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1977. Directed by DAVID LYNCH. TAGLINE : \"In Heaven Everything Is Fine\" - Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. A film that defies conventional logic and storytelling, fueled by its dark nightmarish atmosphere and compellingly disturbing visuals. Henry Spencer is a hapless factory worker on his vacation when he finds out he\'s the father of a hideously deformed baby. He moves in with his unhappy malcontent girlfriend, and the new parents are nearly driven to insanity by the child crying endlessly day and night. CAST includes Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jack Fisk, Jeanne Bates, Judith Roberts, Laurel Near, Darwin Joston, Hal Landon Jr, Jennifer Lynch, Peggy Reavey. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : Stanley Kubrick made the cast of The Shining (1980) watch this film to get in the mood for filming a horror picture. Though only released at first as a \"midnight movie,\" a number of Hollywood A-list directors saw the film and were impressed by it. John Waters, whose Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974) played the same venue, often mentioned Eraserhead as a favorite film, urging viewers to see it. Stanley Kubrick reportedly said the same; this was one of the films he made the cast and crew of The Shining (1980) watch to get in the right frame of mind. Mel Brooks saw it and offered Lynch the chance to direct The Elephant Man (1980); Lynch accepted. George Lucas asked Lynch to direct Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Lynch turned it down. The film\'s tone was also shaped by David Lynch\'s time living in a troubled neighborhood in Philadelphia. Lynch and his family spent five years living in an atmosphere of \"violence, hate and filth.\" The area was rife with crime, inspiring the bleak urban backdrop of the film. Describing this period of his life, Lynch said \"I saw so many things in Philadelphia I couldn\'t believe ... I saw a grown woman grab her breasts and speak like a baby, complaining her nipples hurt. This kind of thing will set you back.\" David Lynch had a lot of trouble getting financial assistance from the American Film Institute (AFI), because the script was only 20 pages long. He received a grant from AFI but after about 3 years of production, he ran out of money. At one point Terrence Malick screened the film for a potential financial backer, who walked out, calling the movie \"bullshit.\" The script is thought to have been inspired by David Lynch\'s fear of fatherhood. His daughter Jennifer Lynch had been born with \"severely clubbed feet\" requiring extensive corrective surgery as a child. Jennifer has claimed that her own unexpected conception and birth defects were the basis for the film\'s themes. The film\'s star, Jack Nance, never knew, nor cared exactly what Eraserhead meant. In an interview with the Twin Peaks (1990) fanzine Wrapped in Plastic, Nance said: \"You guys get way too deep over this business. I don\'t take it all that seriously. It\'s only a movie.\" David Lynch refuses to say anything about Eraserhead (1977), because he wants to let viewers decide for themselves what they think it means. Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger cited this as \"one of the greatest films [he had] ever seen,\" and said that it came closer to realizing his vision than even his own films. According to Giger, David Lynch declined to collaborate with him on Dune (1984) because he felt Giger had \"stolen his ideas.\" The mutant baby was apparently created from the embalmed fetus of a calf, although David Lynch has never confirmed this or described how he articulated it. During filming when he watched rushes, he even had the projectionist cover his eyes when takes with the baby were playing, so that no one would know how it was made. After completing the film, Lynch reportedly buried the \"Embalmed Calf\" in an undisclosed location. At the wrap party, they had a mock wake for it.A library of 20,000 to 30,000 video items from 1978 forward, including multiples, is being offered for the first time to the community. ALL inventory is OFFSITE from listing center, so singular items may not be described individually, but in general to the collection. Some images may be representative. The quality of playback and visual presentation is GOOD to VERY GOOD to FINE. Some items may be Brand New Factory Sealed, while a few may slip through in a lesser quality. These items are inspected but individual items slip through occasionally, and we apologize for this inconsistency. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you.