Film Info
- United States
- 1977
- 89 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.85:1
- English
- Spine #725
David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature, Eraserhead, is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes, evocative sound design, and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey remains one of American cinema’s darkest dreams.
Cast
| Henry Spencer | John Nance |
| Mary X | Charlotte Stewart |
| Mr. X | Allen Joseph |
| Mrs. X | Jeanne Bates |
| Beautiful Girl Across the Hall | Judith Anna Roberts |
| Lady in the Radiator | Laurel Near |
Credits
| Director | David Lynch |
| Written and produced by | David Lynch |
| Camera and lighting | Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell |
| Location sound and recording | Alan R. Splet |
| Assistant to the director | Catherine Coulson |
| Production manager | Doreen G. Small |
| Picture editing | David Lynch |
| Sound editing | Alan R. Splet |
| Sound effects | David Lynch and Alan R. Splet |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED EDITION:
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- “Eraserhead” Stories, a 2001 documentary by David Lynch on the making of the film
- New high-definition restorations of six short films by Lynch: Six Figures Getting Sick (1967), The Alphabet (1968), The Grandmother (1970), The Amputee, Part 1 and Part 2 (1974), and Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (1995), all with video introductions by Lynch
- New and archival interviews with cast and crew
- Trailer
New cover by Sam Weber
