Dead Man [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Dead Man [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
, Gary Farmer
Gary Farmer
, Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen
, Michael Wincott
Michael Wincott
Jim Jarmusch
Dead Man [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Dead Man [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
, Gary Farmer
Gary Farmer
, Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen
, Michael Wincott
Michael Wincott
Jim Jarmusch

Blu-ray (Black & White / Wide Screen)

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Overview

Jim Jarmusch's visionary, allegorical western chronicles a man's search for a physical and spiritual presence in the world. Johnny Depp is William Blake, traveling from Cleveland, where his parents have just died, to the Western town of Machine, where he has been promised a job as an accountant. Things don't bode well for Blake when, while playing solitaire in the train car, a grimy-faced fireman (Crispin Glover) ominously warns him that when he reaches the town of Machine, he will find his own grave. It turns out the fireman is almost as good as his word. When Blake arrives at Machine, a backwater cesspool of a town, he reports to the Dickinson Metalworks, only to be told by the office manager, John Scholfield (John Hurt) that the accounting position has been filled. Confronting the owner John Dickinson (Robert Mitchum) to protest, Blake is ordered to leave at gunpoint -- otherwise he'll be "pushing up daisies." With no money to his name and no place to go, Blake ends up in a bar, where he meets the beautiful Thell Russell (Mili Avital). They go back to her room to make love but are interrupted in their lovemaking by Charlie Dickinson (Gabriel Byrne) -- Dickinson's son and Thell's boyfriend. Charlie shoots at Blake but misses, killing Thell instead. Blake grabs a gun and shoots Charlie dead. Critically wounded from a chest wound, he leaps out of the window and becomes a man on the run. The next morning he discovers an Indian guide named Nobody (Gary Farmer) tending to his chest wound. Nobody mistakes Blake for the English poet William Blake and determines that he will be Blake's guide back into the spirit world. As the two undertake this spiritual odyssey, they head westward for the Pacific Ocean, leaving a trail of carnage behind them.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/24/2018
UPC: 0715515213813
Original Release: 1995
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:01:00
Sales rank: 8,893

Special Features

New Q&A in which Jarmusch responds to questions sent in by fans; Rarely seen footage of Neil Young composing and performing the film's score; New interview with actor Gary Farmer; New readings of William Blake poems by members of the cast, including Mili Avital, Alfred Molina, and Iggy Pop, accompanied by Jarmusch's location-scouting photos; New selected-scene audio commentary by production designer Bob Ziembicki and sound mixer Drew Kunin; Deleted scenes; Trailer; Color photos from the film's production

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Johnny Depp William Blake
Gary Farmer Nobody
Lance Henriksen Cole Wilson
Michael Wincott Conway Twill
Mili Avital Thel Russell
Crispin Glover The Fireman
Eugene Byrd Johnyy `The Kid' Pickett
Iggy Pop Salvatore `Sally' Jenko
Billy Bob Thornton Big George
Jared Harris Tench
Robert Mitchum John Dickinson
Gabriel Byrne Charlie Dickinson
John Hurt John Scholfield
Alfred Molina Missionary
John North Mr. Olafsen
Jimmie Ray Weeks Marvin, Older Marshal
Michelle Thrush Nobody's Girlfriend
Pete Schrum Drunk,Drunk
Gibby Haines Man in the Alley
George Duckworth Man at End of Street
John C. Pattison Trading Post Man No. 1
Richard Boes Man with Wrench
Mickey McGee Bartender (Uncredited)
Mike Dowson Old Man with Wanted Posters
John Pattison Trading Post Man No. 1
Todd Pfeiffer Trading Post Man No. 2,Man at Trading Post
Leonard Bowechop Mahah Villager
Cecil Cheeka Mahah Villager
Michael McCarty Mahah Villager
Thomas Bettles Young Nobody No. 1
Daniel Chas Stacy Young Nobody No. 2
Mark Bringleson Lee, Younger Marshall
Gibby Haynes Man with Gun in Alley

Technical Credits
Jim Jarmusch Director,Screenwriter
Demetra J. MacBride Producer
Ellen Lewis Casting
Laura Rosenthal Casting
Lou Carlucci Special Effects
Jon Farhat Special Effects
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