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Twin Peaks
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NR,1hr 53min
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1989
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C Logic
Synopsis: Also known as "The Northwest Passage," the two-hour pilot episode of Twin Peaks originally aired April 8, 1990. The central plot of the series is set when Pete Martell (Jack Nance) finds the body of high school student Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) wrapped in plastic by the water at the Packard Sawmill dock. As the town slowly gets word of her murder, Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) from the FBI arrives in the Washington town of Twin Peaks to investigate. Assisted by Sheriff Harry S. Truman ... Full Synopsis
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David Lynch took a murder mystery, mixed it with equal parts soap opera and his own surrealist vision and produced one of the most memorable television pilots in the medium's history. Twin Peaks is a fascinating tightrope-walk: Lynch's ultra-cool unconventional storytelling techniques are modified just enough to allow the movie to reach a broad audience, but he still infuses the work with enough perverse ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Dale Cooper, Special Agent Dale Cooper
James Hurley
Bobby Briggs
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