Lost highway

Author

Deepak Nayar

Call Number

• DVD MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

English dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Richard Pryor, Lucy Butler, Michael Massee, Jack Nance, Jack Kehler, Henry Rollins, Giovanni Ribisi, Scott Coffey, Gary Busey, Robert Loggia.

Publication Information

Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2008]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (145 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for bizarre violent and sexual content, and strong language.

Summary

Fred Madison is a saxophonist who finds a video tape on his doorstep that shows the interior of his house, he becomes convinced that someone has broken in and calls the police. Fred finds another videotape showing him killing his wife. The police arrest and accuse him, under mysterious circumstances, of murdering his wife. In prison, he inexplicably morphs into a young man named Pete Dayton and begins living a completely different life. When Pete is released, his and Fred's paths begin to cross in a surreal, suspenseful web of intrigue, orchestrated by a shady gangster boss named Dick Laurent.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.