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title: 'Blue Velvet (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Lynch'
released: '1986-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 119
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/blue-velvet-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Blue Velvet (1986)

1986 · R · 119 min · Drama, Horror, Crime, Romance, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Blue Velvet is a 1986 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by David Lynch. The film stars Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and Laura Dern, and is named after the 1951 song of the same name. The film follows a college student (MacLachlan) who returns to his hometown and discovers a severed human ear in a field, which leads him to uncover a criminal conspiracy involving a troubled nightclub singer (Rossellini).

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Angelo Badalamenti](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-badalamenti)
- **Director:** [David Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lynch)
- **Screenplay:** [David Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lynch)
- **Producer:** [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis), [Fred C. Caruso](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-c-caruso), [Richard Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-roth)
- **Director of Photography:** [Frederick Elmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-elmes)
- **Editor:** [Duwayne Dunham](https://cinepixo.com/people/duwayne-dunham)

## Cast

- [Brad Dourif](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-dourif)
- [Dennis Hopper](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-hopper) as Frank Booth
- [Priscilla Pointer](https://cinepixo.com/people/priscilla-pointer)
- [Angelo Badalamenti](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-badalamenti)
- [Laura Dern](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-dern)
- [Frances Bay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-bay)
- [Kyle MacLachlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyle-maclachlan)
- [George Dickerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-dickerson)
- [Hope Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/hope-lange)
- [Dean Stockwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-stockwell)
- [Jack Nance](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nance)
- [Isabella Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabella-rossellini)

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