Blue Velvet
- Director: David Lynch
- Writer: David Lynch
- Producer: Fred C. Caruso; Richard A. Roth
CGiii Comment
It is nothing...less than brilliant.
It's a kaleidoscope of slow mental torture.
It is a grueling journey to the world that lies behind the mid-USA's net curtains...and, it is not pleasant.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
College student Jeffrey Beaumont returns to his idyllic hometown of Lumberton to manage his father's hardware store while his father is hospitalized. Walking though a grassy meadow near the family home, Jeffrey finds a severed human ear. After an initial investigation, lead police Detective John Williams advises Jeffrey not to speak to anyone about the case as they investigate further. Detective Williams also tells Jeffrey that he cannot divulge any information about what the police know. Detective Williams' high school aged daughter, Sandy Williams, tells Jeffrey what she knows about the case from overhearing her father's private conversations on the matter: that it has to do with a nightclub singer named Dorothy Vallens, who lives in an older apartment building near the Beaumont home. His curiosity getting the better of him, Jeffrey, with Sandy's help, decides to find out more about the woman at the center of the case by breaking into Dorothy's apartment while he knows she's at work.
Cast & Characters
Isabella Rossellini as Dorothy Vallens;
Kyle MacLachlan as Jeffrey Beaumont;
Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth;
Laura Dern as Sandy Williams;
Hope Lange as Mrs. Williams;
Dean Stockwell as Ben;
George Dickerson as Detective Williams;
Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Beaumont;
Frances Bay as Aunt Barbara;
Jack Harvey as Mr. Beaumont;
Ken Stovitz as Mike;
Brad Dourif as Raymond;
Jack Nance as Paul;
J. Michael Hunter as Hunter;
Dick Green as Don Vallens