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Dead Man
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7.7/10   29,346 votes
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Director:
Jim Jarmusch
Writer:
Jim Jarmusch (written by)
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Release Date:
10 May 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Western more
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
Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
A profoundly spiritual film speaking to our true human nature in this world of illusion more (259 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dead Man (Germany)
Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for moments of strong violence, a graphic sex scene and some language.
Runtime:
121 min | Australia:115 min | Argentina:120 min
Country:
USA | Germany | Japan
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
Billy Bob Thornton's character is named Big George Drakoulious. George Drakoulias is a musician and has produced music for The Black Crowes and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Jared Harris' character is named Benmont Tench. Benmont Tench is a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. more
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Continuity: The straps on Thel's dress while she's talking to Charlie. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Billy Boy more

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54 out of 67 people found the following comment useful.
A profoundly spiritual film speaking to our true human nature in this world of illusion, 1 November 2005
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Author: phantomx151 from United States

I decided to check this movie out as I am now studying William Blake poems in my English class. This movie is flat out brilliant. To see Jarmusch make something as pretentious as Broken Flowers is kind of shocking. The amount of symbolism and metaphor in this movie is awesome. A real tribute to the actual William Blake. If ever Blake took a quest, this was it. I knew this movie was going to be good as soon as I saw the vast list of slightly eccentric actors lined up in it. This script must have touched something deeply spiritual in all of them and I, if I were them, would have felt as if I wasn't even in the film. So many times was I moved to tears. It is its own entity. Amazing movie. I'm definitely adding it to my collection.

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