Synopsis
A woman in trouble.
When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.
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Inland Empire
2006
Directed by David Lynch
Cast
Laura Dern Jeremy Irons Justin Theroux Harry Dean Stanton Karolina Gruszka Peter J. Lucas Krzysztof Majchrzak Jan Hencz Grace Zabriskie William H. Macy Ian Abercrombie Amanda Foreman Cameron Daddo Neil Dickson Diane Ladd Stanislaw Kazimierz Cybulski Henryka Cybulski Julia Ormond Jordan Ladd Terryn Westbrook Kristen Kerr Jamie Eifert Michelle Renea Mary Steenburgen Masuimi Max Robert Charles Hunter Nastassja Kinski Laura Harring Scott Coffey Show All…
Director
Producers
Mary Sweeney David Lynch Jeremy Alter Kazimierz Suwala Janusz Hetman Michal Stopowski Sabrina S. Sutherland Jay Aaseng Erik Crary Laura Dern
Writer
Casting
Editor
Cinematography
Executive Producer
Lighting
Camera Operators
Additional Photography
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Special Effects
Stunts
Sound
David Lynch Dean Hurley Ronald Eng Willard Overstreet Sara Glaser Ryan Maguire Zane D. Bruce Sean Rowe Daniel Sikorski Steve Tushar
Costume Design
Makeup
Hairstyling
Studios
Countries
Primary Language
Spoken Languages
Alternative Titles
Inland Empire – Eine Frau in Schwierigkeiten, L’impero della mente, Inland Empire – L’impero della mente, Внутренняя империя, 內陸帝國, INLAND EMPIRE, The Green Room in Lodz, 인랜드 엠파이어, Império dos Sonhos, Inland Empire - L'impero della mente, 内陆帝国, אינלנד אמפייר, Инланд Емпайър, インランド・エンパイア, Внутрішня імперія, შინაგანი იმპერია, Siseimpeerum, Iekšzemes impērija
Genres
Themes
Releases by Date
Premiere
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Italy Venice Film Festival
29 Sep 2006
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USA New York Film Festival
03 Nov 2006
- USA AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival
23 Nov 2006
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Greece Thessaloniki International Film Festival
02 Feb 2007
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Netherlands International Film Festival Rotterdam
22 Feb 2007
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Mexico Mexico City International Film Festival
08 Mar 2007
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Bulgaria Sofia International Film Festival
06 Jun 2007
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Romania Transilvania International Film Festival
20 Jun 2007
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Australia Sydney International Film Festival
11 Jul 2007
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Armenia Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival
25 Jul 2007
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New Zealand Auckland International Film Festival
Theatrical limited
06 Dec 2006
- USAR
25 Jan 2007
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Iran - ItalyT
31 Aug 2007
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Sweden15
08 Apr 2022
- USAR
19 Jan 2026
- Italy
Theatrical
07 Feb 2007
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BelgiumKNT/ENA -
FranceTP
15 Feb 2007
- Iran18+
23 Feb 2007
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Spain18
09 Mar 2007
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Ireland16 -
UK15
16 Mar 2007
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Lebanon
05 Apr 2007
- Netherlands16
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PortugalM/16
12 Apr 2007
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Israel
13 Apr 2007
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FinlandK-16
26 Apr 2007
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Germany12
27 Apr 2007
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Iceland14 -
Poland18
10 May 2007
- GreeceK-16
05 Jul 2007
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Russia16+
06 Jul 2007
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Estonia - MexicoC
12 Jul 2007
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Czechia12
13 Jul 2007
- Romania18+
19 Jul 2007
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Ukraine
21 Jul 2007
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JapanPG-12
26 Jul 2007
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South Korea15
30 Aug 2007
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Slovenia
13 Sep 2007
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Argentina16
14 Sep 2007
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Norway15
08 Nov 2007
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Slovakia
09 Nov 2007
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Denmark15
15 Nov 2007
- AustraliaMA15+
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Hungary16
29 Nov 2007
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Chile14
14 Dec 2007
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Brazil14
28 Mar 2008
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Uruguay
19 Sep 2008
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Venezuela
26 May 2023
- UK15
31 May 2023
- France
09 Jan 2026
- JapanG
Digital
29 Jun 2023
- Germany
Physical
14 Aug 2007
- USAR
03 Sep 2007
- France
28 Aug 2008
- Czechia
21 Mar 2023
- USAR
19 Jun 2023
- UK15
28 Jun 2023
- France
Argentina
13 Sep 2007
- Theatrical16
Armenia
11 Jul 2007
- Premiere Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival
Australia
20 Jun 2007
- Premiere Sydney International Film Festival
15 Nov 2007
- TheatricalMA15+
Belgium
07 Feb 2007
- TheatricalKNT/ENA
Brazil
14 Dec 2007
- Theatrical14
Bulgaria
08 Mar 2007
- Premiere Sofia International Film Festival
Chile
29 Nov 2007
- Theatrical14
Czechia
12 Jul 2007
- Theatrical12
28 Aug 2008
- Physical DVD, FilmX
Denmark
09 Nov 2007
- Theatrical15
Estonia
06 Jul 2007
- Theatrical
Finland
13 Apr 2007
- TheatricalK-16
France
07 Feb 2007
- TheatricalTP
03 Sep 2007
- Physical DVD
31 May 2023
- Theatrical Re-release
28 Jun 2023
- Physical Blu-ray / DVD re-release
Germany
26 Apr 2007
- Theatrical12
29 Jun 2023
- Digital Re-release
Greece
23 Nov 2006
- Premiere Thessaloniki International Film Festival
10 May 2007
- TheatricalK-16
Hungary
15 Nov 2007
- Theatrical16
Iceland
27 Apr 2007
- Theatrical14
Iran
25 Jan 2007
- Theatrical limited
15 Feb 2007
- Theatrical18+
Ireland
09 Mar 2007
- Theatrical16
Israel
12 Apr 2007
- Theatrical
Italy
06 Sep 2006
- Premiere Venice Film Festival
25 Jan 2007
- Theatrical limitedT
19 Jan 2026
- Theatrical limited Il cinema ritrovato
Japan
21 Jul 2007
- TheatricalPG-12
09 Jan 2026
- TheatricalG 4K Restored Version
Lebanon
16 Mar 2007
- Theatrical
Mexico
22 Feb 2007
- Premiere Mexico City International Film Festival
06 Jul 2007
- TheatricalC
Netherlands
02 Feb 2007
- Premiere International Film Festival Rotterdam
05 Apr 2007
- Theatrical16
New Zealand
25 Jul 2007
- Premiere Auckland International Film Festival
Norway
14 Sep 2007
- Theatrical15
Poland
27 Apr 2007
- Theatrical18
Portugal
05 Apr 2007
- TheatricalM/16
Romania
06 Jun 2007
- Premiere Transilvania International Film Festival
13 Jul 2007
- Theatrical18+
Russia
05 Jul 2007
- Theatrical16+
Slovakia
08 Nov 2007
- Theatrical
Slovenia
30 Aug 2007
- Theatrical
South Korea
26 Jul 2007
- Theatrical15
Spain
23 Feb 2007
- Theatrical18
Sweden
31 Aug 2007
- Theatrical limited15
UK
09 Mar 2007
- Theatrical15
26 May 2023
- Theatrical15 Re-release
19 Jun 2023
- Physical15 Re-release
USA
29 Sep 2006
- Premiere New York Film Festival
03 Nov 2006
- Premiere AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival
06 Dec 2006
- Theatrical limitedR
14 Aug 2007
- PhysicalR DVD (Regular and 2-Disk Special Edition)
08 Apr 2022
- Theatrical limitedR Re-release
21 Mar 2023
- PhysicalR Blu-ray (Criterion)
Ukraine
19 Jul 2007
- Theatrical
Uruguay
28 Mar 2008
- Theatrical
Venezuela
19 Sep 2008
- Theatrical
Popular reviews
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i feel like david lynch is directing my life because nothing makes any fucking sense
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Lynch on frequent collaborator Dean Hurley in the DVD special features: "I really don't like Dean as a person but he's a fantastic sound man."
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the only thing more surreal than this film is the fact that Terry Crews was in it
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David lynch had $10, a digital camera, and a dream
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"I'm trying to tell you so's you'll understand how it went. The thing is, I don't know what was before or after. I don't know what happened first, and it's kinda laid a mindfuck on me."
Inland Empire is the most experimental and nonlinear of David Lynch's already experimental and nonlinear body of work. The fact that the most popular review of it here on LB at the moment is just a question mark says a lot about how accessible it is (i.e. not at all). The easiest way to describe it is as a movie about an actress who takes a role that makes her begin to question and then eventually lose her sense of the difference between performance…
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BRUTAL FUCKING MURDER.
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i am laura dern looking confused for three hours. i am also harry dean stanton showing up for ten minutes just to say that he likes dogs and to steal money from anyone he could
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LA really do be like this
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An underdiscussed theme of Lynch’s work is performance — not “film acting” but the ritual gussying up our daily interactions, our developed personae, our “bits.” This manifests intriguingly in the way John Merrick is made a spectacle and his lonely personal tragedy coping with that fact; it’s true in the way the nuclear Palmer family tries to hide violence and pain behind the ceremony of suburban harmony; it’s especially true in the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy wholesomeness with which Jeffrey and Sandy pursue impossible justice; it’s true in the body-switching of Lost Highway; it’s true in the messianic realization of Paul Atreides as a chosen one; it’s even true in the multiple Dales in The Return serving as these…
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I know exactly what happened.
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