Dead Man (1995)

Synopsis of Dead Man

A dark, bitter commentary on modern American life cloaked in the form of a surrealist western, Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man stars Johnny Depp as William Blake, a newly-orphaned accountant who leaves his home in Cleveland to accept a job in the frontier town of Machine. Upon his arrival, Blake is told by the factory owner Dickinson (Robert Mitchum) that the job has already been filled. Dejectedly, he enters a nearby tavern, ultimately spending the night with a former prostitute. A violent altercation with the woman's lover (Gabriel Byrne), also Dickinson's son, leaves Blake a murderer as well as mortally wounded, a bullet lodged dangerously close to his heart. He flees into the wilderness, where a Native American named Nobody (Gary Farmer) mistakes Blake for the English poet William Blake and determines that he will be Blake's guide in his protracted passage into the spirit world. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

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Theatrical Feature Running Time:

121 mins

Director(s):

Jim Jarmusch

Writer(s):

Jim Jarmusch

Producer(s):

Francis Ford Coppola, Demetra J. Macbride

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

R(Sexual Situations, Profanity, Adult Humor, Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Brief Nudity, Violence)

Categories:

Westerns

• 1996 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Cinematography
• 1996 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Cinematography
• 1996 - Screen International - Five Continents Award

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