Synopsis:

Set before the amazing TV show, Twin Peaks: The Prelude takes the story of Laura Palmer and Dale Cooper from the theatrical format to a miniseries one. With added/altered scenes from the film's missing pieces, as well as a modified soundtrack, this edit offers to tell the definitive story in a digestible format for those who prefer to watch in segments. Witness Laura's last days alive as she attempts to juggle between two love interests, keep her friend Donna innocent and pure, and uncover the mystery of her mysterious stalker BOB.

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Change List:

Featured deleted scenes: Episode 1•Say hello to Jack (15:30)•Distant Screams (2:58)•Good Morning Irene (20:23)•Cooper and Diane (31:08)•Buenos Aires (29:12)•Phillip Jeffries (33:09)•Stanley’s Apartment (37:19)Featured deleted scenes: Episode2•Sharing a cigarette (12:32)•School books (16:37)•The Palmers (17:55)•Above the convenience store (21:11)•Kind of quiet (28:51)•Best friends & I’m the muffin (34:19)Featured deleted scenes:Episode 3•Sunday at the Johnson's (03:26)•Smash up (08:22)•The power and the glory (18:00)•Fire Walk With Me (29:25)•Party girl (34:32)•I killed someone & Baby laxative (51:03)•BOB speaks through Laura (54:40)Featured deleted scenes:Episode4•Bernie the Mule (05:20)•Asparagus (06:41)•Bobby and Laura in the basement (08:25)•Waiting for James (16:03) Major scene changes•The film is split into 4 episodes, each with an altered intro and outro. •Desmond’s disappearance no longer fades to black once he touches the ring, there is now astatic effect to suggest manipulations from the black lodge.•Gordon and Cooper’s discussion of Dale’s worrisome dream is placed further in the chronology, now it’s suggested the dream is of the convenience store discussionbetween the spirits.•Jeffries resurgence is now uninterrupted. There is also a static effect just before he disappears similar to Desmond.•The chronology of Laura’s dream scene has changed; segments have been swapped to fit a new narrative. Added soundtrack: Some of the deleted scenes do not contain any background music. To fill the silences and keep it in tone with the show I have added tracks I felt appropriate to the scenes:•Good morning Irene-Deer Meadow Shuffle••Phillip Jeffries-Teresa’s autopsy••Kind of quiet-RR swing & Just you instrumental••Bernie the mule-Audrey's dance. Altered soundtrack to change/keep consistent moods of the scenes I removed some of the original soundtracks of scenes and replaced them with music I felt was more fitting. All the soundtracks from both the altered and added scenes originate from either the Twin Peaks show or other scenes in the film, in an effort to make the soundtrack consistent with the series overall:•“Bookhouse boys” is played after Desmond disappears.•“Twin Peaks theme” is changed to“Laura Palmer’s” theme during her introduction.•“Laura Palmer’s theme piano” is played when Laura is called home from Donna’s during “I am the muffin”.•“Phillip Jeffries” plays during Laura’s phone call to James. Minor changes•The arm’s war cry is played during the shot of the electric pole in “Good morning, Irene” and the shot of the ring before Desmond’s disappearance.•“Bernie the mule” has been shortened.•There are subtitles saying “Judy” during the monkey snippet.•A screenshot of the police station taken from “Twin Peaks: The Return” is used as an establishing shot before “Bernie the mule”. A cymbal crash plays just after Laura and Bobby fail to retrieve the coke. This is to hide James’ bike sounds and transition into the deleted scene.•A screenshot of the school is used as an establishing shot before Bobby and Laura talk.•A white flash effect is used to transition from Cooper and Gordon’s dream talk into the convenience store scene.•A disclaimer is played before the episode’s intro; the title is altered and there is an extra credit.

Additional Notes:

Tell a cohesive story whilst making changes that keeps it original from other similar edits.

Other Sources:

Twin Peaks: The Return Twin Peaks the show