Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive (stylized as Mulholland Dr.) is a 2001 surrealist neo-noir mystery film written and directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Mark Pellegrino, and Robert Forster. It tells the story of an aspiring actress named Betty Elms (Watts), newly arrived in Los Angeles, who meets and befriends an amnesiac woman (Harring) recovering from a car accident. The story follows several other vignettes and characters, including a Hollywood film director (Theroux).
Plot
A dark-haired woman is the sole survivor of a car crash on Mulholland Drive, a winding road high in the Hollywood Hills. Injured and dazed, she makes her way down into Los Angeles by foot and sneaks into an apartment. Later that morning, an aspiring actress named Betty Elms arrives at the apartment, which is normally occupied by her Aunt Ruth. Betty is startled to find the woman, who has amnesia and calls herself "Rita" after seeing a poster for the film Gilda starring Rita Hayworth. To help the woman remember her identity, Betty looks in Rita's purse, where she finds a large amount of money and an unusual blue key.
Awards
Cast
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Ann Miller
- Billy Ray Cyrus
- Brent Briscoe
- Chad Everett
- Dan Hedaya
- Geno Silva
- James Karen
- Jeanne Bates
- Justin Theroux
- Katharine Towne
- Laura Harring
- Lee Grant
- Lisa Lackey
- Lori Heuring
- Mark Pellegrino
- Melissa George
- Michael Des Barres
- Michael Fairman
- Michael J. Anderson
- Michele Hicks
- Naomi Watts
- Patrick Fischler
- Rena Riffel
- Richard Green
- Robert Forster
- Scott Coffey
- Tony Longo
- Vincent Castellanos
- William Ostrander