Lost highway

Resource Information

The work Lost highway represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Oshkosh Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Lost highway

Statement of responsibility

CiBy 2000 présente ; a CiBy 2000/Asymmetrical production ; produced by Deepak Nayar, Tom Sternberg, Mary Sweeney ; written by David Lynch & Barry Gifford ; directed by David Lynch

Contributor

• Rollins, Henry, 1961-
• Asymmetrical (Firm)
• CIBY 2000 (Firm)
• Focus Features
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Arquette, Patricia, 1968-
• Badalamenti, Angelo
• Blake, Robert, 1933-
• Busey, Gary
• Butler, Lucy
• Coffey, Scott
• Getty, Balthazar
• Gifford, Barry, 1946-
• Kehler, Jack
• Loggia, Robert
• Lynch, David, 1946-
• Massee, Michael
• Nance, Jack
• Nayar, Deepak
• Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005
• Pullman, Bill
• Ribisi, Giovanni, 1974-
• Sternberg, Tom
• Sweeney, Mary
• Wagner, Natasha Gregson, 1970-

Actor

• Loggia, Robert
• Massee, Michael
• Nance, Jack
• Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005
• Pullman, Bill
• Ribisi, Giovanni, 1974-
• Rollins, Henry, 1961-
• Wagner, Natasha Gregson, 1970-
• Arquette, Patricia, 1968-
• Blake, Robert, 1933-
• Busey, Gary
• Butler, Lucy
• Coffey, Scott
• Getty, Balthazar
• Kehler, Jack

Screenwriter

• Lynch, David, 1946-
• Gifford, Barry, 1946-

Composer

• Badalamenti, Angelo

Director

• Lynch, David, 1946-

Film editor

• Sweeney, Mary

Producer

• Nayar, Deepak
• Sternberg, Tom
• Sweeney, Mary

Subject

• Police
• Identity (Psychology)
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Murder -- Investigation
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Mystery films
• Gangsters
• Video tapes
• Horror films
• Suspense films
• Evidence (Law)
• Detective and mystery films
• Evidencia -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
• Grabaciones de videocintas -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro

Genre

• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Teatro
• Suspense films
• Horror films
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Detective and mystery films
• Mystery films

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Fred Madison is a saxophonist who finds a video tape on his doorstep that shows the interior of his house. He becomes convinced that someone has broken in and calls the police. He finds another videotape showing him killing his wife. The police arrest him for murdering his wife. In prison, he inexplicably morphs into a young man named Pete Dayton and begins living a completely different life. When Pete is released, his and Fred's paths begin to cross in a surreal, suspenseful web of intrigue, orchestrated by a shady gangster boss named Dick Laurent

Member of

• Focus Features spotlight series

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music composed and conducted by Angelo Badalamenti ; editor, Mary Sweeney ; production designer/costume designer, Patricia Norris ; director of photography, Peter Deming

Dewey number

L8811 DVD

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for bizarre violent and sexual content, and for strong language

Language note

English dialogue, optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

LC call number

PN1995.9.S87

LC item number

L678 2008

PerformerNote

Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Richard Pryor, Lucy Butler, Michael Massee, Jack Nance, Jack Kehler, Henry Rollins, Giovanni Ribisi, Scott Coffey, Gary Busey, Robert Loggia

Runtime

145

Series statement

Focus features spotlight series

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action