Dead Man (1995) Movie Overview

Dead Man is a 1995 American Western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Michael Wincott, Lance Henriksen, and Robert Mitchum (in his final role). The film, dubbed an “Acid Western” by its director, includes twisted elements of the Western genre. The film is shot entirely in black-and-white. Some consider it the ultimate postmodern Western, and related to postmodern literature such as Cormac McCarthy’s novel, Blood Meridian. William Blake (Johnny Depp), a meek accountant from Cleveland, Ohio, becomes mortally wounded and embarks on a bloody journey through a twisted version of the American Old West. William Blake rides by train to the frontier company town of Machine to assume a promised job as a bookkeeper in the town’s namesake metal works. During the trip, a Fireman (Crispin Glover) warns Blake against the enterprise while passengers shoot buffalo from the train windows. Arriving in town, Blake discovers that his position has already been filled, and is driven from the workplace at gunpoint by John Dickinson (Robert Mitchum), the ferocious owner of the company. Jobless and without m… Source

• Dead Man Movie Details
• Director: Jim Jarmusch
• Tagline: No one can survive becoming a legend.
• Country: USA , Germany , Japan
• Run Time: 121 min | Australia:115 min | Argentina:120 min
• Genre: Drama , Fantasy , Western

• Cast Overview
• Johnny Depp as William Blake
• Gary Farmer as Nobody
• Crispin Glover as Train Fireman
• Lance Henriksen as Cole Wilson
• Michael Wincott as Conway Twill
• Eugene Byrd as Johnny 'The Kid' Pickett

Dead Man Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies

Dead Man Walking (1995): Honoring the request of a lonely and desperate man, Sister Helen Prejean writes to Matthew Poncelet, the condemned killer of two teenage lovers, and is wholly unprepared for the relationship which will follow. When the date is set for Matthews execution, he asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she complies. As… Source

Dead Man Movie Review from New York Times

Tim Robbins’ second directorial effort (after the political satire Bob Roberts) was this drama based on a true story, which explores the issue of capital punishment. Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon) is a nun and teacher living in rural Louisiana. One day, she receives a letter from Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), who is scheduled to be executed… Source

Dead Man Movie Details from Imdb

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 d… Source

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