Fight for Deleted Scenes to Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Email Campaign
In August of 1992, the Movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was released. Although a true masterpiece in it's original form, many Twin Peaks fans were disappointed that some of their favorite characters from the TV series did not appear in the movie. What you may not know is that early reports had indicated that nearly all of series regulars went to Washington for the filming of the movie.
In March of 2000, New Line DVD approached David Lynch and asked him if he would be willing to allow the release of these deleted scenes to be included with their upcoming Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me DVD. David Lynch gave the thumbs up, but only to add these scenes as a supplement at the end of the disc, and only if he could personally edit, transfer, and score each scene to match the same quality as the movie itself.
At this time, Mr. Lynch personally hand picked 17 scenes that he wished to be released with this DVD. In April of 2000, he assembled a team to fully edit and score these scenes as short Twin Peaks skits. Total running time on the Deleted Scenes was estimated at almost 1 hour ! Just before beginning the project, New Line asked that Mr. Lynch wait until legal issues with the Rights Holder would clear.
In December of 2001, New Line made the decision to NOT include the Deleted Scenes, and to release the DVD without the Supplements that David Lynch has chosen for this release citing budget and legal issues could not be resolved. At this point, the fans had thought all was lost.
Fast forward to five years later. MK2, the current rights holders have met several times with David Lynch to try and cut a deal to release the Deleted Scenes on DVD. So far, there has been no word on what the current status of this project or how committed MK2 is to delivering the fans what they have been demanding for all these years.Some things we can confirm is that MK2 commissioned a new documentary to be made with brand new interviews with cast and crew from the film. Plans were to release a brand new 2 disc set to coincide with the French release of the Twin Peaks TV series on DVD which would have ensured a late 2007 release. Recent news is that they have further delayed the release of the 2 disc box set and have not given any reason for why it has been pushed back or if it has been canceled altogether!
What we are trying to do is let MK2 know in massive, MASSIVE numbers how much demand there still is for releasing the Deleted Scenes to FWWM on DVD! Already because of FAN support, MK2 has been working with Lynch to make this happen. We are hoping that if we can get enough people to politely write or email MK2 and let them know how important the inclusion of these scenes would be, they will do what it takes to bring these deleted scenes to us on their upcoming DVD.
The key to making this happen is showing MK2 what type of support they have for including these scenes !
I have recently gotten emails from people outside of France asking about how they will obtain these scenes once they are released. Please keep in mind that once the scenes are actually mixed, and edited, and released, MK2 will be making them available to all other territories including the United States. The key here, however is getting them mixed and edited so that they exist period.
Keep in mind that New Line only licenses the FWWM from MK2 and does not own the rights to the film or the actual film elements.
There are a few things we need you to do:
1.
Send emails to MK2 at
[email protected] and New Line at
[email protected] and let them know that you want to see Twin Peaks: FWWM Deleted Scenes on DVD!
2.
Sign the Online Petition Today!!!
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