Movie: The Short Films of David Lynch

Top 10 Billed Cast

David Lynch
David Lynch

Self

Catherine E. Coulson
Catherine E. Coulson

Amputee

Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton

Slim

Jack Nance
Jack Nance

Pete

Frederic Golchan
Frederic Golchan

Pierre

Tracey Walter
Tracey Walter

Dusty

Michael Horse
Michael Horse

Broken Feather

Richard White
Richard White

Mike

Dorothy McGinnis
Dorothy McGinnis

Grandmother

Virginia Maitland
Virginia Maitland

Mother

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    This collection of David Lynch's short films cover the first 29 years of his career. Each film is given a special introduction by the director himself. His earliest underground films Six Figures Getting Sick (1966), The Alphabet (1968), The Grandmother (1970) and The Amputee (1974) are showcased as well as two requisitioned works well into his successful career The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988) and his addition for Lumière and Company (1995).

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    2002-02-20

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