Dead Man

Story

This disappointment from Jim Jarmusch stars Johnny Depp in a mystery Western about a 19th-century accountant named William Blake, who spends his last coin getting to a hellish mud town in Texas and ends up penniless and doomstruck in the wilderness. A benevolent if goofy Native American (Gary Farmer) takes an interest in guiding Blake on a quest for identity in his earthly journey, but the film is really just a string of endless shtick about inbred woodsmen, dumb lawmen, and a trio of irritable killers. With Robert Mitchum, Iggy Pop, Gabriel Byrne, Alfred Molina, and a noodling soundtrack by Neil Young. --Tom Keogh

DVD Features

• Available subtitles: French
  
• Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  
• Deleted Scenes
  
• Outakes
  
• Dead Man Theme music video

Theatrical International release dates:
Europe: Jul 5, 96
Japan: Dec 23, 95
Australia: Apr 25, 96

Movie Details

Cast:

Mili Avital
Gabriel Byrne
Johnny Depp
Crispin Glover
Lance Henriksen
John Hurt
Michael Wincott
Robert Mitchum
Gary Farmer
Eugene Byrd

MPAA Rating: R
Running time: 121 min
DVD Aspect Ratios: 1.85:1

International rating:

Europe: 18
Australia: R

DVD International release dates:
North America: Mar 4, 03
Europe: Sep 7, 04