Lost Highway
A lost road on the edge of strange…
1997 | 134m | English
Popularity: 8 (history)
| Director: | David Lynch |
|---|---|
| Writer: | David Lynch, Barry Gifford |
| Staring: |
| A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 15, 1997 |
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| Director: | David Lynch |
| Writer: | David Lynch, Barry Gifford |
| Genres: | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | prison, pornography, dual identity, jealousy, dreams, eroticism, sexual frustration, violent husband, paranoia, headache, death row, motel, prison cell, jazz singer or musician, nightmare, gangster, car mechanic, hallucination, suspicion, bedroom, highway, identity crisis, transformation, police, insanity, murder, car crash, surrealism, los angeles, california, doppelgänger, videotape, fugue state, ambiguous |
| Production Companies | CiBy 2000, Asymmetrical Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,836,866
Budget: $15,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Patricia Arquette | Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield |
| Bill Pullman | Fred Madison |
| Balthazar Getty | Pete Dayton |
| Robert Blake | Mystery Man |
| Robert Loggia | Mr. Eddy / Dick Laurent |
| Michael Massee | Andy |
| Natasha Gregson Wagner | Sheila |
| Richard Pryor | Arnie |
| Gary Busey | Bill Dayton |
| Lucy Butler | Candace Dayton |
| Jack Nance | Phil |
| Jack Kehler | Guard Johnny Mack |
| Henry Rollins | Guard Henry |
| Giovanni Ribisi | Steve "V" |
| Scott Coffey | Teddy |
| John Roselius | Al |
| Louis Eppolito | Ed |
| Jenna Maetlind | Party Girl |
| Michael Shamus Wiles | Guard Mike |
| Mink Stole | Forewoman |
| Leonard Termo | Judge |
| Ivory Ocean | Guard Ivory |
| David Byrd | Doctor Smordin |
| Gene Ross | Warden Clements |
| F. William Parker | Captain Luneau |
| Guy Siner | Prison Official #1 |
| Alexander Folk | Prison Official #2 |
| Carl Sundstrom | Hank |
| John Solari | Lou |
| Jack | The Dog |
| Al Garrett | Carl |
| Heather Stephens | Lanie |
| Amanda Anka | Girl #1 |
| Jennifer Syme | Junkie Girl |
| Matt Sigloch | Assistant #1 |
| Gilbert B. Combs | Assistant #2 |
| Greg Travis | Tail Gate Driver |
| Lisa Boyle | Marian |
| Leslie Bega | Raquel |
| Marilyn Manson | Porno Star #1 |
| Jeordie White | Porno Star #2 |
| Metin Bereketli | Hitman (uncredited) |
| Dru Berrymore | Blonde on Staircase (uncredited) |
| Bill McAdams Jr. | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Lou Slaughter | Slickster (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David Lynch | Writer, Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Director |
| Frank Gaeta | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Peter Deming | Director of Photography |
| Cole S. McKay | Stunts |
| Eliza Coleman | Stunts |
| Gene Hartline | Stunts |
| Angelo Badalamenti | Original Music Composer |
| Scott Andrew Ressler | First Assistant Camera |
| Eric DaRe | Property Buyer |
| Jophery C. Brown | Stunts |
| Gilbert B. Combs | Stunts |
| Joey Box | Stunts |
| David Melhase | Sound Effects Editor |
| Cori Glazer | Script Supervisor |
| Paul Hughen | Camera Operator |
| John Ross | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Derek Marcil | ADR & Dubbing, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Willis III | Best Boy Electric |
| Ossama Khuluki | Foley |
| Jiří Zobač | Sound Engineer |
| Patricia Norris | Production Design, Costume Design |
| Philip Bartko | Special Effects |
| Ellen Heuer | Foley |
| Michael LaViolette | Gaffer |
| Johanna Ray | Casting |
| Leslie Morales | Set Decoration |
| Greg Polutonovich | Sculptor |
| Catherine Harper | Foley |
| Paul Wilkowsky | Grip |
| Michael Wilmot | Special Effects |
| Bill Brown | Sound Effects Editor |
| Christopher Moriana | Foley |
| Marc Vanocur | Music Editor |
| Bart Barber | Special Effects |
| Debbie Zoller | Makeup Artist |
| Susumu Tokunow | Sound mixer |
| Cassandra King | Post Production Assistant |
| Frederick Howard | Sound Effects Editor |
| David A. Poole | Special Effects |
| Karen R. Sachs | Production Manager |
| Kevin Kubota | Boom Operator |
| Cynthia Wise | Production Accountant |
| Mary Erstad | Foley |
| Julie Duvic | Location Manager |
| Ed Morris | Executive Consultant |
| Desmond Cannon | Post Production Supervisor |
| Benjamin L. Cook | Sound Effects Editor |
| Javier Bennassar | Sound Effects Editor |
| Tim Collins | Grip |
| Elaine J. Huzzar | Casting |
| Philip Sloan | Grip |
| Cormac Funge | Sound Effects Editor |
| Elmo Weber | Sound Effects Editor |
| William Roy Eckert | Grip |
| Dean Hovey | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lucy Sustar | Foley Editor |
| Todd Mitchell Griffith | Grip |
| Susan Shin | Dialogue Editor |
| David Mann | Foley Editor |
| Joshua E. Schneider | Foley Editor |
| Thomas Jones | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Louis Creveling | Dialogue Editor |
| Robert Jauregui | Stunts |
| Rick Seaman | Stunts |
| Scott Cameron | First Assistant Director |
| Adam Rosen | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Burnett | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Russell J. Smith | Art Direction |
| Marisa Aboitiz | Set Costumer |
| Suzanne Tenner | Still Photographer |
| Marilyn Graf | Foley Editor |
| Paul Longstaffe | Dialogue Editor |
| Laura Laird | Foley Editor |
| Craig Sherman Hall | Property Master |
| David Grant | Dialogue Editor |
| Barry Gifford | Writer |
| Hilary Schroeder | Assistant Editor |
| Simone Farber | Second Assistant Director |
| Patricia Miller | Hairstylist |
| Hayley Cecile | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Chris Howell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Marlene Lipman | Makeup Artist |
| Toni-Ann Walker | Hairstylist |
| Barry Adamson | Additional Music |
| Terry Jackson | Stunts |
| Cole McLarty | Stunts |
| Jim Palmer | Stunts |
| Matt Sigloch | Stunts |
| Mike Watson | Stunts |
| Glen Yrigoyen | Stunts |
| David Storm | Set Dresser |
| Samuel J. Tell | Assistant Property Master |
| Maurizio Bizzarri | Costume Supervisor |
| Kathleen Norris | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Dan Kneece | Steadicam Operator |
| Stan McClain | Aerial Camera |
| Andrea Chesney | Second Assistant Camera |
| Brian Johnson | First Assistant Editor |
| Rammstein | Songs |
| Sabrina S. Sutherland | Production Supervisor |
| Deepak Nayar | Unit Production Manager |
| Mary Sweeney | Editor |
| Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| David Barrett | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tom Sternberg | Producer |
| Mary Sweeney | Producer |
| Deepak Nayar | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Won |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 35 | 55 | 22 |
| 2024 | 5 | 35 | 85 | 21 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 47 | 81 | 19 |
| 2025 | 2 | 27 | 41 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 529 | 775 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 303 | 711 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 950 | 963 |
Jeff_34
N/A
**Lynch's Masterpiece.** This is my favorite Lynch films, hands down. First saw it in a theatre and the film's lighting was so weird and disorienting that at times you weren't sure if there was some weird exterior light source hitting the screen. Uber weird. More twist and turns than the ... highway itself :P For sure it's fun to try and nail down exactly what happened but IMHO it's a little more fun not to know - each time you rewatch it you might see/think/feel something different.
Jun 23, 2021
JPV852
8.0
Another mindf*** from David Lynch has some great visuals and once I did some research afterward, some of it actually makes sense, though while watching there plenty wtf moments. Not sure I love it or not but appreciate many elements. **3.75/5** ...
Oct 11, 2022