Eraserhead
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Eraserhead (1977, USA) is a Surreal/Experimental cult film directed by David Lynch.
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- Featured in: Midnight Movies: From the Margin To The Mainstream
- Featured on: TCM Underground
Main Details
- Released on March 19, 1977 (Los Angeles, CA)
- B&W
- Running Time: 89 min | USA: 108 min (approx.) (premier version)
- Production Co: American Film Institute (AFI) | Libra Films
- Distribution Co: Libra Films International (USA) | Creative Exposure (Canada) | Mainline Pictures (UK) | Primer Plano Film Group S.A. (Argentina)
- Written and Directed by David Lynch
- Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph
- Produced by David Lynch
- Original Music by David Lynch
- Cinematography by Herbert Cardwell and Frederick Elmes
- Film Editing by David Lynch
Plot Summary
- Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Also Known As
- Cabeza borradora (Argentina/Spain) (video title)
- Eraserhead 2000 (USA) (DVD box title)
- Eraserhead la mente che cancella (Italy)
- Gardenback (USA) (original script title)
- Glava za brisanje (Serbia)
- Glowica scierjaca (Poland)
- Labyrinth Man (France) (reissue title)
- No Céu Tudo É Perfeito (Portugal)
Taglines
- In Heaven Everything Is Fine.
- Warning: the nightmare has not gone away
- Where your nightmares end...
- A dream of dark and troubling things
