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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936141788
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 19, 2000
Running Time: 121 minutes
Sales Rank: 2442
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: May 10, 1996
Editorial Review:
Description:
Johnny Depp (CHOCOLAT) delivers a remarkable performance in this highly acclaimed tale of adventure and intrigue in the wild, wild west! A young man in search of a fresh start, William Blake (Depp) embarks on an exciting journey to a new town ... never realizing the danger that lies ahead. But when a heated love triangle ends in double murder, Blake finds himself a wanted man, running scared -- until a mysterious loner teaches him to face the dangers that follow a 'dead man.' With an outstanding supporting cast including Gabriel Byrne (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) and Robert Mitchum (CAPE FEAR), and a sizzling soundtrack, DEAD MAN is another motion picture triumph from filmmaker Jim Jarmusch.
Amazon.com:
This disappointment from Jim Jarmusch stars Johnny Depp in a mystery-Western about a 19th-century accountant named William Blake, who spends nearly all his money getting to a hellish mud town in the old West 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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "FUNKY PRETTY"
If you liked PAPER MOON, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, ERASERHEAD, LONESOME DOVE, PLEASANTVILLE, this deserves a big look-see. You may or may not want to look past the gratuitous bloodshead and concentrate on the cinematography, characters and the story--the fragility of life for those souls who traversed our frontier. Yet they all had a place, a part to play for us to be here today. And the message of the Indian, Nobody (played so perfectly by Farmer), the philosophy behind the journey of our spirit, ... Read More
Rating: - A renowned masterwork!
Dead man constitutes a golden cinematographic jewel in all senses. Not only because it develops a mesmerizing and mature script, but besides carves in relief the vital importance of the author's cinema's genre, so overlooked for many people but that must survive in order to point the several directions of the lucid conscious iof any honest artist.
Depp is wounded man who must escape from both bounty hunters. One can not let to associate a mite of Wender and Italian Neo realism's influences ... Read More
Rating: - Go Johnny Depp!
This is an interesting legend, a somewhat confusing at times mystery which will make you laugh or make you sad, although you must watch it completely from start to finish otherwise you will be totally confused. Johnny Depp was the main character in this black and white masterpiece, with co stars like Billy Bob Thorton,Gary Farmer and Crispin Glover. This movie you either love or you will hate, its worth a try none the less..
Rating: - Dead Man
Neil Young's haunting music creates the mood in this movie. A man's quest for a better life turns to havoc once he his train ride reaches the town of Machine "the end of the line". Johnny Depp is marvelous!
Rating:  - Dead in the water
As watchable as this movie is, I kept thinking while watching this Western that no Western fan would enjoy this movie.
If you love Westerns, you will probably be bored, frustrated, confused and ultimately disappointed by DEAD MAN.
If you like quirky Independent films with obscure points, talented actors reading demented dialogue as overwrought grotesques, a genre picture that is anti-genre...this movie is for you.
I liked everyone in the movie but found every character ... Read More
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