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Dead Man (1995)

Name: Dead Man
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Genre: drama film, fantasy film, Western film
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 7.5

Dead Man is a 1995 acid 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, Gabriel Byrne, Mili Avital, and Robert Mitchum in one of his final film performances. Set in the late 19th century, the story follows William Blake (Depp), a meek accountant on the run after killing a man. He has a…

Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Shot by Robby Müller · Cut by Jay Rabinowitz · Music by Neil Young · 116 min

Behind the scenes

Jim Jarmusch Q&A | 'Dead Man' (Full) — Film at Lincoln Center · 28 min
Jim Jarmusch interview on "Dead Man" (1996) — Manufacturing Intellect · 13 min
Jim Jarmusch Q&A | Working with Neil Young on 'Dead Man' — Film at Lincoln Center · 5 min
DEAD MAN (1995): William Blake and the Fur Traders (Iggy Pop, Billy Bob Thornton, and Jared Harris) — CRITERION · 5 min
'Dead Man' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times — The New York Times · 4 min

Elsewhere

Dead Man on Wikipedia
All Jim Jarmusch films

More by Jim Jarmusch

Permanent Vacation — 1980
Stranger than Paradise — 1983
Stranger Than Paradise — 1984
Down by Law — 1986
Coffee and Cigarettes: Strange to Meet You — 1986
Mystery Train — 1989
Coffee and Cigarettes II — 1989
Night on Earth — 1991
Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California — 1993
Year of the Horse — 1997
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai — 1999
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet — 2002
Int. Trailer Night — 2002
Coffee and Cigarettes — 2004
Broken Flowers — 2005
The Limits of Control — 2009
Only Lovers Left Alive — 2013
Paterson — 2016
Gimme Danger — 2016
The Dead Don't Die — 2019
Father Mother Sister Brother — 2025

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