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Director:
Writer:
Jim Jarmusch (written by)
Release Date:
10 May 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
No one can survive becoming a legend.
Plot:
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Indian named "Nobody" who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins
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5 nominations
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Filmed Poetry
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Johnny Depp | ... | William Blake | |
| Gary Farmer | ... | Nobody | |
| Crispin Glover | ... | Train Fireman | |
| Lance Henriksen | ... | Cole Wilson | |
| Michael Wincott | ... | Conway Twill | |
| Eugene Byrd | ... | Johnny 'The Kid' Pickett | |
| John Hurt | ... | John Scholfield | |
| Robert Mitchum | ... | John Dickinson | |
| Iggy Pop | ... | Salvatore 'Sally' Jenko | |
| Gabriel Byrne | ... | Charlie Dickinson | |
| Jared Harris | ... | Benmont Tench | |
| Mili Avital | ... | Thel Russell | |
| Jimmie Ray Weeks | ... | Marvin, Older Marshal | |
| Mark Bringleson | ... | Lee, Younger Marshal (as Mark Bringelson) | |
| John North | ... | Mr. Olafsen |
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MPAA:
Rated R for moments of strong violence, a graphic sex scene and some language.
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Runtime:
121 min | Australia:115 min | Argentina:120 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:14 (original rating) |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Denmark:15 |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:Refused Classification (original rating) |
Australia:R (re-rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:III |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Canada:R (Ontario)
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The names of the two marshals that Blake (Johnny Depp) kills are Lee and Marvin, an homage to Lee Marvin.
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Continuity: The straps on Thel's dress while she's talking to Charlie.
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Train Fireman: Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later than night, you were lying, looking up at the ceiling, and the water in your head was not dissimilar from the landscape, and you think to yourself, "Why is it that the landscape is moving, but the boat is still?"
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Train Fireman: Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later than night, you were lying, looking up at the ceiling, and the water in your head was not dissimilar from the landscape, and you think to yourself, "Why is it that the landscape is moving, but the boat is still?"
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Referenced in L.A. Without a Map (1998)
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Soundtrack:
Billy Boy
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Jim Jarmusch is one of my favorite directors, and Dead Man is probably the greatest work he has ever done. Very rarely does a film come alive with a sense of poetry. The only other film I can compare it to would be Wim Wenders' Wings Of Desire. The film moves like a dream, floating and spinning around you. Neil Young's electric score churns like a ghost train and pushes the film farther. There isn't one performance that is wrong, nor is there ever a false moment. From start to finish this film pulls you into it's dream land, and carries you along on clouds until the finish.