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Mystery Train

  • 19891989
  • RR
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
28K
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Mystery Train (1989)
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  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Drama

Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.

IMDb RATING
7.5/10
28K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jim Jarmusch
  • Writer
    • Jim Jarmusch
  • Stars
    • Masatoshi Nagase
    • Yûki Kudô
    • Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jim Jarmusch
  • Writer
    • Jim Jarmusch
  • Stars
    • Masatoshi Nagase
    • Yûki Kudô
    • Screamin' Jay Hawkins
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 67User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 8 nominations

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    Mystery Train
    Trailer 1:12
    Mystery Train

    Photos70

    Yûki Kudô and Masatoshi Nagase in Mystery Train (1989)
    Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Cinqué Lee in Mystery Train (1989)
    Nicoletta Braschi in Mystery Train (1989)
    Mystery Train (1989)
    Mystery Train (1989)
    Mystery Train (1989)
    Yûki Kudô and Masatoshi Nagase in Mystery Train (1989)
    Yûki Kudô and Masatoshi Nagase in Mystery Train (1989)
    Yûki Kudô and Masatoshi Nagase in Mystery Train (1989)
    Mystery Train (1989)
    Mystery Train (1989)
    Yûki Kudô, Masatoshi Nagase, and Rufus Thomas in Mystery Train (1989)

    Top cast

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    Masatoshi Nagase
    Masatoshi Nagase
    • Jun (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Jun (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Yûki Kudô
    Yûki Kudô
    • Mitzuko (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Mitzuko (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Screamin' Jay Hawkins
    • Night Clerk (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Night Clerk (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Cinqué Lee
    Cinqué Lee
    • Bellboy (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Bellboy (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Rufus Thomas
    Rufus Thomas
    • Man in Station (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Man in Station (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Jodie Markell
    Jodie Markell
    • Sun Studio Guide (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Sun Studio Guide (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    William Hoch
    • Tourist Family (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Tourist Family (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Pat Hoch
    • Tourist Family (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Tourist Family (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Joshua Elvis Hoch
    • Tourist Family (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Tourist Family (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Reginald Freeman
    • Conductor (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Conductor (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Beverly Prye
    • Streetwalker (segment "Far from Yokohama")as Streetwalker (segment "Far from Yokohama")
    Nicoletta Braschi
    Nicoletta Braschi
    • Luisa (segment "A Ghost")as Luisa (segment "A Ghost")
    Elizabeth Bracco
    Elizabeth Bracco
    • Dee Dee (segment "A Ghost")as Dee Dee (segment "A Ghost")
    Sy Richardson
    Sy Richardson
    • Newsvendor (segment "A Ghost")as Newsvendor (segment "A Ghost")
    Tom Noonan
    Tom Noonan
    • Man in Diner (segment "A Ghost")as Man in Diner (segment "A Ghost")
    Stephen Jones
    • The Ghost (segment "A Ghost")as The Ghost (segment "A Ghost")
    Lowell Roberts
    • Lester (segment "A Ghost")as Lester (segment "A Ghost")
    Sara Driver
    Sara Driver
    • Airport Clerk (segment "A Ghost")as Airport Clerk (segment "A Ghost")
    • Director
      • Jim Jarmusch
    • Writer
      • Jim Jarmusch
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    Storyline

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    Over the course of a single night in pale Memphis--the home of Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Studio--a vivid triptych of romantic Rock n' Roll pilgrimage; sad nostalgia; emotional Americana, and forgotten, decrepit places unfolds. Pivoting around the low-rent and almost dilapidated Arcade Hotel, the strange stories of four visitors unwittingly intertwine, as the aloof couple of Japanese teenagers--Mitsuko, who yearns to visit Graceland, and Jun, a sad-faced die-hard fan of Carl Perkins--arrive in the Tennessee ghost town, in "Far from Yokohama". Likewise, the recently widowed Italian, Luisa, who's come to town from Rome to take her deceased husband's body back to Italy, winds up in the same hotel, sharing a room with the garrulous Dee-Dee, in "Ghost". Then, elsewhere in the city during the same endless night, the neighbourhood's barber, Charlie, reluctantly goes on a boozy binge with the unemployed British immigrant, Johnny, and, eventually, they both end up in the Arcade, in "Lost in Space". Of course, the mystical aura of an eternal, 1956-handsome Elvis Presley haunts everything in this unforgettable night in Memphis. Is the King truly gone? —Nick Riganas
    • hotel
    • tourist
    • liquor store
    • hotel desk clerk
    • train
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    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Crime
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • R
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The hotel where the three stories converge is no longer standing, so many fans of the movie have made pilgrimages to the site only to find that it no longer exists. It can, however, be seen in the background of the scene in Great Balls of Fire! (1989) where Alec Baldwin is preaching from his broken-down car.
    • Goofs
      Where Will parks his truck. relative to Earl's Cadillac, changes from when he enters the bar to when he leaves.
    • Quotes

      Mitzuko: Jun, why do you only take pictures of the rooms we stay in and never what we see outside while we travel?

      Jun: Those other things are in my memory. The hotel rooms and the airports are the things I'll forget.

    • Crazy credits
      For Sara
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation/Roger & Me/Triumph of the Spirit/Mystery Train/Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Mystery Train
      Written by Junior Parker and Sam Phillips (uncredited)

      Performed by Elvis Presley

    User reviews67

    Review
    Top review
    mystery train and all of jarmusch's films
    jim jarmusch affects his viewers in curious ways. in mystery train, he presents a series of situations, sometimes filled with off-beat humor, sometimes filled with tenderness, and, in one instance, characterized by one violent moment. on the whole, every moment is affecting, every moment is moving. jarmusch sees the world with such sensitivity and humor, such affection; there is no place for cynics or satirists. jarmusch has never emphasized technical virtuosity. his virtuosity, rather, is his ability to place characters who he obviously cares for in situations which endear them to the audience, his ability to show, with simple gestures and moments (like mitzuko's unorthodox cigarette lighting technique) our beauty, humanity's beauty, is our idiosyncracy and differences. steven soderbergh states that technical perfection is not as important as cinematic energy. jarmusch films have energy; it quiet, polite, lovely energy, but energy nonetheless.
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    • Dec 10, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 17, 1989 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • One Night in Memphis
    • Filming locations
      • Arcade Restaurant - 540 S. Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • Production companies
      • JVC Entertainment Networks
      • Mystery Train
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,800,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,541,218
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,544,973
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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