Lynch regular Kyle Maclachlan was cast in the pivotal role of Agent Dale Cooper and the pilot now entitled Twin Peaks began shooting in February 1989. Many of the local landmarks stood in for the landmarks present in the series such as The Great Northern Hotel and Double R Diner. The original title for Twin Peaks was ‘ Northwest Passage’ and it would be filmed in Snoqualmie a small lumber town in mid-Western Washington State. What they were talking about as Lynch admitted was the ‘soap opera version of Blue Velvet’ and Lynch was thrilled to be going back to explore the seedy underbelly of small town USA.įrost and Lynch with their pitch all sketched out sought backing for the series and went to ABC television. The two of them sketched out the all important location for the series which would be an imaginary small town and then came up with the idea of the body of the local prom queen washing up on the shore.

One such project was screwball comedy One Saliva Bubble which sadly also remains unmade but another would be a foray back into Frost’s usual medium. Sadly the project named Goddess was not to be, but the two of them struck up a partnership strong enough to take in other projects. Twin Peaks (1990-91)ĭuring the late 80’s David Lynch worked on an aborted biopic of Marilyn Monroe with TV writer Mark Frost ( Hill Street Blues).

Without its initial success it’s doubtful we would have later got The X-Files and shows like Buffy the vampire slayer and Angel which ran with the serial format rather than the more common story of the week.

Twin Peaks changed prime time television forever it pushed the limits of what you could show in terms of sex and violence and also changed the way that stories are told in ongoing arcs and plotlines that would last for many episodes. It infected all areas of popular culture and was like the Lost of its day with people hotly debating Who Killed Laura Palmer? The same way they debated the significance of the numbers in Lost. When it debuted the series was huge, I mean huge. Perhaps the thing that David Lynch is best known for in the mainstream is the television series Twin Peaks which ran from summer 1990 until spring 1991.

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