Other Titles • Mulholland Dr. • Mulholland Drive - Straße der Finsternis (2002)
Trivia from Mulholland Dr. (2001)
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The limo that transports Rita/Camilla Rhodes has the license plate 2GAT123. The same California license plate also appears in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), L.A. Story (1991), Traffic (2000), Pay It Forward (2000), and Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
(17 votes)
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Originally filmed in 1999 on a budget of $8 million as a made-for-TV pilot, new scenes were filmed one year later on a $7 million budget given by the French film studio Studio Canal to wrap up the open ending which had been left unresolved in the original version so that a TV series could follow.
(14 votes)
3
David Lynch's 10 Clues to Unlocking This Thriller:
Pay particular attention in the beginning of the film: at least two clues are revealed before the credits.
Notice appearances of the red lampshade.
Can you hear the title of the film that Adam Kesher is auditioning actresses for? Is it mentioned again?
An accident is a terrible event... notice the location of the accident.
Who gives a key, and why?
Notice the robe, the ashtray, the coffee cup.
What is felt, realized and gathered at the club Silencio?
Did talent alone help Camilla?
Notice the occurrences surrounding the man behind Winkies.
Where is Aunt Ruth?
(15 votes)
4
When Rita and Betty go to the Sierra Bonita apartment complex, the name next to #17 is L.J. DeRosa - a member of the art department on the film, Laura J. DeRosa.
(12 votes)
5
Betty Claims to be from Deep River, Ontario. This is the name of the apartments in Blue Velvet (1986), another David Lynch film.
(10 votes)
6
At the end of the movie when Diane reaches into her nightstand drawer to grab the gun there appears to be a blue box in the drawer alongside the gun.
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Lynch cast TV soap actresses for many of the female roles. By coincidence, Naomi Watts (Diane/Betty), Melissa George (Rita/Camilla Rhodes), and Elizabeth Lackey (Carol) were all in the Australian series "Home and Away" (1988).
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[Angelo Badalamenti] the soundtrack composer appears as the espresso-drinking movie exec at the beginning of the film.
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'Charlie Croughwell' ] [, the stunt coordinator, is playing the vacuum man.]
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On the way to audition for her part as Camilla Rhodes/Rita, Laura Harring was in a minor car accident in her limo, with her limo driver.
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Adam Kesher smashing the producers' car windshield in with a golf club is a reference to the famous 1994 incident where Jack Nicholson did the same. Nicholson's nickname is "Mulholland Man".
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During the scene in the corral, the Cowboy has no eyebrows. This was done to give the character a more subtle, disturbing appearance.
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Theatrical release: October 7, 2001 (NY), October 12, 2001 (Limited)
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