And, a quarter-century later, the Port City seems ready to embrace "Blue Velvet." The celebrations begin around 7 p.m. Thursday at The Barbary Coast, the legendary downtown bar at 116 S. Front St ...

The movie shot over the course of about 12 weeks in late 1985 and early 1986, using locations such as the Carolina Apartments and the Barbary Coast bar (Hopper's line "this is it" has long been ...

Some have attributed the successfully mysterious vibe of "Blue Velvet" to the fact that a three-hour movie had to be cut by one-third. (Many of the cut scenes can be seen in the film's DVD releases.) ...