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Inland Empire

Actor(s): Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton, Justin Theroux, Terryn Westbrook
Director(s): David Lynch
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Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Nudity, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 2006
DVD Release: 08/14/2007
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: French
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Number of Discs: 2
Run Time: 2 hrs 59 mins
Studio: Rhino Home Video
Members Wishing: 4
Genres: Mystery, Avant-garde / Experimental, Ensemble Film
See Also: Inland Empire [Borders Exclusive]

Synopsis

Cinema of the surreal icon David Lynch follows up the success of his critically acclaimed 2001 feature Mulholland Drive with this dark mystery, shot on a handheld Sony PD150 digital video recorder. It is the tale of an actress whose personality becomes increasingly fragmented as she delves ever deeper into her work for a high-profile filmmaker. Kingsley (Jeremy Irons) is a director looking to adapt for the screen a Polish gypsy folktale that was previously stalled when the two leads were viciously murdered. Having offered the female lead to devoted actress Nikki (Laura Dern), Kingsley warns her male co-star, Devon (Justin Theroux), to maintain his professional distance, as Nikki's husband (Peter J. Lucas) is known to be notoriously possessive. As the passionate co-stars quickly cross the line and become lovers, Nikki's slowly slipping sense of reality causes her to eventually become lost in her character while the mysterious story of a Polish couple and a trio of giant stage-bound rabbits (voices of Naomi Watts, Scott Coffey, and Laura Harring) lounge around on the sofa and tend to their domestic duties. Shot over the course of two and a half years and without a formalized script, Lynch's hallucinogenic look at a doomed film project features all of the abstract imagery and strange symbolism that have long made the director a favorite of film fans who embrace his disorienting approach to unconventional storytelling. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Awards

2006	Best Actress (nominee)	National Society of Film Critics	Laura Dern
2007	Best Actress (nominee)	Toronto Film Critics Association	Laura Dern

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