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Eraserhead

Name: Eraserhead
Director: David Lynch
Released: 1977-01-01

1977 film by David Lynch

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Released: 1977
, September 7, 1979
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, 1980
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Director: David Lynch
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1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2016-07-07
2.Stated in Online-FilmdatenbankRetrieved 2016-07-07
3.bbfc.co.uk/releases/eraserhead-1Retrieved 2016-07-07
4.Stated in FilmAffinityRetrieved 2016-07-07
5.stopklatka.pl/film/glowa-do-wycieraniaRetrieved 2016-07-07
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Screenwriter: David Lynch
Producer: Jack Nance
, Charlotte Stewart
, Jeanne Bates
Cast: Jack Nance
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1.Stated in Online-FilmdatenbankRetrieved 2016-07-07
2.Stated in FilmAffinityRetrieved 2016-07-07
3.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-07
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, Jeanne Bates
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1.Stated in Online-FilmdatenbankRetrieved 2016-07-07
2.Stated in FilmAffinityRetrieved 2016-07-07
3.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-07
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, Jack Fisk
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1.Stated in Online-FilmdatenbankRetrieved 2016-07-07
2.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-07
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, Jennifer Lynch
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-07
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Runtime: 89 min
Genre: body horror film
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1.id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2020026051.htmlRetrieved 2020-11-24
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, independent film
, experimental film
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Country of origin: United States

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Eraserhead is a 1977 American horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch in his feature-length directorial debut. Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians. Shot in black and white and surrealist style, the independent film was Lynch's first feature-length effort following several short films. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk, it tells the story of a man (Nance) who is left to care for his grossly deformed child in a desolate industrial landscape.

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Director of photography: Frederick Elmes
Herbert Cardwell
Film editor: David Lynch
Main subject: dysfunctional family
Filming location: California
Movement: New Hollywood
Title: Eraserhead
Color: black-and-white
Production designer: David Lynch
FSK film rating: FSK 16 rating certificate id: 126698/V
Has characteristic: title for Spain title: Eraserhead (Cabeza borradora)
Budget: $20,000
Film format: 35 mm film
Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test criterion used: considering named characters only · assessment outcome: fails
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 7.2/10(February 20, 2026) review score by: IMDb · number of reviews/ratings: 142,000 global user rating
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87/100(August 30, 2025) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 15 critic review
89%(August 14, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 66 critic review
8.3/10(October 10, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Eraserhead”Retrieved 2021-10-10
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Part of: National Film Registry(since 2004)
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1.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/Retrieved 2022-10-25
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Soundtrack release: Eraserhead – Original Soundtrack
CNC film rating (France): no minors under sixteen
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1.Stated in film distribution certificateRetrieved 2023-02-03
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Sound designer: David Lynch
Alan Splet
Kijkwijzer rating: 16 content descriptor: Fear
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/eraserhead/Retrieved 2025-06-14
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