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Synopsis
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, All Movie Guide

Cast

Gabriel Byrne Charlie Dickinson
Johnny Depp William Blake
Gary Farmer Nobody
Crispin Glover Train fireman
Lance Henriksen Cole Wilson
Robert Mitchum John Dickinson
Iggy Pop Salvatore "Sally" Jenko
Michael Wincott Conway Twill
Mili Avital Thel Russell

Production Crew

Ellen Lewis Casting
Laura Rosenthal Casting
Robby Müller Cinematographer
Karen Koch Co-producer
Neil Young Composer (Music Score)
Neil Young Composer (Music Score)
Marit Allen Costume Designer
Jim Jarmusch Director
Jay Rabinowitz Editor
Todd Pfeiffer First Assistant Director
Bruce Pross Foley Supervisor
Neal Martz Makeup
Neil Young Musical Direction/Supervision
Neil Young Musical Direction/Supervision
Francis Ford Coppola Producer
Bob Ziembicki Production Designer
Hextro Re-Recording Mixer
Keith Culbertson Re-Recording Mixer
Jim Jarmusch Screenwriter
Cris Lombardi Second Unit Director Of Photography
Dayna Lee Set Designer
Neil Young Songwriter
Neil Young Songwriter
Lou Carlucci Special Effects
Year: 1995
Runtime: 121
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for moments of strong violence, a graphic sex scene and some language
Category: Feature

Genre
Western

Produced by
12-Gauge Productions
Miramax
Pandora Film
TriStar

Release
by Electric Pictures

Awards
1996 - Best Picture - Independent Spirit Award
1996 - Five Continents Award - Screen International