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"Twin Peaks" Pilot (1990)



Overview

User Rating:
8.7/10   7,808 votes
Director:
David Lynch
Writers:
Mark Frost (written by) &
David Lynch (written by)
Contact:
View company contact information for Pilot on IMDbPro.
TV Series:
"Twin Peaks" (1990)
Original Air Date:
8 April 1990 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Tagline:
A Mystery That Holds Its Secret To The Very End
Plot:
Twin Peaks, 1990. A popular teenage girl in a strange town is murdered, and a stranger FBI agent is sent in to investigate. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
as good as TV gets more (31 total)

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min | USA:113 min (video version) | 90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Norwegian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This movie was originally a pilot episode for "Twin Peaks" (1990) but since it was unsure whether they would create a whole series, the ending was rewritten to create an individual movie. (The major change was that it was revealed who the killer was.) This way, they could profit on it by selling it as a self-contained movie even if the full series was never made. When the series was in fact made, it became so popular that it was decided to release the movie anyway. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Not long after the class scene where Donna starts to cry and James breaks his pencil when they have a premonition about Laura Palmer being dead, Principal Wolchezk makes an announcement. With the previous scene in mind, he tells about Laura Palmer as their classmate, whilst actually the announcement is meant for the whole school. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Pete Martell: She's dead. Wrapped in plastic.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Le son de Lynch (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Falling more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
as good as TV gets, 6 May 2001
10/10
Author: Christian_alternakid from Nürnberg, Germany

Twin Peaks is unique in every way. It is almost unbelievable that a series so near-perfect and daring like Twin Peaks could be shown in nationwide TV. David Lynch didn't sell-out as he turned to the small screen, instead he took TV to new forms: never before and after have I seen a TV series that made such a lasting impression. I love each and every character, the brillant dialogues, the beautiful cast (Lara Flynn Boyle! Kyle MacLachlan!) and - best of all - a storytelling so absurd, obscure and perfect that you can only wonder how they made it. Its not only my favourite TV series, it has some of the best scenes ever filmed (the second murder, BOB, etc). And BOB scared me to death, ten years ago and also nowadays - I've seen the Twin Peaks Series now 5 times in its entirety and it is as good as the first time.

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