end with the usual Homecoming Queen photo of Laura Palmer and "Laura Palmer's Theme" in the credits: Episode 2 credits feature the Little Man from Another Place seen from above and dancing. Episode 8 features Gersten Hayward (Alicia Witt) playing the piano. Episode 14 shows Agent Cooper, the red curtains and the song "The World Spins" by Julee Cruise. Episode 18 features Ben Horne's old home movies seen in this same episode. Episode 29 features the coffee cup given to Cooper in the Red Room and Laura's face on it.
    • Alternate versions
      Recent home media releases have removed the SPELLING logo from in-between the end credits and the Lynch/Frost Productions logo. This has caused the distinctive fall into the low-motif portion of the end credit theme ('Laura Palmer's Theme') during Season 1 to be lost, albeit it is partly retained in Season 2 due to the end credits being slightly extended and the low-motif portion beginning just as the credits section ends, rather than after.
    • Connections
      Edited into What Happened to Her (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Twin Peaks Theme
      Written by Angelo Badalamenti

    User reviews337

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    Featured review
    brilliant and hilarious
    This is one of the shows that I started watching because many people, whose opinions I valued, stated, repeatedly, that I "absolutely must see this." Let me say that I was pretty much hooked from the first scene when they discover the body. The one deputy crying at the body was both touching and kind of funny. It perfectly introduced the entire series which is serious and ridiculous all at once. There is so much to talk about this incredible series which burned too bright to burn for very long.

    For starters, Agent Cooper is the single greatest character ever captured on film (go ahead, try and think of a better one). He's brilliant, genuinely caring, incredibly funny, exuberant to the nth degree, unbelievably likable, but also with a sordid past which haunts him. Nobody, but nobody, could have delivered the pie and coffee compliments with so much gusto.

    However, he is just the brightest star in the sky. There are so many crazy, yet somehow believable characters that grace Lynch's universe. The swift descent of Ben Horn into madness is sad, pathetic, surreal and hilarious. No other series would have dared contain a man believing that he was General Lee commanding the south at Gettysburg (it also provides the funniest line from the show, when Audrey Horn is talking to his psychiatrist and he remarks that "What he (Ben Horn) needs now is our sympathy, understanding and a confederate victory."). All of the characters create a amazing tapestry where one is genuinely anticipating which character is going to lose it somehow (but one never anticipates correctly). In this reviewers opinion, the plot takes a backseat to the characters which are too strange, or too ordinary but never dull, to exist in any other show anywhere (minus James, who gets irritating right when he starts singing and never stops). Fantastic actors all around with more career launching cameos than any show or movie ever.

    Sadly, the second season is not as good as the first, plot-wise, but still is as quirky and entertaining with an unbelievable ending to the series. Many have criticized the show for being excessively intellectual, but I never found the show pedantic or hopelessly cryptic. Rather, it seemed as though David Lynch just decided to employ every weird idea that popped into his febrile mind for the sheer joy of it.

    To finish, one needs to watch this show. It's not uniformly brilliant and sometimes just plain weird, but always rewarding and truly one of the landmarks of American television. Go get a nice piece of cherry pie, a cup of coffee, take four days off work and start watching it.
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    • mullerjoseph55
    • Sep 5, 2004

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    • A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
    • A NOTE REGARDING THE FILM "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me."
    • When is the series set?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 8, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Icelandic
      • Afrikaans
      • Norwegian
    • Also known as
      • Thị Trấn Twin Peaks
    • Filming locations
      • Salish Lodge & Spa - 6501 Railroad Ave North, Snoqualmie, Washington, USA(Great Northern Hotel)
    • Production companies
      • Lynch/Frost Productions
      • Propaganda Films
      • Spelling Entertainment
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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