Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me

 

Twin Peaks – Fire Walk with Me (1992)

NEUTRAL
In-Theaters
Movie Reviews78%
R
1992, Crime/Drama, 2h 15m
RT Critics’ Score: 64% (UNBIASED)
RT Audience Score: 78%
Awards & Nominations: 4 wins & 7 nominations

 

Critics Consensus

For better or worse, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is every bit as strange and twisted as you’d expect from David Lynch
 

Audience Consensus

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is a wild ride that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about David Lynch. Critics may be divided, but one thing is for sure – this movie is not for the faint of heart. With its dreamlike sequences and disturbing imagery, it’s no wonder that some viewers find it hard to stomach. But for those who are willing to take the plunge, Fire Walk With Me is a masterpiece that will haunt you long after the credits roll. So grab some cherry pie and a damn fine cup of coffee, and get ready for a journey into the heart of darkness.
 
Movie Trailer

Movie Info

Storyline

Essentially a prequel to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s earlier TV series “Twin Peaks”. The first half-hour or so concerns the investigation by FBI Agent Chet Desmond (Chris Isaak) and his partner Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland) into the murder of night-shift waitress Teresa Banks in the small Washington state town of Deer Meadow. When Desmond finds a mysterious clue to the murder, he inexplicably disappears. The film then cuts to one year later in the nearby town of Twin Peaks and follows the events during the last week in the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) a troubled teenage girl with two boyfriends; the hot-tempered rebel Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) and quiet biker James Hurley (James Marshall), her drug addiction, and her relationship with her difficult (and possible schizophrenic) father Leland (Ray Wise), a story in which her violent murder was later to motivate much of the TV series. Contains a considerable amount of sex, drugs, violence, very loud music and inexplicable imagery.

 
Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
708 33rd St, Everett, Washington, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong violence, sex, and drug content, and for language
 
Year of Release
1992
 

Technical Specs
  • Color:
    Color
  • Sound mix:
    Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio:
    1.85 : 1
  • Runtime:
    NA
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Country of origin:
    United States
  • Release date:
    Release Date (Streaming): Feb 26, 2002

 
Genre(s)
Crime/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
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Box Office Details

Worldwide gross: $4,184,990
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $8,958,078
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,001
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 976,890
 
US/Canada gross: $4,160,851
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $8,906,408
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,653
US/Canada opening weekend: $1,813,559
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $3,881,969
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,136
 
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $10,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $21,405,256
Production budget ranking: 1,337
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $11,526,730
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$23,973,908
ROI to date (est.): -73%
ROI ranking: 1,821

 
Movie Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Kyle MacLachlanSheryl LeeMoira KellyDavid BowieChris Isaak
Kyle MacLachlan
Sheryl Lee
Moira Kelly
David Bowie
Chris Isaak
Special Agent Dale Cooper
Laura Palmer
Donna Hayward
Phillip Jeffries
Special Agent Chester Desmond
Kyle MacLachlan – Special Agent Dale Cooper
Sheryl Lee – Laura Palmer
Moira Kelly – Donna Hayward
David Bowie – Phillip Jeffries
Chris Isaak – Special Agent Chester Desmond
Harry Dean Stanton – Carl Rodd

 

David LynchNAGregg Fienberg
David Lynch
NA
Gregg Fienberg
Director
Writer
Producer
Producer
Producer

Director(s)
David Lynch
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
Gregg Fienberg

 
Movie Reviews & Awards
Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
4 wins & 7 nominations
 
Academy Awards

 

Top Reviews
Jason BaileyCalum MarshOwen GleibermanMichael WilmingtonSteven Rea
Jason Bailey
Calum Marsh
Owen Gleiberman
Michael Wilmington
Steven Rea
Flavorwire
Village Voice
Entertainment Weekly
Los Angeles Times
Philadelphia Inquirer
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME
 All Critics (75) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (27)
 David Lynch’s prequel film, maligned upon its initial release, can now be seen as a hinge in his filmography – and a hint of what’s to come.
 
 May 19, 2017
 
 Jason Bailey
 Flavorwire
 TOP CRITIC
 In its own singular, deeply strange way, Fire Walk With Me is David Lynch’s masterpiece.
 
 December 13, 2013 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Calum Marsh
 Village Voice
 TOP CRITIC
 There have always been two sides to Lynch: the inscrutable, demonic prankster and the rhapsodic dreamer. In Fire Walk With Me, he’s at least trying to recover his poetic sincerity. If only his dreams weren’t starting to look like reruns.
 
 May 3, 2013 | Rating: C
 
 Owen Gleiberman
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 At its best, it’s a dream within a dream, a nightmare in endlessly reflecting pop mirrors, a screen full of TV-movie sex and horror kitsch blowing up right in our faces.
 
 May 3, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Michael Wilmington
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 In Twin Peaks the movie, all the twists get straightened out. The thrill is gone.
 
 May 3, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Steven Rea
 Philadelphia Inquirer
 TOP CRITIC
 For those who are willing to go the distance with Lynch, the return trip to Twin Peaks is well worth the trouble.
 
 May 3, 2013
 
 Jay Boyar
 Orlando Sentinel
 TOP CRITIC
 Lynch explores how evil influence plays a macabre role in the corruption of goodness, of everything that is sweet and innocent.
 
 May 6, 2019 | Rating: 5/5
 
 C.H. Newell
 Father Son Holy Gore
 The world of Twin Peaks is dense, terrifying, and seductive all at once. Fire Walk with Me has all these trademarks but also presented the reality that David Lynch will never succumb to audience expectation, no matter how rabid they might be.
 
 October 30, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Sean Mulvihill
 FanboyNation.com
 Engages with the psychological onslaught of the senses that is stirred by trauma in such a furious, intimate way that… the simple act of looking at a framed image of Laura Palmer can send electricity up our spinal cords.
 
 October 16, 2018
 
 Dom Nero
 Esquire Magazine
 Weirdness abounds, but is always depicted in Lynch’s highly stylized, painterly manner. He loves to dwell on images languorously, whether they are horrific or pastoral.
 
 April 23, 2018
 
 Owen McNally
 Hartford Courant
 Twin Peaks: The Return elevates FWWM from a questionably necessary prequel movie to an essential piece of a far larger and suddenly more cohesive mythology.
 
 December 13, 2017
 
 Austin Trunick
 Under the Radar
 As hard as it may be to watch, Fire Walk With Me is a beautiful, underrated movie that is essential to Twin Peaks.
 
 July 20, 2017
 
 Zachary Doiron
 Film Inquiry…

 
Movie Plot & More
Plot
Essentially a prequel to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s earlier TV series “Twin Peaks”. The first half-hour or so concerns the investigation by FBI Agent Chet Desmond (Chris Isaak) and his partner Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland) into the murder of night-shift waitress Teresa Banks in the small Washington state town of Deer Meadow. When Desmond finds a mysterious clue to the murder, he inexplicably disappears. The film then cuts to one year later in the nearby town of Twin Peaks and follows the events during the last week in the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) a troubled teenage girl with two boyfriends; the hot-tempered rebel Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) and quiet biker James Hurley (James Marshall), her drug addiction, and her relationship with her difficult (and possible schizophrenic) father Leland (Ray Wise), a story in which her violent murder was later to motivate much of the TV series. Contains a considerable amount of sex, drugs, violence, very loud music and inexplicable imagery.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me includes Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, David Bowie, Chris Isaak, and Harry Dean Stanton.
 
Movie Links Wikipedia and Rotten Tomatoes

Links
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