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starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincottdirected by: Jim Jarmusch
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304267868
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 630426786X
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: January 06, 1998
Running Time: 121 minutes
Sales Rank: 17632
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 10, 1996
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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:  - Brilliant Study of Western American Cultural Roots
It's creepy in parts but it's also beautiful and funny too.
I think it's one of the most honest Westerns ever made.
Rating:  - interesting but many problems
I wanted to like this movie and in places I did. Johnny Depp turns in a stellar performance and several of the scenes are interesting in an acid-trip kind of way (I found out after watching this that it's called an "acid western") but oh, dear, the sound track is obnoxious and distracting. It's probably twice as loud as the voice track. I missed a lot of dialogue because I had to keep the volume down to keep the guitar boing-oing-oing tolerable.
Also -- it really didn't have to ... Read More
Rating: - A work of art
A quiet,artistic, thought provoking, bizarre, incredibly cinematic piece of work. So many things said in so few words. Don't expect action packed and full of adventure, just enjoy the view and the oddity.
Rating: - Interesting concept, unfortunately flawed
We first see Bill Blake (Depp) coming West on a train. He's a bored and bespectacled dandy amongst frontier people. He's come West from Cleveland after the death of his parents and the receipt of a job offer as an accountant from John Dickinson (Mitchum).
Turns out, Blake's arrived too late. Dickinson's already hired an accountant. So, he's alone and penniless in Machine.
He spends his last coin on a bottle and comes upon a woman who makes paper flowers. She takes ... Read More
Rating:  - Very Much Alive
A rabid fan or not of the Director or Johnny Depp, this film is worth viewing for its courageousness, risk and overall success. A mood piece with the varying landscapes serving to set tone, the actors all have an understated approach to their performances, even when the script, or ad libbing would have made an over the top performance too easy. A film in which Iggy Pop can play a clearly feminine "man" with some believability, though suspension of belief in the rational world is an good attribute ... Read More
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