The excitement surrounding the first season of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks extended into every corner of life in spring 1990. Fans held watch parties and media outlets covered the latest news from the small Pacific Northwest town in newspapers and magazines across the nation. Coverage of the show also turned up in some…
A little over a month after Mark Frost and David Lynch’s wonderful and strange show debuted on the ABC Television network in 1990, People Weekly magazine offered what they described as a “complete guide to Twin Peaks” in their May 14 issue. This guide contained several stories about the show’s first season, including a two-page…
As an archivist, I enjoy documenting and researching every aspect about my favorite television show, Twin Peaks. Some of my favorite details are found in long, out-of-print magazines and articles. This time, I found a slightly used copy of “TV Guide” from April 7, 1990. This magazine was distributed to homes across the United States…
While researching stories for Twin Peaks Blog, one thing that has continually surprised me is the number of times the Twin Peaks pilot was shown before debuting on the ABC Television Network in April 1990. From Telluride to Vancouver to Miami, here is a summary of the places throughout North America and the United Kingdom…
Before the Twin Peaks pilot premiered on the ABC Television Network on April 8, 1990, a 35mm print of the film was shown at a number of film festivals. The first was Telluride Film Festival followed by Vancouver International Film Festival in September 1989. With the start of a new decade, the 90-minute pilot episode would be…
Lately I’ve been discussing the film festival premieres for the Twin Peaks pilot episode. In between these festivals, the pilot was screened for the Television Critics Association during ABC Television’s winter press tour on January 6, 1990. Thanks to numerous newspaper reports, I’ve pieced together what took place that day in Universal City, California.
The film festival tour for the Twin Peaks pilot episode continues with a look at the 1990 Miami Film Festival. While West Coast audiences were baffled or confused by David Lynch and Mark Frost’s masterpiece, the East Coast premiere was well received based on reviews following the screening. Let’s journey back to February 1990.
To kick off the 1990s, the Twin Peaks pilot continued the festival circuit with a West Coast premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. This inaugural event was held from January 10-14 that year. The episode was screened twice, including a primetime screening in a historic downtown theater.