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.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie Actors: Adrien Curry, Angelo Badalamenti, Ann Miller, Billy Ray Cyrus, Blake Lindsley, Bonnie Aarons, Brent Briscoe, Brian Beacock, Chad Everett, Charles Croughwell, Dan Birnbaum, Dan Hedaya, Daniel Rey, David Schroeder, Diane Nelson, Enrique Buelna, Geno Silva, James Karen, Jeanne Bates, Johanna Stein, Joseph Kearney, Justin Theroux, Kate Forster, Katharine Towne, Laura Harring, Lee Grant, Lisa K. Ferguson, Lisa Lackey, Lori Heuring, Marcus Graham, Mark Pellegrino, Maya Bond, Michael D. Weatherred, Michael Fairman, Michael J. Anderson, Michele Hicks, Missy Crider, Mo Gallini, Monty Montgomery, Naomi Watts, Randall Wulff, Richard Mead, Robert Forster, Robert Katims, Scott Coffey, Sean Everett, Tad Horino, Tom Morris, Tony Longo, Tyrah M. Lindsey, Vincent Castellanos, Wayne Grace, William Ostrander Directors: David Lynch Production: Imagine Television, Picture Factory
