Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

Director:

David Lynch

Writers (WGA):

David Lynch (written by) &
Robert Engels (written by) ...
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Release Date:

28 August 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Meet Laura Palmer... In a town where nothing is as it seems... And everyone has something to hide.

Plot:

A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer; the last week of the life of Laura Palmer is chronicled.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | FBI Agent | FBI | Investigation | Prequel

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Sheryl Lee	...	Laura Palmer
Ray Wise	...	Leland Palmer
Mädchen Amick	...	Shelly Johnson
Dana Ashbrook	...	Bobby Briggs
Phoebe Augustine	...	Ronette Pulaski
David Bowie	...	Phillip Jeffries
Eric DaRe	...	Leo Johnson
Miguel Ferrer	...	Albert Rosenfeld
Pamela Gidley	...	Teresa Banks
Heather Graham	...	Annie Blackburn
Chris Isaak	...	Special Agent Chester Desmond
Moira Kelly	...	Donna Hayward
Peggy Lipton	...	Norma Jennings
David Lynch	...	Gordon Cole
James Marshall	...	James Hurley
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Woodsman (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Carl Rodd
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Sam Stanley
Lenny von Dohlen	...	Harold Smith (as Lenny Von Dohlen)
Grace Zabriskie	...	Sarah Palmer
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Special Agent Dale Cooper
Frances Bay	...	Mrs. Tremond (Chalfont)
Catherine E. Coulson	...	The Log Lady
Michael J. Anderson	...	Man From Another Place
Frank Silva	...	Bob
Walter Olkewicz	...	Jacques Renault
Al Strobel	...	Philip Gerard (The One Armed Man)
Gary Hershberger	...	Mike Nelson
Sandra Kinder	...	Irene at Hap's
Chris Pedersen	...	Tommy
Victor Rivers	...	Buck
Rick Aiello	...	Cliff Howard
Gary Bullock	...	Sheriff Cable
Jon Huck	...	FBI Agent
Mike Malone	...	FBI Agent
Joe Berman	...	Bus Driver
Yvonne Roberts	...	First Prostitute
Audra L. Cooper	...	Second Prostitute
John Hoobler	...	Pilot
Kimberly Ann Cole	...	Lil the Dancer
Elizabeth McCarthy	...	Giggling Secretary (as Elizabeth Ann McCarthy)
C.H. Evans	...	Jack at Hap's
Paige Bennett	...	French Girl at Hap's
G. Kenneth Davidson	...	Old Guy at Hap's
Ingrid Brucato	...	Curious Woman
Chuck McQuary	...	Medic (as Chuck McQuarry)
Margaret Adams	...	Fat Trout Neighbor
Carlton Lee Russell	...	Jumping Man (as Carlton L. Russell)
Calvin Lockhart	...	The Electrician
Jonathan J. Leppell	...	Mrs. Tremond's Grandson
David Brisbin	...	Second Woodsman
Andrea Hays	...	Heidi
Julee Cruise	...	Roadhouse Singer
Steven Hodges	...	Band at Roadhouse
William Ungerman	...	Band at Roadhouse
Joseph 'Simon' Szeibert	...	Band at Roadhouse
Smokey Hormel	...	Band at Roadhouse (as Gregory 'Smokey' Hormel)
Joseph L. Altruda	...	Band at Roadhouse
James Parks	...	Service Station Mechanic
Jane Jones	...	School Teacher
Karin Robison	...	Angel in Train Car
Lorna MacMillan	...	Angel in Red Room
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Bauer	...	Johnny Horne (scenes deleted)
Joan Chen	...	Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard (scenes deleted)
Jan D'Arcy	...	Sylvia Horne (scenes deleted)
Don S. Davis	...	Maj. Garland Briggs (scenes deleted)
Mary Jo Deschanel	...	Eileen Hayward (scenes deleted)
Warren Frost	...	Doc Hayward (scenes deleted)
Harry Goaz	...	Deputy Andy Brennan (scenes deleted)
Michael Horse	...	Deputy Hawk (scenes deleted)
David Patrick Kelly	...	Jerry Horne (scenes deleted)
Everett McGill	...	Big Ed Hurley (scenes deleted)
Jack Nance	...	Pete Martell (scenes deleted)
Michael Ontkean	...	Sheriff Harry S. Truman (scenes deleted)
Kimmy Robertson	...	Lucy Moran (scenes deleted)
Wendy Robie	...	Nadine Hurley (scenes deleted)
Charlotte Stewart	...	Betty Briggs (scenes deleted)
Russ Tamblyn	...	Dr. Lawrence Jacoby (scenes deleted)
Philip Anagnos	...	Student (uncredited)
Anne Gaybis	...	Dancer on Stage in 'Pink Room' (uncredited)

Directed by
David Lynch

Writing credits (WGA)
David Lynch		(written by) &
Robert Engels		(written by)
Mark Frost		(television series Twin Peaks) &
David Lynch		(television series Twin Peaks)

Produced by
Francis Bouygues	....	producer
Gregg Fienberg	....	producer
Mark Frost	....	executive producer
Tim Harbert	....	associate producer
David Lynch	....	executive producer
Johanna Ray	....	associate producer
John Wentworth	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Angelo Badalamenti		(music composed by)

Cinematography by
Ronald Víctor García		(director of photography) (as Ron Garcia)

Film Editing by
Mary Sweeney

Casting by
Johanna Ray

Production Design by
Patricia Norris

Set Decoration by
Leslie Morales

Costume Design by
Patricia Norris

Makeup Department
Katharina Hirsch-Smith	....	key makeup artist
Francesca Lacagnina	....	makeup assistant (as Francesca Lacaqnina)
Brent Lavett	....	hair stylist
Heba Thorisdottir	....	makeup assistant

Production Management
Gregg Fienberg	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Jennings	....	second second assistant director (as Bill Jennings)
Deepak Nayar	....	first assistant director
Richard Oswald	....	second assistant director
Susan Walter	....	dga trainee

Art Department
Sophia Barashkoff	....	painter
Jeannine Bolding	....	art department receptionist
Chris Burch	....	swing gang (as Christopher Burch)
David Christopher Campbell	....	carpenter (as David Chris Campbell)
John Canedo	....	painter
Keith Cox	....	construction coordinator
Tyler Dupuy	....	carpenter
Morgan Flaherty	....	lead carpenter
James 'Bud' Hays	....	carpenter
Nicola Hewitt	....	swing gang
Jon Kazunaga	....	construction foreman (as Jon 'Kaz' Kazunaga)
Chris Kelly	....	painter
Daniel Kuttner	....	property master
Mike Malone	....	on-set dresser
Cecil K. Merritt Jr.	....	property assistant
Marvin Perry	....	carpenter
Carlos Quintero	....	carpenter
David E. Robinson	....	scenic artist (as Dave Robinson)
Stephanie Sandston	....	lead person
Audrey Stanzler	....	set dresser
Robert Taylor	....	swing gang (as Rob Taylor)
Whiting Tennis	....	swing gang
Deborah Winship	....	set dressing buyer
Alex Wood	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Phil Benson	....	assistant sound editor
Frank Canonica	....	recordist
Lee Cruikshank	....	machine room operator
Richard F.W. Davis	....	sound effects editor (as Richard Davis)
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer
Dean Drabin	....	adr recordist
Richard Duarte	....	foley engineer
Teresa Eckton	....	dialogue & adr editor (as Teresa Ekton)
Malcolm Fife	....	foley editor (as Malcom Fife)
Clare C. Freeman	....	production sound editor (as Clare Freeman)
Kristen Gerstner	....	assistant sound editor (as Kristin Gerstner)
Charlene Hamer	....	utility sound (as Charlene E. Hamer)
Jon Huck	....	recordist: backwards ADR
Jon Huck	....	sound mixer
Rick Kahn	....	machine room operator
Stephen Kearney	....	assistant sound editor
James Lebrecht	....	sound effects editor (as James LeBrecht)
Mark Levinson	....	production sound editor
David Lynch	....	sound designer
David Lynch	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donny Miele	....	sound effects editor (as Donny Blank)
Douglas Murray	....	supervising sound editor
Jennifer Myers	....	foley artist
Dan Olmsted	....	recordist
Margie O'Malley	....	foley artist
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Debbie Pinthus	....	boom operator (as Deborah Pinthus)
Joseph Jett Sally	....	production sound editor
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Karen Tenkhoff	....	apprentice sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	foley engineer
Hugh Waddell	....	adr editor
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz	....	apprentice sound editor (as Mark Wlodarkiewicz)

Special Effects by
Robert E. McCarthy	....	special effects co-ordinator: Los Angeles
Sabrina McCarthy	....	special effects crew: Los Angeles
Darrell Pritchett	....	special effects crew: Seattle
Del Reahm	....	special effects crew: Los Angeles
Terry Shattuck	....	special effects crew: Seattle
Gunter Simon	....	special effects crew: Los Angeles (as Gunther Simon)
Bob Riggs	....	special effects co-ordinator: Seattle (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christopher Rohde	....	telecine

Stunts
David Boushey	....	stunt player (as Dave Boushey)
Jon H. Epstein	....	stunt coordinator
Hannah Kozak	....	stunt player
Kathleen Reilly	....	stunt player
Jeff Smolek	....	stunt coordinator
Diana Wagner-Boyd	....	stunt player

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Bernstein	....	assistant camera
Tasso Bravos	....	grip
John Buckley	....	gaffer
Kyle Carver	....	electrician
Sean Doyle	....	additional photography
Michael Gfelner	....	first assistant camera
Bruce Alan Greene	....	Steadicam operator (as Bruce Greene)
Hjortur Gretarsson	....	production assistant camera
Jay Johnson	....	electrician
Jeffrey A. Johnson	....	best boy grip (as Jeffrey Allen Johnson)
Johnny Karls	....	first assistant camera (as John F. Karls)
Eugene B. Kerry	....	set grip (as Eugene Kerry)
Colleen Kingdon	....	electrician
Dan Kneece	....	Steadicam operator
Tom Marvel	....	best boy electric
Lloyd Moriarity	....	dolly grip (as Lloyd M. Moriarity)
Lloyd Moriarity	....	key grip (as Lloyd M. Moriarity)
Ryan Purcell	....	grip
Vince Rapini	....	grip
Miguel Rico	....	electrician
Shade Rupe	....	grip
Lorey Sebastian	....	still photographer
Wendi Van Dyke	....	second assistant camera
Rick Wiley	....	key grip
T.J. Williams	....	Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Tony Hobbs	....	extras casting: Cenex Casting
Elaine J. Huzzar	....	casting associate
Shannon Ward	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathi McKenzie	....	wardrobe assistant
Cheri Reed	....	costumer
Amy Stofsky	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Bob Allen	....	second assistant editor
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant
Elizabeth Fox	....	post-production coordinator
Deborah Gavlak	....	first assistant editor (as Debra Gavlak)
Vivian Hengsteler	....	negative cutter
Dan Muscarella	....	color timer
Lisa Storer	....	apprentice editor (as Lisa Anne Storer)
D. Gunther Tarampi	....	editorial intern (as Gunther Tarampi)

Music Department
Dave Alvin	....	musician: guitars
Andy Armor	....	musician: The Power & The Glory (as Andy Armer)
Angelo Badalamenti	....	conductor
Angelo Badalamenti	....	musician: piano
Angelo Badalamenti	....	musician: synthesizer performance
Angelo Badalamenti	....	orchestrations
Donald Bailey	....	musician: drums
Vinnie Bell	....	musician: guitars
Myles Boisen	....	musician: guitars
Ron Carter	....	musician: bass
David Cooper	....	musician: vibraphone
Lori L. Eschler	....	music editor
William Fairbanks	....	musician: bass
Don Falzone	....	musician: The Power & The Glory
Steven Hodges	....	musician: The Power & The Glory
Jay Hoggard	....	musician: vibraphone
Jim Hynes	....	musician: trumpet
David Jaurequi	....	musician: The Power & The Glory
Kevin Laffey	....	music consultant
Kinny Landrum	....	musician: synthesizer performance
Art Polhemus	....	score mixer (as Art Pohlemus)
Al Regni	....	musician: saxophone
Rufus Reid	....	musician: bass (as Rufus Reed)
Bob Rose	....	musician: guitars
David Slusser	....	musician: piano
Grady Tate	....	musician: drums
Buster Williams	....	musician: bass

Transportation Department
James G. Africa	....	driver (as James D. Africa)
Larry Anderson	....	driver
Joe Berman	....	driver
Steve Boyd	....	transportation coordinator
Thomas P. Cantrell	....	driver (as Tom Cantrell)
Terry Crnic	....	driver
Alan Falco	....	driver (as Allan Falco)
Jill Falco	....	driver
Eugene Farrington	....	driver (as Gene Farrington)
James Ginchereau	....	driver (as Jim Ginchereau)
Dino Grossi	....	driver
Michael D. Kuljis	....	transportation captain (as Mike 'Juice' Kuljis)
Larry Market	....	driver
Russell McEntyre	....	driver (as Russ McEntyre)
Jess Resendez	....	driver (as Jess Renendez)
Tony Sackmann	....	driver (as Tony Sackman)
Gail Van Dyke	....	driver
Greg Van Dyke	....	transportation coordinator
Randy White	....	driver
Rick Wiley	....	driver: camera car

Other crew
John Blue	....	medic: L.A.
Francis Bouygues	....	presenter
Kristin Capp	....	location assistant
Corrina Carrion	....	production assistant
Traci Clauson	....	stand-in (as Traci Lynn Clauson)
James D'Damery Jr.	....	assistant accountant (as James D'Damery)
Andrew Durham	....	production assistant
Julie Duvic	....	location liaison
Julie Duvic	....	location manager
Paul Dzilvelis	....	production accountant
Dana Eskelson	....	stand-in
Cori Glazer	....	script supervisor
Jennifer Goldsmith	....	post-production accountant
Nowell Grossman	....	production controller (as Nowell B. Grossman)
Katherine Marie Keithly	....	production assistant
Barry Greg Littman	....	stand-in
Nate Lottsfeldt	....	production assistant (as Nate 'Sam' Lottsfeldt)
Craig MacLachlan	....	production assistant
Antoine Mascaro	....	chef
Christine Mathews	....	production assistant
Lisa Maxwell-Casey	....	craft service: Seattle
Lauren McAuliffe	....	production secretary
Joseph Montrone	....	supervising coordinator
Heather Murphy	....	coordinator: Seattle (as Heather Terzieff)
Benjamin Padilla	....	assistant chef (as Benny Padilla)
John Plant	....	craft service
Gaye Pope	....	unit publicist
Robert Price	....	production assistant
Carmela Ramaglia	....	production assistant
Mike Rosenberg	....	assistant accountant
Ken Scherer	....	chief operating officer: Lynch/Frost
John Sclimenti	....	production assistant
Dennis Severse	....	craft service: L.A.
Nancy Shumovich	....	receptionist
Darleene Sinay	....	medic: Seattle
Tina Skouras	....	assistant: Ken Scherer
Monte Swann	....	crew: Video Image
Debby Trutnik	....	assistant: David Lynch
Lori Tulli-Mitchell	....	assistant: Mark Frost
Kevin Young	....	production assistant
Erik C. Andersen	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Pierre Edelman	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema (presents)
• CiBy 2000 (producer) (as CIBY Pictures)

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (1992) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (DVD)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• MK2 Éditions (2004) (France) (DVD)
• New Line Home Entertainment (2005) (Canada) (DVD)
• New Line Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Prisvídeo - Edições Videográficas (2005) (Portugal) (DVD)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Van Blad (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Wizards (special effects: L.A.)
• Riggs Production (special effects: Seattle) (as Riggs Production Associates)

Other Companies

• American Humane Association, The  animal action monitoring
• Anne Gordon Animals  animals: Seattle (as Anne's Animal Actors)
• Bobkind  baffles by
• Bruce Loeb Security Inc.  security: Los Angeles
• Cenex West  extras casting: L.A.
• Cherokee Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  titles and opticals (as CFI)
• Dixon / Walker Casting  casting: Seattle (as Susan Dixon and Heidi L. Walker Casting)
• Film Finance  completion bond provided by (as Film Finances, Inc.)
• Fuji  film by (as Fujicolor)
• Future Security Services  security: Seattle
• Great Northern Brokerage Services  insurance (as Great Northern Brokerage Corp.)
• Hoffman Travel  travel arrangements
• Keylite Production Services  grip & lighting equipment
• MCA Music Pub.  music administered by (a division of MCA, Inc.) (as MCA Music Publishing)
• Michelson Food Services  catering (as Michelson's Food Service, Inc.)
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Panavision  lenses and Panaflex® Camera by (as Panavision®)
• Red Lion Inn / Bellevue Center  accommodations provided by (as Red Lion Inn / Bellevue Center - Bellevue, Washington)
• Saul Zaentz Film Center  sound re-recording
• Steve Martin's Working Wildlife  animals: Los Angeles
• Video Image  24-frame video displays
• Warner Bros. Records  soundtrack album available on (as Warner Bros. Records, Tapes, and Compact Disc)
• Washington State Film & Video Office  thanks to
• White Light Casting  extras casting: Seattle

Also Known As:

Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me (France) (DVD title)
Twin Peaks - Les 7 derniers jours de Laura Palmer (France)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Teresa Banks and the Last Seven Days of Laura Palmer (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sex, and drug content, and for language.

Runtime:

135 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS (DVD version) | Dolby Digital (DVD version)

Certification:

USA:R (No. 31718) | Italy:VM14 | Spain:18 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Ireland:18 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) | UK:18 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Everett, Washington, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Richard Beymer (Ben Horne) declined to participate due to a scene where Ben was to force Laura to kiss him in exchange for a bag of cocaine. Beymer felt that there had been no buildup for the character of Horne (who confesses his love for Laura in the TV series) to extort Laura, and that as a result the scene came off as exploitative. As a result, another scene, in which Leland Palmer (Ray Wise) confronts Ben about Laura's photo being on Ben's desk, resulting in a fight with Ben's wife, was never shot. The scene also would have included Johnny and Jerry Horne.

Quotes:

Irene at Hap's: [a waitress is being interviewed while drinking coffee and smoking] I don't do drugs.
Stanley: Caffeine's a drug. Nicotine's a drug.
Irene at Hap's: [annoyed] Who's the towhead?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mulholland Dr. (2001)

Soundtrack:

A Real Indication

Fantastic..For about 20 minutes

The first twenty minutes of Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me is a cavalcade of surrealistic and dreamlike visions that represent some of the most experimental moments of David Lynch's career. The rest, sadly according to me, loses itself in trying too hard to solve the mystery and ends up giving away way too much to the viewer. Having seen the two seasons of the TV-series though, the outcome of the murder mystery did not come as a big surprise. This lack of consistency might be a question of artistic freedom. I'd hate to blame this on Lynch. It is interesting to see how an artist like Lynch takes a story with known outcome and works to reach the end point, especially considering his most recent method using no script and thus not knowing where it all ends up.

Since it is a movie, and a R-rated one, Lynch still has a lot to work with and you feel as if he did not have to settle and adjust as much here as with Twin Peaks(1990). There, the problem might have been a question of form but I still feel that Lynch, or someone else did not rely fully on Lynch's competence while making this one. The series were great, but as soon an other director made an episode, you could tell the difference for the worse. It is, according to me, a common problem in Lynch's movies, being forced to compromise, and is something that he only recently started to liberate from.

When the series aired, viewers became impatient when the mystery was not explained and ABC pulled the plug on the show. Another explanation to the movie giving away too much could perhaps be that it wants to conciliate and flirt with the viewers. Sadly, TP:FWWM did not become that big success one might have expected. To some extent, I can understand why. Lynch at his best is where he does not have to conform and goes all the way.

I do, however, believe that this movie is under rated, although more could be expected. One should bear in mind that there's a considerable difference between TV and cinema. Considering the tough, if not impossible task, following up the highly acclaimed TV-series it still does a fairly good job. As mentioned, the first twenty or thirty minutes didn't make me, and shouldn't make any Lynch fan disappointed. Measuring TP:FWWM against other of his films, I can't say it's my favorite but it's surely worth watching, especially if you're a fan of Lynch.