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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 04/09/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 27 mins Studio: Universal Studios Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Mystery, Avant-garde / Experimental, Showbiz Drama, Psychological Thriller See Also: Mulholland Dr.

David Lynch wrote and directed this look at two women who find themselves walking a fine line between truth and deception in the beautiful but dangerous netherworld of Hollywood. A beautiful woman (Laura Elena Harring) riding in a limousine along Los Angeles' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a would-be shooter, but before he can pull the trigger, she is injured when her limo is hit by another car. The woman stumbles from the wreck with a head wound, and in time makes her way into an apartment with no idea of where or who she is. As it turns out, the apartment is home to an elderly woman who is out of town, and is allowing her niece Betty (Naomi Watts) to stay there; Betty is a small-town girl from Canada who wants to be an actress, and her aunt was able to arrange an audition with a film director for her. Betty befriends the injured woman, who begins calling herself "Rita" after seeing a poster of Rita Hayworth. While Betty's audition impresses a casting agent, and she catches the eye of hotshot director Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux), Kesher's producers and moneymen insist with no small vehemence that he instead cast a woman named Camilla Rhodes. As Rita attempts to put the pieces of her life back together, she pulls the name Diane Selwyn from her memory; Rita thinks it could be her real name, but when she and Betty find a listing for Diane Selwyn and visit her apartment, they discover the latest victim of a mysterious killer who is eluding police detective Harry McKnight (Robert Forster). Rita's emotional identity soon takes a left turn, and it turns out that neither woman is quite who she once appeared to be. David Lynch originally conceived Mulholland Drive as the pilot film for a television series; after the ABC television network rejected the pilot and declined to air it, the French production film StudioCanal took over the project, and Lynch reshot and re-edited the material into a theatrical feature. The resulting version of Mulholland Drive premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where David Lynch shared Best Director honors with Joel Coen. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Justin Theroux - Adam Kesher
Naomi Watts - Betty Elms
Laura Elena Harring - Rita
Ann Miller - Coco Lenoix
Dan Hedaya - Vincenzo Castigliane

Twists and turns abound in director David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. Presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, this transfer by Universal appears to be very solid and well done. Sporting bright colors and even black levels, the image looks great save for a few instances of edge enhancement in a few key scenes. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround as well as DTS 5.1 Surround, both in English. Each of these soundtracks are very full and lively with only the slightest amount of mixing troubles in some of the speakers (some music tends to sound far too loud in some scenes). Overall, the fidelity and range on each of these mixes are great. Also included on this disc are Spanish and French subtitles. On par with Lynch's other DVD releases, no chapter stops are included on this disc, which makes watching the movie in separate sittings difficult. The bonus materials for =Mulholland Drive are at the bare minimum -- the extra features on this DVD include a few pages of cast and crew info, a theatrical trailer, and "David Lynch's 10 Clues to Unlocking This Thriller" notes. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide