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• The interior shots were filmed at the Amargosa Hotel in Death Valley, which is said to be haunted.
  
  
• The house that Fred Madison lives in, along with most of the furniture in it, belongs to, and was designed by David Lynch .
  
  
• Fred's phone number ends in the digits 666. This is revealed when he dials it at the prompting of the mystery man.
  
  

• Some scenes that were filmed but edited from the final version:
  • more conversation between Fred/Renee and the police officers
  • a scene where an M.E. brings two girls to the autopsy of Renee's corpse, and chats with them about the murder - more prison scenes
  • a scene in which Pete stands in front of his parents, but they are unable to see him
  • a scene in which Pete cannot be seen by Sheila, his girlfriend.
  
  
  
• After Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film a negative review on their show, David Lynch issued a new poster calling the thumbs-down verdict "two more reasons to see Lost Highway." Asked for his opinion, Gene Siskel said, "I found it petty."
  
  
• Nota caratteristica regista: ['David Lynch' ] [highway at night]
  
  
• Nota caratteristica regista: [David Lynch] [red curtains]
  
  
• Nota caratteristica regista: ['David Lynch' ] [singers] Henry Rollins and Marilyn Manson
  
  
• David Lynch said he has only recently (2002) realized what subconsciously inspired the film: the O.J. Simpson trial. He said that the trial was a major influence on his mind during the stage of writing this script, which deals with a man who killed his wife. Curiously enough, Lynch cast Robert Blake to play the Mystery Man, who is a major character in the film - years later, Blake would be put on trial for killing his own wife.
  
  
• The Mystery Man never blinks during the entire film.
  
  
• Robert Loggia only appeared as Mr. Eddy because of his former desire to play Frank Booth in Blue Velvet (1986). He showed up for an audition, unaware that Dennis Hopper had already been cast, and proceeded to wait for three hours, growing increasingly agitated. Upon seeing Lynch and learning of Hopper's casting, Loggia proceeded to give an extremely profane rant, which remained in Lynch's head for years as what would eventually become Mr. Eddy's road rage scene. Loggia, years later, received a phone call from Lynch requesting his performance for this movie.
  
  
• Cameo: [Marilyn Manson] famous shock-rocker appears near the end of the film in a pornographic movie, rolling on the floor.
  
  
• Cameo: [Jeordie White] Former bassist for Marilyn Manson appears in the pornographic movie with Manson at the end of the film.
  
  
• In a recent interview, director Lynch confessed that Lost Highway and Twin Peaks take place in the same world.
  
  
• According to director David Lynch, the first scene in the film is based upon an incident which occurred in his own life. He says that early one morning, his intercom buzzed, and when he answered it a voice he didn't recognize said, "Dick Laurant is dead." However, by the time he got to the front of the house to look out the window, there was no-one outside.
  
  
• Robert Blake told director Lynch he was not going to give him a hard time about the script because Blake did not understand it. Blake also said he felt his character was the Devil.
  
  
• David Lynch wrote the script with Barry Gifford, who wrote the book Wild at Heart (1990). Lynch said that he got the name for this project from a page in Gifford's book. He said that on that page he saw the words "Lost" and "Highway" and the words clicked with him.
  
  
• Fred's detestation of camcorders (and the motive behind) is really David Lynch's own.
  
  
• According to the script for this film, the scene with Mr. Eddy and the tailgater takes place on Mulholland Drive. David Lynch would go on to direct a film of the same name (Mulholland Dr. (2001)), which also has a motor accident take place in the same spot.
  
  
• The chromed gun that Mr. Eddy/Dick Laurent uses, is a IMI Desert Eagle pistol .357 Magnum.
  
  
• This was the last on screen performance by Jack Nance. He died before the film was released.
  
  
• The back of the region 4 DVD has a "Welcome to the universe of David Lynch" sign. It states: - 1. Don't look for it, there is no exit...
  • 2. Forget it, there is no way out... - 3. Forget it, it's a deadlock...
  
  
  
• Richard Pryor's last feature film appearance.
  
  
• There are some interesting cars and license plates in the film. The maroon Ford driven by the detectives trailing Peter has a California plate that reads "CKU 2005" and the Tailgater's Thunderbird is "CKV 2005," two custom plates in alphabetical sequence. Other plates that follow an atypical numbering system are: Peter's black Ford "WKB 3103" ' the first detectives' tan Oldsmobile "ULU 0142"; Mr. Eddy's Mercedes Benz "FBA 6100"; and Andy's red Mustang "AYS 5200" None of these is a standard issue California plate.
  
  

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