Overview - Mulholland Dr.

Overview

Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series (co-written with TV screenwriter Joyce Eliason) for the channel ABC, which had approved the script, but chose not even to air the pilot once it was done in 1999, despite Lynch's labours to cut the project to their liking. It was left in limbo until 18 month later French company Studio Canal Plus (also producer of 'The Straight Story') agreed to pay ABC $7 million for the pilot, and budget a few million more to turn the pilot into a two-hour, 27-minute movie. The cost of the film doubled to $14 million as sets had to be reconstructed and actors recalled.

Cast

• Name: Justin Theroux

  Character: Adam

  Popularity: 1.5443

  

• Name: Naomi Watts

  Character: Betty

  Popularity: 3.6385

  

• Name: Laura Harring

  Character: Rita

  Popularity: 0.9239

  

• Name: Ann Miller

  Character: Coco

  Popularity: 0.614

  

• Name: Brent Briscoe

  Character: Detective Domgaard

  Popularity: 0.4123

  

• Name: Scott Coffey

  Character: Wilkins

  Popularity: 0.3845

  

• Name: Katharine Towne

  Character: Cynthia

  Popularity: 0.7798

  

• Name: Dan Hedaya

  Character: Vincenzo Castigliane

  Popularity: 1.178