Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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 Rosenfeld | |
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 |
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 ... Written by Douglas Baptie
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)