Eraserhead
(1978)

Where your nightmares end...

Released: 1978-02-03

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First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. David Lynch arrived on the scene in 1977, almost like a mystical UFO gracing the landscape of LA with its enigmatic radiance. His inaugural work, "Eraserhead" (1977), stood out as a cinematic anomaly, painting a surreal narrative of a young man navigating a dystopian, industrialized America, grappling not only with his tumultuous home life but also contending with an irate girlfriend and a mutant child.

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Jack Nance

as Henry Spencer

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Judith Roberts

as Beautiful Girl Across the Hall

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Laurel Near

as Lady in the Radiator

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Jack Fisk

as Man in the Planet

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Jean Lange

as Grandmother

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Hal Landon Jr.

as Pencil Machine Operator

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Jennifer Lynch

as Little Girl

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Brad Keeler

as Little Boy

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Gill Dennis

as Man with Cigar

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Toby Keeler

as Man Fighting

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Jack Walsh

as Mr. Roundheels

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David Lynch

Original Music Composer

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David Lynch

Production Design

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David Lynch

Art Direction

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David Lynch

Special Effects

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Herbert Cardwell

Director of Photography

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Frederick Elmes

Director of Photography

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Fred Baker

Executive Producer

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Doreen G. Small

Production Manager

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Catherine E. Coulson

Assistant Director

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Frederick Elmes

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Peter Ivers

Original Music Composer

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