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3 unusual facts about Mulholland Drive


Jon Van Caneghem

This hobby grew from his unofficial races down Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood hills and in the early '90s grew into a more serious hobby on racetracks across the country.

Neal Edelstein

After completion of the film, Edelstein and Lynch became partners in The Picture Factory, where Edelstein produced The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive, as well as worked with Lynch to conceive and launch DavidLynch.com.

Street Rod 2

There are two road tracks: Mulholland Drive, largely based on the Road race of Street Rod, and a completely new track, the Aqueduct, which resembles the aqueduct in the movie Grease.


C'était un rendez-vous

During his circuit of Mulholland Drive, Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Drive, and Coldwater Canyon Drive, Leno makes several references to Lelouch's classic film.

Disability in the media

"Little People are Surreal" (examples include the character Tattoo in the television show Fantasy Island; a recurring use of a dwarf as a motif in American film director David Lynch's works, such as Mulholland Drive; and a dwarf actor who appears as a prominent cast extra in the film The Eyes of Laura Mars;

I've Told Ev'ry Little Star

In an audition scene in the film Mulholland Drive, the Linda Scott recording was used for the voice of the auditioning actress (Melissa George).

Mary Sweeney

2002: Mulholland Drive (nominated) AFI Film Award – AFI Movie of the Year (shared with producers Alain Sarde, Neal Edelstein, Michael Polaire, Tony Krantz)

Ronnie Rocket

The script featured a three-foot tall man with control over electricity; Lynch first met Michael J. Anderson when tentatively casting for this role, and later cast him in Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive as a result.

Sepulveda Pass

The Sepulveda pass on Interstate 405 begins just south of Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, climbing to just south of Mulholland Drive, then descending to just north of Sunset Boulevard, where I-405 and Sepulveda Boulevard enter the Brentwood and Westwood areas of West Los Angeles.

Tech noir

The work of David Lynch—particularly Blue Velvet (1986), Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001), and the Twin Peaks cycle, both TV series (1990–91) and movie, Fire Walk with Me (1992)—shows the influence of film noir filtered through a uniquely individualistic vision.


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Eric Da Re

His mother is award winning casting director Johanna Ray (Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Showgirls), who did casting for Twin Peaks.