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Blue Velvet

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• Crime/detective
• Drama

• 1986
• David Lynch
• 115 mins
• 18

Summary

Cult mystery thriller starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern. Jeffrey Beaumont's corner of small-town America is a pretty and peaceful place. But not far below the idyllic surface lies a dark and violent world, upon which young Jeffrey stumbles when following the trail of a severed ear.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

John Ferguson

This is the most complete of David Lynch's films, made before his disturbing black vision of small-town American life veered into self-parody. The dark tone is set from the opening sequence, which starts with white picket fences and cheery firemen but ends with a man suffering a stroke in his garden while insect life seethes beneath the lawn. Kyle MacLachlan (who made his acting debut for Lynch in Dune in 1984) plays the young innocent who gets sucked into the bizarre sadomasochistic relationship between nightclub singer Isabella Rossellini and monstrous local crime boss Dennis Hopper. The latter resurrected his career with a crazed portrait of evil - legend has it that Hopper said "I've got to play Frank. Because I am Frank". Once experienced here, listening to Roy Orbison's In Dreams will never be the same again.

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7.7/10

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Cast

rolenameJeffrey BeaumontKyle MacLachlanDorothy VallensIsabella RosselliniFrank BoothDennis HopperSandy WilliamsLaura DernMrs WilliamsHope LangeBenDean StockwellDetective WilliamsGeorge DickersonMrs BeaumontPriscilla PointerAunt BarbaraFrances BayMr BeaumontJack HarveyMikeKen StovitzRaymondBrad DourifPaulJack NanceHunterJ Michael HunterDon VallensDick GreenYellow ManFred PicklerDr GyndePhilip MarkertNurse CindySelden SmithCoronerPeter Carew

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rolenameDirectorDavid Lynch

Details

Theatrical distributor

Columbia TriStar

Released on

2001-12-14

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse and nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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