Overall Rating:   3.25 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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"Hypnotic And Unsettling!" - Los Angeles Times
Spawned from the unique mind of Oscar-nominated director/writer and cinematic guru, David Lynch (Dune, Wild at Heart, "Twin Peaks"), Blue Velvet is "the work of a genius" (Pauline Kael). Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern star in this "disturbing and magical" (Rolling Stone), suspense-filled masterpiece of mystery and madness that's "a startling mixture of the heartfelt and the horrific" (Newsweek).
Cleancut college boy Jeffrey (MacLachlan) finds his Mayberry-like hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field. His investigation catapults him into an alluring, erotic murder mystery involving a disturbed nightclub singer (Rossellini) and a drug-addicted sadist (Hopper). Soon Jeffrey's led deeper into their depraved existence, finding himself obsessed with this dark, enigmatic underworld...to the point of no return.
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Features:
| Original Theatrical Trailer
Collectible Booklet | Video:
| | Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
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| Studio: MGM / UA
Production Year: 1986
Release Date: 4/25/2000
Length: 120 mins
Rating: R
Chapters: 28
| Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-SL
Item Code: 908059
UPC Code: 027616805928
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Overall Rating: 3.25 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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A strange movie! - 3 out of 5 (4/25/2000)
Most critics point to "Blue Velvet" as the turning point in David Lynch's career. His career had been primarily filled with doing other people's films such as "Dune" and putting his own unique spin on the tale. "Blue Velvet" is pure Lynch as one can see the humble beginning of "Twin Peaks" in this picture of a terrible secret living beneath the most quiet of places.
The town of Lumberton is such a place. It's a quiet suburban town that seems straight out of the fifties. The opening refrains
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It's a Strange World - 3.5 out of 5 (5/28/2000)
Many critics placed David Lynch's BLUE VELVET on the top of their lists of "Best
Movie of the 1980's", and it's not hard to see why. Hypnotic, quirky, disturbing, but never
boring, BLUE VELVET is nothing short of a masterpiece from one of America's finest
film makers.
Our story begins in the small, quiet town of Lumberton. To the strains of Bobby Vinton's
memorable tune, we see the white picket fences, the big red firetruck, the children going
to school...all the thoughts we ha
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