June 6, 2001 –
The atmospheric mystery film, Mulholland Drive, directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, and Robert Forster, opened on this date.
Director David Lynch initially resisted Studio Canal’s offer to provide additional funds to complete the Mulholland Drive TV pilot as a feature film. Lynch’s battles with ABC network executives had left him with a negative feeling about the project, and he felt he had run out of ideas for the storyline. When he finally agreed to revisit the film, he found that all the sets had been destroyed, much to his horror, and all of the costumes and props had been released by ABC (normally all sets, props and costumes for a possible TV series are carefully cataloged and stored for future use). Lynch claimed this setback actually proved a blessing in disguise, when it finally generated new ideas about how to proceed with filming, and he was able to come up with a satisfying conclusion to the story.
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