Eraserhead
USA 1977
89 mins
director
David Lynch
producer
David Lynch
screenplay
David Lynch
cinematography
Herbert Cardwell
Frederick Elmes
editor
David Lynch
music.
David Lynch
Peter Ivers
production design
David Lynch
location sound, re-recording and sound editor
Alan R. Splet
starring
Jack Nance
Charlotte Stewart
Allen Joseph
Jeanne Bates
Judith Anna Roberts
Laurel Near
Jack Fisk
Thomas Coulson
Darwin Joston

 
Win ERASERHEAD and THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH on DVD

David Lynch's first full-length feature film, ERASERHEAD, hardly needs any introduction. Having delighted, disturbed and confounded audiences and critics in equal measure during the three decades since its release, the film has achieved almost unparalleled cult classic status and is still regarded by many as David Lynch's most remarkable work.

Now, ERASERHEAD is coming to DVD having undergone a brand new transfer, presenting the film exactly as the director wanted home audiences to see it. For this DVD release version, Lynch personally underwent the painstaking process of cleaning, restoring and remastering the film frame-by-frame in order to ‘obtain the best image and sound quality possible'. The result is ERASERHEAD as you've never seen it before.

Starring Jack Nance (Lost Highway, Twin Peaks, Wild At Heart, Blue Velvet, Dune), Charlotte Stewart (Twin Peaks, Tremors), Allen Joseph (Raging Bull, Marathon Man), Jeanne Bates (Mulholland Drive, Grand Canyon) and Judith Roberts (Choke), Lynch's dystopian, nightmare vision was completed over a five year period between 1972 and 1976 and has been described astutely by the director as 'a dream of dark and troubling things'.

Jack Nance (credited as John) stars as Henry Spencer, a young man living in a dilapidated apartment located in a sordid industrial town polluted by steam, smoke and noise. When his girlfriend, Mary X (Charlotte Stewart), gives birth to their illegitimate and freakishly premature, quasi-foetus child, Henry takes them both in. But their domestic situation soon proves to be too much for Mary, who leaves Henry to care for the ‘baby' on his own.

A disturbing surrealist fantasy combing elements of horror and black comedy ERASERHEAD is a truly unique cinematic experience that is open to many interpretations and virtually defies description. Only one thing is certain, over 30 years on, Lynch's acclaimed classic still retains the power to shock, astonish and entertain.

ERASERHEAD (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (£19.99) by Scanbox Entertainment on 20th October 2008. Extras include Stories: an interview with David Lynch about the making of the film. Prior to the DVD release, on 12th September the film will begin a three-week run at London's ICA Cinema. 20th October also sees Scanbox Entertainment's release of The Short Films of David Lynch (cert. 15) on DVD (£15.99), a collection of six of Lynch's early shorts (Six Men Getting Sick; The Alphabet; The Grandmother; The Amputee; The Cowboy And The Frenchman; Lumiere) each featuring an introduction by the director.


We have 3 copies of both ERASERHEAD and THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH to give away in two separate competitions, that's six surrealist prizes up for grabs and plenty of time to enter. You are free to enter both competitions, but only one entry per household in each will be counted.

ERASERHEAD

To win a copy of the remastered ERASERHEAD on DVD, just answer the following question:

Give the title of the memorable song from Eraserhead, written by Lynch himself and sung by The Lady in the Radiator, which also functioned as a tagline for the film. (A clue - it's the first line of the song.)

THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH

To win a copy of the remastered THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH on DVD, just answer the following question:

David Lynch has also directed a small number of music videos and advertisements. In 2001 he directed a somewhat unusual commercial entitled "The Third Place" for a hugely popular games console. Name the games console in question.


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The Short Films of David Lynch
Six Men Getting Sick (installation piece 1966)
The Alphabet (1968)
The Grandmother (1970)
The Amputee (1974)
The Cowboy and the Frenchman (segment from TV series 1988)
Lumiere (seqment from feature Lumiere and Company 1996)