Rent Dead Man (1995)
3.6 of 5 from 188 ratings
1h 56min
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- Synopsis:
- 'Dead Man' is a story of a young man's journey both psychically and spiritually into the extreme Western frontiers of America sometime in the second half of the 19th Century. William Blake is lost and badly wounded, when he encounters very odd, outcast native American named "Nobody", who believes Blake is actually dead English poet of the same name. Both comical and violent, Blake has been thrown into chaotic world as though he has passed though a surface of mirrors and emerges into a previously unknown world that exists on the other side.
- Actors:
- Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Eugene Byrd, John Hurt, Robert Mitchum, Iggy Pop, Gabriel Byrne, Jared Harris, Mili Avital, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Mark Bringelson, John North, Peter Schrum, Mike Dawson, Billy Bob Thornton, Michelle Thrush, Gibby Haynes
- Directors:
- Jim Jarmusch
- Producers:
- Demetra J. MacBride
- Writers:
- Jim Jarmusch
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/03/2015
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailers
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Reviews (5) of Dead Man
Well I liked it! - Dead Man review by PM
It is a quiet film, a bit irritating, even harrowing in places, but it is also monumentally symbolic in a way that few other movies manage to attain. I doubt it would be so worth watching without Johnny Depp's enigmatic performance, but for me it is Gary Farmer who is the real star of the show. And it's a movie that is stuffed full of extraordinary larger than life characters. In many ways it's a series of portraits that intertwine with each other, and that may be why some people have found it too dull. Being more akin to a painting than an action movie.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
A B+W Photograph - Dead Man review by CP Customer
This film is very much in the style of a black-and-white photograph of the Old West - lots of bearded men in fur coats looking suitably weird. It is intriguing at the start but soon gets tiresome and its dream-like quality becomes irritating. The acting is wooden, and the characters have little appeal. The best scene is the last.
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.
Dead Loss - Dead Man review by CP Customer
With such a cast how could it go wrong?
Following a very thin plot ,each scene punctuated by an irritating use of fade-to-black. The dirge like sound track was in keeping ,but I think was another missed opportunity, as with the overall depressing depiction of the country at that point in its history.
Best part has to be the scene with Robert Mitchum.
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