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Dead Man (1995)

18 121 min  -  Drama | Fantasy | Western  -   10 May 1996 (USA)
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Ratings: 7.7/10 from 43,315 users   Metascore: 58/100 
Reviews: 283 user | 87 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com

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.

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

Writer:

Jim Jarmusch
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Cast

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Eugene Byrd ...
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Storyline

Dead Man is the story of a young man's journey, both physically and spiritually, into very unfamiliar terrain. William Blake travels to the extreme western frontiers of America sometime in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Lost and badly wounded, he encounters a very odd, outcast Native American, named "Nobody," who believes Blake is actually the dead English poet of the same name. The story, with Nobody's help, leads William Blake through situations that are in turn comical and violent. Contrary to his nature, circumstances transform Blake into a hunted outlaw, a killer, and a man whose physical existence is slowly slipping away. Thrown into a world that is cruel and chaotic, his eyes are opened to the fragility that defines the realm of the living. It is as though he passes through the surface of a mirror, and emerges into a previously-unknown world that exists on the other side. Written by Anonymous  

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Plot Keywords:

Accountant | Factory | Train | Letter | Wilderness  | See more »

Taglines:

No one can survive becoming a legend.

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Western

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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Details

Country:

USA | Germany | Japan

Language:

English | Cree (only a few words)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ο Νεκρός See more »

Filming Locations:

Applegate River, Oregon, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

DEM 645,423 (Germany) (10 January 1996) (49 Screens)

Gross:

$1,037,847 (USA)
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Dolby  | Dolby SR

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The lines "The vision of Christ that thou dost see / Is my vision's greatest enemy" that Nobody says to the trading post missionary are from William Blake's "The Everlasting Gospel". See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The straps on Thel's dress while she's talking to Charlie. See 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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Connections

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Soundtracks

"Billy Boy"
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