Blue Velvet
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
MGM / UA  (1986) 120 mins R

7.8 (43,114 votes)
"Hypnotic And Unsettling!" - Los Angeles Times

Spawned from the unique mind of Oscar-nominated director/writer and cinematic guru, David Lynch (Dune, Wild at Heart, "Twin Peaks"), Blue Velvet is "the work of a genius" (Pauline Kael). Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern star in this "disturbing and magical" (Rolling Stone), suspense-filled masterpiece of mystery and madness that's "a startling mixture of the heartfelt and the horrific" (Newsweek).

Cleancut college boy Jeffrey (MacLachlan) finds his Mayberry-like hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field. His investigation catapults him into an alluring, erotic murder mystery involving a disturbed nightclub singer (Rossellini) and a drug-addicted sadist (Hopper). Soon Jeffrey's led deeper into their depraved existence, findin...

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Cast and Crew
Dennis Hopper  ......  Frank Booth
Dean Stockwell  ......  Ben
Isabella Rossellini  ......  Dorothy Vallens
Kyle MacLachlan  ......  Jeffrey Beaumont
Laura Dern  ......  Sandy Williams
Hope Lange  ......  Mrs. Williams
Director  .....  David Lynch
Producer  .....  Richard Roth; Fred C. Caruso; Richard A. Roth
Writer  .....  David Lynch
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: Jeffrey's cheek wound disappears in some scenes. (more)

Trivia:
The producers did not want to pay the rights for including the original recording of Bobby Vinton's song "Blue Velvet". So Angelo Badalamenti was brought in to record a new version that sounded exactly like the old one. After Badalamenti delivered, the filmmakers invited Vinton into a studio to re-record vocals for his famous song. It had to be arranged two and a half keys lower because of Bobby's changed vocal range. Lynch heard the new recording, liked it, but thought that it would not work as well as the original version and finally convinced the producers to shell out the extra money for using it. (more)

Filming Locations:
Lumberton, North Carolina, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Radio announcer: It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaws out. This is the mighty W.O.O.D., the musical voice of Lumberton. At the sound of the falling tree, it's 9:30. There's a whole lotta wood waitin' out there, so let's get goin'.
Nurse Cindy: Mr. Beaumont? Your son Jeffrey's here to see you.
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 17 wins & 10 nominations (more)