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David Lynch, 1946-2025
A singular filmmaker, painter, musician, singer, sound designer, photographer, and actor, Lynch was best known for writing and directing films such as Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), and Mulholland Drive (2001), which are often regarded by critics as among the best films of their respective decades, and for his mind-bending TV series Twin Peaks.
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Prison Film - Rated NR - 87 Minutes - 1930
The Big House is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The story and dialogue were written by Frances Marion, who won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. As one of the first prison movies, it inspired many others of this genre.