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* CreatorBacklash: The original television pilot for David Lynch. His opinion of this version isn't as fond as his opinion of the film itself, finding the film's focus on the Betty/Rita and Diane/Camilla romances to be much more compelling than the increasingly complicated plot he had originally envisioned. It's no wonder why this version is hard to find.



* OldShame: The original television pilot for David Lynch. His opinion of this version isn't as fond as his opinion of the film itself, finding the film's focus on the Betty/Rita and Diane/Camilla romances to be much more compelling than the increasingly complicated plot he had originally envisioned. It's no wonder why this version is hard to find.
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** In ''Blue Velvet'', Ben lip-synchs Music/RoyOrbison's "In Dreams". In ''Mulhollad Dr.'', Rebekah Del Rio lip-synchs a recording of herself singing a Spanish translation of Roy Orbison's "Crying".

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** In ''Blue Velvet'', Ben lip-synchs lip-syncs Music/RoyOrbison's "In Dreams". In ''Mulhollad Dr.'', Rebekah Del Rio lip-synchs lip-syncs a recording of herself singing a Spanish translation of Roy Orbison's "Crying".
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* CreatorThumbprint: There are a few subtle references to Lynch's earlier film ''Film/BlueVelvet''.
** In ''Blue Velvet'', Dorothy lives in an apartment building called the Deep River building. In ''Mulholland Dr.'', Betty is from Deep River, Ontario.
** In ''Blue Velvet'', Ben lip-synchs Music/RoyOrbison's "In Dreams". In ''Mulhollad Dr.'', Rebekah Del Rio lip-synchs a recording of herself singing a Spanish translation of Roy Orbison's "Crying".

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* EditedForSyndication: Lynch himself recut Betty and Rita's sex scene on the film's home video release, adding a blur effect to the latter's crotch because he disapproved of nude pictures of Laura Harring being distributed on the Internet

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* EditedForSyndication: Lynch himself recut Betty and Rita's sex scene on the film's home video release, adding a blur effect to the latter's crotch because he disapproved of nude pictures of Laura Harring being distributed on the InternetInternet.
* EnforcedMethodActing: A mild example in Bonnie Aarons' case -- she worked out the strange, almost lovestruck expression she would have on her face with Lynch beforehand, but she was actually looking at him "all dreamy-eyed" [[https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/mulholland-drives-evil-hobo-breaks-her-silencio.html because she found him so handsome]], and had difficulty replicating it on camera. The take used in the film is one where he agreed to stick his head out so she'd see his face and smile.



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* AllStarCast: Starring Creator/NaomiWatts, Creator/LauraElenaHarring, Creator/JustinTheroux, and Creator/MarkPellegrino with supporting roles filled out by Robert Forster, Lee Grant, Creator/DanHedaya, James Karen, Ann Miller, Marcus Graham, Creator/RitaTaggart, Chad Everett, and Music/BillyRayCyrus.

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* AllStarCast: Starring Creator/NaomiWatts, Creator/LauraElenaHarring, Creator/JustinTheroux, and Creator/MarkPellegrino with supporting roles filled out by Robert Forster, Lee Grant, Creator/RobertForster, Creator/LeeGrant, Creator/DanHedaya, James Karen, Creator/JamesKaren, Ann Miller, Marcus Graham, Creator/RitaTaggart, Chad Everett, and Music/BillyRayCyrus.
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** Also, most of the rest of the cast of the movie.

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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/NaomiWatts.

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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/NaomiWatts. Before this movie, she'd been struggling in small roles and forgettable rom-coms. The most successful project she'd been involved in was probably ''Film/BabePigInTheCity'', on which she'd done some voice work (as "Additional Voices"). Then David Lynch cast her as the idealistic Betty and the desperate Diane, and no matter what else reviewers thought of the film, she was universally praised.
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* AuteurLicense: Lynch was given more-or-less complete free rein to make the film however he saw fit, first under ABC while it was still a television pilot, than under Studio Canal while it was being completed in its current iteration.

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* AuteurLicense: Lynch was given more-or-less complete free rein to make the film however he saw fit, first under ABC while it was still a television pilot, than under Studio Canal [=StudioCanal=] while it was being completed in its current iteration.
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* ChannelHop: The film was originally shot for the Creator/{{ABC}} network and financed by Creator/TouchstonePictures and Creator/ImagineEntertainment. After ABC passed on it, director Creator/DavidLynch decided to rework it and got production company Studio Canal to buy the film and finance the shooting of new footage. Creator/{{Universal}} ended up releasing the film as part of their relationship with Studio Canal.

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* ChannelHop: The film was originally shot for the Creator/{{ABC}} network and financed by Creator/TouchstonePictures and Creator/ImagineEntertainment. After ABC passed on it, director Creator/DavidLynch decided to rework it and got French production company Studio Canal Creator/StudioCanal to buy the film and finance the shooting of new footage. Creator/{{Universal}} ended up releasing the film as part of their relationship with Studio Canal.[=StudioCanal=] (both companies were owned by French conglomerate Vivendi at the time).
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* AllStarCast: Starring Creator/NaomiWatts, Creator/LauraElenaHarring, Creator/JustinTheroux, and Creator/MarkPellegrino with supporting roles filled out by Robert Forster, Lee Grant, Creator/DanHedaya, James Karen, Ann Miller, Marcus Graham, Rita Taggart, Chad Everett, and Music/BillyRayCyrus.

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* AllStarCast: Starring Creator/NaomiWatts, Creator/LauraElenaHarring, Creator/JustinTheroux, and Creator/MarkPellegrino with supporting roles filled out by Robert Forster, Lee Grant, Creator/DanHedaya, James Karen, Ann Miller, Marcus Graham, Rita Taggart, Creator/RitaTaggart, Chad Everett, and Music/BillyRayCyrus.
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* AuteurLicense: Lynch was given more-or-less complete free reign to make the film however he saw fit, first under ABC while it was still a television pilot, than under Studio Canal while it was being completed in its current iteration.

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* AuteurLicense: Lynch was given more-or-less complete free reign rein to make the film however he saw fit, first under ABC while it was still a television pilot, than under Studio Canal while it was being completed in its current iteration.
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* InMemoriam: The movie is dedicated to Jennifer Syme, who worked as an assistant to director David Lynch at the time. Syme died in a car crash in April 2001, before the movie was released.

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* InMemoriam: The movie is dedicated to [[http://mulholland-drive.net/cast/jennifer.htm Jennifer Syme, Syme]], who worked as an assistant to director David Lynch at the time. Syme died in a car crash in April 2001, before the movie was released.
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* ChannelHop: The film was originally shot for the Creator/{{ABC}} network and financed by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Touchstone Pictures]]. After ABC passed on it, director Creator/DavidLynch decided to rework it and got production company Studio Canal to buy the film and finance the shooting of new footage. Creator/{{Universal}} ended up releasing the film as part of their relationship with Studio Canal.

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* ChannelHop: The film was originally shot for the Creator/{{ABC}} network and financed by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Touchstone Pictures]].Creator/TouchstonePictures and Creator/ImagineEntertainment. After ABC passed on it, director Creator/DavidLynch decided to rework it and got production company Studio Canal to buy the film and finance the shooting of new footage. Creator/{{Universal}} ended up releasing the film as part of their relationship with Studio Canal.
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* OldShame: David Lynch's opinion of the version that was originally going to be a TV pilot isn't as fond as his opinion of the film itself, finding the film's focus on the Betty/Rita and Diane/Camilla romances to be much more compelling than the increasingly complicated plot he had originally envisioned.

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* OldShame: The original television pilot for David Lynch's Lynch. His opinion of the this version that was originally going to be a TV pilot isn't as fond as his opinion of the film itself, finding the film's focus on the Betty/Rita and Diane/Camilla romances to be much more compelling than the increasingly complicated plot he had originally envisioned.envisioned. It's no wonder why this version is hard to find.
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* FakeNationality: Aussies Creator/NaomiWatts and Creator/MelissaGeorge as the Canadian Betty Elms. [[spoiler: And later as the Canadian Diane Selwyn,]] and the American Camilla Rhodes, respectively.

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* FakeNationality: Aussies Briton Creator/NaomiWatts and Aussie Creator/MelissaGeorge as the Canadian Betty Elms. [[spoiler: And Elms ([[spoiler: and later as the Canadian Diane Selwyn,]] Selwyn]]) and the American Camilla Rhodes, respectively.
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* OldShame: David Lynch's opinion of the version that was originally going to be a TV pilot isn't as fond as his opinion of the film itself, finding the film's focus on the Betty/Rita and Diane/Camilla romances to be much more compelling than the increasingly complicated plot he had originally envisioned.


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** [[http://www.mulholland-drive.net/studies/pilot.htm Additional information relating to the TV pilot]] reveals that the main plot wasn't going to be a dream, the Winkies bum may have had a larger role, Adam Kesher would have become a neighbor to Betty and all the mysteries surrounding Rita and her conspirators would give way to further mysteries.
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* AllStarCast: Starring Creator/NaomiWatts, Creator/LauraElenaHarring, Creator/JustinTheroux, and Creator/MarkPellegrino with supporting roles filled out by Robert Forster, Lee Grant, Dan Hedaya, James Karen, Ann Miller, Marcus Graham, Rita Taggart, Chad Everett, and Music/BillyRayCyrus.

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* AllStarCast: Starring Creator/NaomiWatts, Creator/LauraElenaHarring, Creator/JustinTheroux, and Creator/MarkPellegrino with supporting roles filled out by Robert Forster, Lee Grant, Dan Hedaya, Creator/DanHedaya, James Karen, Ann Miller, Marcus Graham, Rita Taggart, Chad Everett, and Music/BillyRayCyrus.
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** There is another scene introducing Wilkins, who lives in a studio loft above Betty Elms's apartment where Adam phones him just before his meeting with the Cowboy and telling Wilkins about finding his wife in bed with the pool man, and asks Wilkins if he could come over to stay for a while since he has no money. Wilkins agrees, and after hanging up, he yells at his dog crouched in a corner about relieving himself all over the place.

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** There is [[https://youtu.be/I0Rw96JKo-w?t=22 another scene scene]] introducing Wilkins, who lives in a studio loft above Betty Elms's apartment where Adam phones him just before his meeting with the Cowboy and telling Wilkins about finding his wife in bed with the pool man, and asks Wilkins if he could come over to stay for a while since he has no money. Wilkins agrees, and after hanging up, he yells at his dog crouched in a corner about relieving himself all over the place.
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** An additional scene of the Police Detectives, here discussing the previous night's limo crash in a police station.

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** An additional scene of the [[https://youtu.be/NhqZgpvB0YY?t=9 Police Detectives, Detectives]], here discussing the previous night's limo crash in a police station.

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