Dead Man (1995)

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

Writer:

Jim Jarmusch (written by)

Release Date:

10 May 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Western

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.

Plot Keywords:

Accountant | Outcast | Native American | Wilderness | Train

Awards:

4 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

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 Bringelson	...	Lee, Younger Marshal
John North	...	Mr. Olafsen
Peter Schrum	...	Drunk
Mike Dawson	...	Old Man with 'Wanted' Posters
Billy Bob Thornton	...	Big George Drakoulious
Michelle Thrush	...	Nobody's Girlfriend
Gibby Haynes	...	Man with Gun in Alley (as Gibby Haines)
Richard Boes	...	Man with Wrench
George Duckworth	...	Man at End of Street
Thomas Bettles	...	Young Nobody #1
Alfred Molina	...	Trading Post Missionary
Daniel Chas Stacy	...	Young Nobody #2
Todd Pfeiffer	...	Man #2 at Trading Post
Leonard Bowechop	...	Makah Villager #1
Cecil Cheeka	...	Makah Villager #2
Michael McCarty	...	Makah Villager #3

Directed by
Jim Jarmusch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jim Jarmusch		written by

Produced by
Karen Koch	....	co-producer
Demetra J. MacBride	....	producer

Original Music by
Neil Young

Cinematography by
Robby Müller

Film Editing by
Jay Rabinowitz

Casting by
Ellen Lewis
Laura Rosenthal

Production Design by
Bob Ziembicki		(as Robert Ziembicki)

Art Direction by
Ted Berner

Set Decoration by
Dayna Lee

Costume Design by
Marit Allen

Makeup Department
Richard Alonzo	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Clare M. Corsick	....	hair stylist: Mr. Depp (as Claire Corsick)
Scott W. Farley	....	key hair stylist
Tom Irvin	....	special makeup effects
Todd Kleitsch	....	assistant makeup artist
Neal Martz	....	key makeup artist
Patty York	....	makeup artist: Mr. Depp
Joel Harlow	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Beth DePatie	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jude Gorjanc	....	second assistant director
Constance L. Hoy	....	second second assistant director (as Connie Maverick)
Todd Pfeiffer	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Cheyenne Ali	....	scenic artist
Arthur Allyn	....	construction foreman
Mark Balda	....	carpenter
Elizabeth A. Beckman	....	art department coordinator
Michael Bennett	....	greensman
Michael Blair	....	carpenter
Mark Borg	....	carpenter
Karen M. Clark	....	swing gang
Edie Douglass	....	third assistant props
George A. Fleming	....	scenic artist (as George 'Alex' Fleming)
John A. Foote	....	swing gang
Tony Gibson	....	swing gang
Bill Holmquist	....	construction coordinator
Kevin Hughes	....	on-set dresser
Terry Kempf	....	carpenter foreman
Richard Lambert	....	lead man (as Rick Lambert)
Suzanne Lapick	....	second assistant property master
Walt Mikolwski	....	carpenter (as Walter Milkowski)
Craig Anthony Muzio	....	lead scenic artist (as Craig A. Muzio)
Jack Orlando	....	carpenter
John Pattison	....	property master (as John C. Pattison)
Kenneth Stellar	....	greensman
James Stephenson	....	carpenter (as Jim Stephenson)
Kenneth Sylvester	....	scenic artist
Meg Aeby	....	carver designer (uncredited)
Karen Agresti	....	buyer (uncredited)
Mae Brunken	....	set designer (uncredited)
Brick Mason	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Coll Anderson	....	additional sound recordist
Kam Chan	....	foley editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Keith Culbertson	....	sound mix re-recordist
Dan Evans Farkas	....	assistant sound editor
Eugene Gearty	....	sound effects editor
Mark Goodermote	....	boom operator
Robert Hein	....	supervising sound editor
Hextro	....	sound mix re-recordist
Frank Kern	....	foley editor
Drew Kunin	....	sound mixer
Julie Lindner	....	assistant sound editor
Kimberly R. McCord-Wilson	....	apprentice sound editor (as Kimberly R. McCord)
Sylvia Menno	....	dialogue editor
Bruce Pross	....	foley supervisor
Stacey Tanner	....	additional sound recordist
Dominick Tavella	....	sound re-recording engineer
Magdaline Volaitis	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Brent Baker	....	mold maker
John C. Carlucci	....	special effects assistant
Lou Carlucci	....	special effects coordinator
Joe Fordham	....	effects production coordinator
Mark Habegger	....	effects project manager
Tom Irvin	....	foam technician
Steve Johnson	....	prosthetic effects

Visual Effects by
Randall Balsmeyer	....	visual effects supervisor
Jon Farhat	....	visual effects supervisor
Joe Garert	....	additional compositor
Daniel Leung	....	digital compositor
Don Nolan	....	special effects animation
Steven T Puri	....	visual effects producer
Anne Putnam	....	visual effects production coordinator
Ken Smith	....	additional compositor
Marc Rubone	....	rotoscope and animation (uncredited)

Stunts
Tori Bridges	....	stunt performer
Al Jones	....	stunt coordinator
Erik Stabenau	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Bernstein	....	Steadicam assistant
James Brisbin	....	electrician
Eric Budlong	....	grip
Katherine M. Butler	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Kenny Davis	....	dolly grip (as Ken Davis)
Robert K. Feldmann	....	key grip
Lisa K. Ferguson	....	second assistant camera
Kirk R. Gardner	....	Steadicam operator (as Kirk Gardener)
Bob Gorelick	....	Steadicam operator (as Robert Gorlick)
Emil Hampton	....	Steadicam assistant
Todd Heater	....	electrician
Jon Hokanson	....	electrician
Chris Lombardi	....	director of photography: second unit
David Luckenbach	....	Steadicam operator
Jeff Mart	....	Steadicam operator
Byron McCulloch	....	best boy grip
Michael Palmer	....	best boy electric
Christine Parry	....	still photographer
Tony J. Pirri	....	grip
Christopher Porter	....	gaffer
Bobby L. Smith	....	grip
Charles Smith	....	key grip: second unit
Joseph E. Thibo	....	Steadicam assistant
Pim Tjujerman	....	first assistant camera
Julian Whatley	....	Steadicam assistant

Casting Department
Ali Farrell	....	casting assistant
Linda Lee	....	extras casting: Oregon
Sunny Seibel	....	extras casting: Arizona
Donna Wilkie	....	extras casting: Makah tribe

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Suzanne Bantit	....	seamstress
Birgitta Bjerke	....	costumer
Susie Money	....	costume supervisor
David S. Powell	....	costume maker: native american costumes
Paul A. Simmons Jr.	....	on-set costumer (as Paul Simmons)
Abram Waterhouse	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Carol Abady	....	post-production coordinator
Jennifer Apel	....	assistant editor
Tony Grocki	....	first assistant editor
Anne O'Brien	....	assistant editor
Tom Salvatore	....	color timer
Birgit Staudt	....	post-production coordinator
John Dowdell	....	hd colorist (uncredited)
Joshua Schwarz	....	editor: music video (uncredited)

Music Department
Charlie Bouis	....	music score recording service
Guy Carbonneau	....	music score recording service
Tim Foster	....	music score production service
Louis Grappi	....	music score production service
John Hanlon	....	music score recording engineer
L.A. Johnson	....	music producer
Eric Johnston	....	music score recording service
Elliot Rabinowitz	....	music executive
Arthur Rosato	....	music score production service
Sal Trentin	....	music score production service
Neil Young	....	musician

Transportation Department
Dale I. Dodds	....	swing driver
John Ray Floyd	....	driver
Jolene Floyd	....	driver
Felipe Gallego	....	driver: construction department
Bill Getzwiller	....	driver
Buck Holland	....	driver: Mr. Depp
Jeffrey Landis	....	driver
Jeff Lira	....	driver
Jan Lyons	....	driver
Donald B. Martin	....	driver: honeywagon
Mary Martin	....	driver
Harry McCorey	....	driver
Antonio Molina	....	transportation coordinator
Laree Scrignolli	....	driver
Brian Steagall	....	driver
Jack Swauger	....	driver
Chandler Vinar	....	driver
Craig Williams	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Carol Abady	....	office coordinator: New York
Steve Blakely	....	dailies supervisor
Hildegard Bongarts	....	set production assistant
Christian Bongers	....	stills intern
Alan Burke	....	dailies projectionist
Robin Bursey	....	production office assistant
Michael Böhme	....	production executive: Germany (as Michael Boehme)
Diane Carlucci	....	medic
Steve Carroll	....	production insurance
Ernie Cheeka	....	carver: totem pole
Greg Colfax	....	carver: totem pole
Kevin S. Colley	....	canoe technical advisor
P.J. Connelly	....	location liaison: Arizona
Bruce Corkham	....	stand-in: Mr. Depp
Randy Court	....	boat captain
Robert W. Davis	....	assistant production coordinator
Sioux Dean	....	craft service
Christi Dembrowski	....	assistant: Mr. Depp
Jean-Michel Dissard	....	production office assistant
Don Donigi	....	dailies supervisor
Rick Eggers	....	caterer
Betsy Everman	....	production office assistant
Gwen Everman	....	production accountant (as Gwendolyn Everman)
Jordan Faeth	....	caterer
Patrick Fuchs	....	key set production assistant
Mike Gibson	....	boat captain
Jeff Seymann Gilbert	....	set production assistant (as Jeffrey B. Seymann)
David Graham	....	projectionist
John Hausmann	....	Redwood Digital
Richard Heller	....	legal advisor
Sam Hyde	....	set production assistant
Jeffrey King	....	elk wrangler
Danielle LaClare	....	craft service
Gilbert Manygoats	....	stand-in: Mr. Farmer
David Matson	....	production office assistant
Harry McCarty	....	Makah canoe skipper
Mike McNally	....	medic
Martha Pilcher	....	location manager (as Martha C. Pilcher)
Exile Ramirez	....	assistant production coordinator
Tricia Ronten	....	script supervisor
Jennifer Roth	....	production coordinator
Danielle Sotet	....	post-production accountant
Birgit Staudt	....	assistant location manager
Raquel Stewart	....	stitcher
George Walden	....	production insurance
Ken Weintraub	....	caterer
Kathy Whitman	....	cultural consultant
Whitney J. Willard	....	assistant production accountant
Ivan Red Wolverton	....	animal wrangler
Kip Wolverton	....	animal wrangler
Margery Wolverton	....	animal wrangler
Holly Edwards	....	animal wrangler (uncredited)
Robert Workman	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Pandora Filmproduktion
• JVC Entertainment Networks
• Newmarket Capital Group
• 12 Gauge Productions

Distributors

• Pandora Filmproduktion (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pandora Filmproduktion (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Laurenfilm (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (1997) (Germany) (VHS)
• RKV (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2005) (New Zealand) (DVD)
• Bac Films (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (1996) (Greece) (theatrical)
• CiBy Sales (1995) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Obshchestvennoye Rossijskoye Televideniye (ORT) Video (Russia) (VHS)
• Prooptiki Video (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• Solopan (1995) (Poland) (all media)
• Top Tape (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Balsmeyer and Everett
• Pacific Titles & Optical
• R/Greenberg Associates (West)

Other Companies

• Balsmeyer and Everett  titles
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment  packaging
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• J.L. Fisher  dolly rentals
• Phoenix Film Office  special thanks
• Virginia & Truckee Railroad, The  transportation services (uncredited)

Also Known As:

"Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man" - USA (complete title)

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 | Cree

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby SR

Certification:

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 (Qualidade) | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:R (Ontario) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Denmark:15 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Chile:14

Filming Locations:

Applegate River, Oregon, USA

Company:

Pandora Filmproduktion

Trivia:

The names of the two marshals that Blake (Johnny Depp) kills are Lee and Marvin, an homage to Lee Marvin.

Goofs:

Continuity: When William and Nobody are riding horses, William's jacket is hanging off his shoulders, in the next shot, his arms are in the sleeves, and a few shots later, his jacket is once again on his shoulders.

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?"

Movie Connections:

References My Name Is Nobody (1973)

Soundtrack:

Billy Boy

A profoundly spiritual film speaking to our true human nature in this world of illusion

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.