History Trivia / TwinPeaksFireWalkWithMe

* NotScreenedForCritics: Wasn't screened for critics, but WAS screened at Cannes, where it was burned up.

* DoingItForTheArt: The numerous prominent actors in the film, including Creator/KieferSutherland, Music/DavidBowie, Creator/HarryDeanStanton and Creator/JurgenProchnow, played small parts for almost no money because they had all been fans of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' and/or Creator/DavidLynch's other work (Prochnow previously worked with Lynch in ''[[Film/Dune1984 Dune (1984)]]''. The same went for Chris Isaak but he had previously collaborated with Lynch when Lynch directed the music video for Isaak's song "Wicked Game" and popularized the song in ''Film/WildAtHeart''.

* DoingItForTheArt: The numerous prominent actors in the film, including Creator/KieferSutherland, Music/DavidBowie, Creator/HarryDeanStanton and Creator/JurgenProchnow, played small parts for almost no money because they had all been fans of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' and/or Creator/DavidLynch's other work. The same went for Chris Isaak but he had previously collaborated with Lynch when Lynch directed the music video for Isaak's song "Wicked Game" and popularized the song in ''Film/WildAtHeart''.

** The Cooper plot was originally planned to be bigger part of the film, but it was eventually reduced in scope by request of Creator/KyleMacLachlan, who was afraid being typecast at the time.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $10 million; box office: $4.2 million - though as mentioned above it was [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff significantly better received in Japan]].

* BigInJapan: While the film was originally met with a lukewarm critical response in the West, and ended up as a BoxOfficeBomb, it became a smash hit on the Japanese market.

* DeletedScene and DeletedRole: Lynch shot five hours of scenes, so when "The Entire Mystery" Blu-ray boxset was released in 2014, he had them cut together into a 90 minutes feature named ''The Missing Pieces''. Notably, amongst the scenes is a brief scene that takes place immediately after the finale, and, in true Lynch style, it doesn't really resolve anything. It also includes appearances for almost every regular character from the TV series - Pete, Josie and Dell Mibbler, Big Ed and Nadine, the Hayward and Briggs families, Dr Jacoby and the entire Sheriff's Department, all of whom were cut from ''Fire Walk With Me''.

** The film was originally meant to be followed up with two sequels which would respectively continue and conclude the events of the series, but the film being a BoxOfficeBomb put a stopper to those plans. Thankfully, the series would get a proper conclusion 25 years later.

* VindicatedByHistory: The premiere of the film at Cannes was greeted by boos and jeers, and most American reviews of the film upon its release were highly unfavourable, accusing the film of betraying fans of the series. European reviews of the film were more favourable, however, and over time the film has undergone a significant critical reevaluation, to the point that it is considered one of Lynch's better films and an significant step in his evolution as a film maker. It's come to be seen as a crucial part of the story told in the series revival (which is tonally closer to this movie than the original series), bringing things full circle.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Japanese and Brazillian release of the movie changed the title to ''The Last Seven Days of Laura Palmer''.
* DeletedScene: The film ended up with so many, that when "The Entire Mystery" Blu-ray boxset was released in 2014, David Lynch had them cut together into a 90 minutes feature named ''The Missing Pieces''. Notably, amongst the scenes is a brief scene that takes place immediately after the finale, and, in true Lynch style, it doesn't really resolve anything.

* DeletedScene: The film ended up with so many, that when "The Entire Mystery" DVD boxset was released in 2014, David Lynch had them cut together into a 90 minutes feature named ''The Missing Pieces''. Notably, amongst the scenes is a brief scene that takes place immediately after the finale, and, in true Lynch style, it doesn't really resolve anything.

* FranchiseKiller: This was the last nail in the ''Twin Peaks'' TV franchise before that coffin was cremated; it would take several decades for any talks about reviving it to materialize.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Cooper plot was originally planned to be bigger part of the film, but it was eventually reduced in scope by request of Creator/KyleMacLachlan, who was afraid being typecast at the time.

* VindicatedByHistory: The premiere of the film at Cannes was greeted by boos and jeers, and most American reviews of the film upon its release were highly unfavourable, accusing the film of betraying fans of the series. European reviews of the film were more favourable, however, and over time the film has undergone a significant critical reevaluation, to the point that it is considered one of Lynch's better films and an significant step in his evolution as a film maker.

* VindicatedByHistory: The premiere of the film at Cannes was greeted by boos and jeers, and most American reviews of the film upon its release were highly unfavourable, accusing the film of betraying fans of the series. European reviews of the film were more favourable, however, and over time the film has undergone a significant critical reevaluation, to the point that it is considered one of Lynch's better films.

* VindicatedByHistory: The premiere of the film at Cannes was greeted by boos and jeers, and most American reviews of the film upon its release were highly unfavourable, accusing the film of betraying fans of the series. European reviews of the film were more favourable, however, and over time the film is undergoing a significant critical reevaluation, to the point that it is considered one of Lynch's better films.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $10 million. Box office, $4.2 million.

* BigInJapan: While the film was originally met with a lukewarm critical response in the West, and became a BoxOfficeBomb, it ended up becoming a smash hit on the Japanese market.

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* NotScreenedForCritics
* TheOtherDarrin: Most notably Moira Kelly as Donna, since Lara Flynn Boyle bowed out.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Japanese release of the movie changed the title to ''The Last Seven Days of Laura Palmer''.