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DramaFantasyWestern

Dead Man

- It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.

William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a Native American man called Nobody, who guides him on a journey to the spiritual world.

Release Date : 1995-12-23

Language :CreeEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : JVCNewmarket Capital Group12 Gauge ProductionsPandora Film

Production Country : United States of AmericaJapanGermany

Alternative Titles : Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man

Cast

Johnny Depp

Character Name : William Blake

Original Name : Johnny Depp

Gender : Male

Gary Farmer

Character Name : Nobody

Original Name : Gary Farmer

Gender : Male

Crispin Glover

Character Name : Train Fireman

Original Name : Crispin Glover

Gender : Male

Lance Henriksen

Character Name : Cole Wilson

Original Name : Lance Henriksen

Gender : Male

Michael Wincott

Character Name : Conway Twill

Original Name : Michael Wincott

Gender : Male

Eugene Byrd

Character Name : Johnny 'The Kid' Pickett

Original Name : Eugene Byrd

Gender : Male

John Hurt

Character Name : John Scholfield

Original Name : John Hurt

Gender : Male

Robert Mitchum

Character Name : John Dickinson

Original Name : Robert Mitchum

Gender : Male

Iggy Pop

Character Name : Salvatore 'Sally' Jenko

Original Name : Iggy Pop

Gender : Male

Gabriel Byrne

Character Name : Charlie Dickinson

Original Name : Gabriel Byrne

Gender : Male

Jared Harris

Character Name : Benmont Tench

Original Name : Jared Harris

Gender : Male

Mili Avital

Character Name : Thel Russell

Original Name : Mili Avital

Gender : Female

Jimmie Ray Weeks

Character Name : Marvin, Older Marshal

Original Name : Jimmie Ray Weeks

Gender : Male

Mark Bringelson

Character Name : Lee, Younger Marshal

Original Name : Mark Bringelson

Gender : Male

John North

Character Name : Mr. Olafsen

Original Name : John North

Gender : Male

Alfred Molina

Character Name : Trading Post Missionary

Original Name : Alfred Molina

Gender : Male

Billy Bob Thornton

Character Name : Big George Drakoulious

Original Name : Billy Bob Thornton

Gender : Male

Michelle Thrush

Character Name : Nobody's Girlfriend

Original Name : Michelle Thrush

Gender : Female

Steve Buscemi

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Steve Buscemi

Gender : Male

Gibby Haynes

Character Name : Man with Gun in Alley

Original Name : Gibby Haynes

Gender : Male

Richard Boes

Character Name : Man with Wrench

Original Name : Richard Boes

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2023-07-04

**A somewhat surrealist film, which has value, but which is not for everyone's taste.** This film is a little disconcerting. It is an uncompromising Western, frontal, very raw and sometimes difficult to understand. It all starts with William Blake, an accountant from the East Coast, taking a train to a remote place in the West, to accept a job in the company of an unscrupulous industrialist. It turns out that the vacancy was filled by someone else: at the end of the day, unmotivated, he goes to bed with a prostitute and ends up killing a man who tried to kill her out of jealousy. This man was the son of the factory owner, who sends henchmen after Blake, who is unaware of this and runs away, ending up in the company of a strange Indian named Nobody. The film has great artistic note. It has excellent black and white cinematography, makes intelligent use of light, shadow, angles and filming framing. The sets and costumes are very good: they are not particularly rigorous from a historical point of view, the film was not concerned with being strictly framed in time and space, so that aesthetics prevails over the realism of the recreation. However, the aesthetic value is remarkable, and it gives us a raw, rough and dirty vision of the West. Jim Jarmusch ensures effective management that makes the most of what's in its hands. There are a good number of visual effects and the soundtrack, based on the electric guitar, is atmospheric and somehow fits into the film effectively, even if it is never one of the soundtracks that we will want to have on CD. The film has a series of good actors, of which Johnny Depp stands out in an almost natural way. He was still young here, but he already showed his taste for playing the most bizarre characters. However, and perhaps because of the bizarre nature of the film itself, it is not one of the actor's greatest works. Iggy Pop, Robert Mitchum and Crispen Glover are also here, and they do an interesting and sincere job, in rough, tough characters, with few lines and a lot of presence and impact. The big problem with the film – and it really is a big one – is that it is so apparently complex and almost surreal. At various times it is suggested that the character played by Depp is a man who is already dead, and there is almost a synesthesia between the accountant and his British namesake, who was an artist and poet and who would be, at the time of the events of the film, really dead! It's very strange, and such strangeness makes this not a film for everyone's taste.