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Johnny Depp and Robert Mitchum in...

Dead Man

( Catalog Number 8991AS )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Dead Man
1995 - 121 min. - Black and White
Genre: Western

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
In bringing his distinct vision to the Western genre, writer-director Jim Jarmusch has created a quasi-mystical avant-garde drama that remains a deeply spiritual viewing experience. After losing his parents and fianc

LaserDisc Movie Review:
For years, Jim Jarmush was more of a zookeeper than a filmmaker. His standard set-up was putting characters in a limited space, the New Orleans jail of Down By Law, the Memphis hotel of Mystery Train, the taxicabs of Night on Earth, and watching with almost clinical detachment as they interacted. As frequently funky and fascinating as his character studies were, they often felt stunted by their nonchalant fatalism. There wasn't much room in the Jarmusch universe for conflict or personal growth.

It took an experiment in mythology, 1996's Dead Man, for Jarmusch to bust out into the open air, resulting in what may be his most complete film. His setting is the Wild West of the late 1870s, where a young accountant named William Blake (Johnny Depp) has journeyed from Cleveland for a job in the frontier town of Machine. He discovers, however, that the man who supposedly hired him (Robert Mitchum) is a lunatic, and the job is no longer available. Stranded and penniless, Blake winds up in a tragic one-night stand that leaves him with a potentially fatal bullet wound and a trio of hired killers on his trail.

The bulk of Dead Man follows Blake, accompanied by an outcast Native American called Nobody (Gary Farmer) who believes Blake is the reincarnated spirit of his literary namesake, on a wandering journey through the American wilderness. Jarmusch fills that quest with a series of bizarre encounters, letting his protagonists cross paths with a cannibalistic bounty hunter (Lance Henriksen), a Scripture-quoting, cross-dressing fur trapper (Iggy Pop), and a casually racist missionary/trading post operator (Alfred Molina). With his typically wry sense of humour, Jarmusch turns Dead Man into Dances With Wolves as it might have been filmed by the Coen brothers.

What gives Dead Man a surge of resonance is Jarmusch's deft juggling of elements straight out of a Joseph Campbell text. Blake is the classic questing hero, recently orphaned, he is stranded in a strange land after slaying the son of the local king and makes his way guided by a wise mentor. Depp's unnatural prettiness allows him to make the transition from boy to man through simple facial expression, while Jarmusch weaves the Greek and Judeo-Christian heroic narrative into the mythology of the American West. Blake becomes an avenger of transcendental truth over the primitive brutality of his era.

The whole thing might have felt like a scholarly game if not for the dazzling atmosphere. Robby Muller's black-and-white cinematography has a surreal crispness, adding texture to scenes that don't seem to be taking place in the real world; Neil Young adds a mournfully evocative instrumental score. There s nothing obvious about Dead Man, which somehow manages to be playfully entertaining and philosophically engrossing at intervals without ever lacking cohesiveness. Always a filmmaker for a particular taste, Jarmusch takes a creative leap with Dead Man, creating a hypnotically compelling film universe fuelled by a little fresh air. [Review by Scott Renshaw]

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Cast for Dead Man

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 Bringleson
John North
Peter Schrum
Mike Dawson
Billy Bob Thornton
Michelle Thrush
Gibby Haynes
Richard Boes
George Duckworth
Thomas Bettles
Alfred Molina
Daniel Chas Stacy
Todd Pfeiffer
Leonard Bowechop
Cecil Cheeka
Michael McCarty

Crew for Dead Man

Producer Karen Koch
Producer Demetra J. MacBride
Writer Jim Jarmusch
Cinematographer Robby Müller
Composer Neil Young
Costume Designer Marit Allen
Director Jim Jarmusch
Editor Jay Rabinowitz
Carol Abady
Steve Blakely
Hildegard Bongarts
Christian Bongers
Alan Burke
Robin Bursey
Michael Böhme
Diane Carlucci
Steve Carroll
Ernie Cheeka
Greg Colfax
Kevin S. Colley
P.J. Connelly
Bruce Corkham
Randy Court
Robert W. Davis
Sioux Dean
Christi Dembrowski
Jean-Michel Dissard
Don Donigi
Rick Eggers
Betsy Everman
Gwen Everman
Jordan Faeth
Patrick Fuchs
Mike Gibson
David Graham
John Hausmann
Richard Heller
Sam Hyde
Jeffrey King
Danielle LaClare
Gilbert Manygoats
David Matson
Harry McCarty
Mike McNally
Martha Pilcher
Exile Ramirez
Tricia Ronten
Jennifer Roth
Jeffrey B. Seymann
Danielle Sotet
Birgit Staudt
Raquel Stewart
George Walden
Ken Weintraub
Kathy Whitman
Whitney J. Willard
Ivan Red Wolverton
Kip Wolverton
Margery Wolverton
Production Designer Bob Ziembicki

Feature Details

Title: Dead Man
Feature Release Date: 1995
Genre: Western
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 121 Minutes
Chapters: 19
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 12 Feb 1997
Catalog Number: 8991AS
UPC: 786936027129
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Publisher: Miramax Home Entertainment

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 8991AS-N
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Johnny Depp and Robert Mitchum in...

Dead Man

( Catalog Number 8991AS )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

Dead Man
1995 - 121 min. - Black and White
Genre: Western

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
In bringing his distinct vision to the Western genre, writer-director Jim Jarmusch has created a quasi-mystical avant-garde drama that remains a deeply spiritual viewing experience. After losing his parents and fianc

LaserDisc Movie Review:
For years, Jim Jarmush was more of a zookeeper than a filmmaker. His standard set-up was putting characters in a limited space, the New Orleans jail of Down By Law, the Memphis hotel of Mystery Train, the taxicabs of Night on Earth, and watching with almost clinical detachment as they interacted. As frequently funky and fascinating as his character studies were, they often felt stunted by their nonchalant fatalism. There wasn't much room in the Jarmusch universe for conflict or personal growth.

It took an experiment in mythology, 1996's Dead Man, for Jarmusch to bust out into the open air, resulting in what may be his most complete film. His setting is the Wild West of the late 1870s, where a young accountant named William Blake (Johnny Depp) has journeyed from Cleveland for a job in the frontier town of Machine. He discovers, however, that the man who supposedly hired him (Robert Mitchum) is a lunatic, and the job is no longer available. Stranded and penniless, Blake winds up in a tragic one-night stand that leaves him with a potentially fatal bullet wound and a trio of hired killers on his trail.

The bulk of Dead Man follows Blake, accompanied by an outcast Native American called Nobody (Gary Farmer) who believes Blake is the reincarnated spirit of his literary namesake, on a wandering journey through the American wilderness. Jarmusch fills that quest with a series of bizarre encounters, letting his protagonists cross paths with a cannibalistic bounty hunter (Lance Henriksen), a Scripture-quoting, cross-dressing fur trapper (Iggy Pop), and a casually racist missionary/trading post operator (Alfred Molina). With his typically wry sense of humour, Jarmusch turns Dead Man into Dances With Wolves as it might have been filmed by the Coen brothers.

What gives Dead Man a surge of resonance is Jarmusch's deft juggling of elements straight out of a Joseph Campbell text. Blake is the classic questing hero, recently orphaned, he is stranded in a strange land after slaying the son of the local king and makes his way guided by a wise mentor. Depp's unnatural prettiness allows him to make the transition from boy to man through simple facial expression, while Jarmusch weaves the Greek and Judeo-Christian heroic narrative into the mythology of the American West. Blake becomes an avenger of transcendental truth over the primitive brutality of his era.

The whole thing might have felt like a scholarly game if not for the dazzling atmosphere. Robby Muller's black-and-white cinematography has a surreal crispness, adding texture to scenes that don't seem to be taking place in the real world; Neil Young adds a mournfully evocative instrumental score. There s nothing obvious about Dead Man, which somehow manages to be playfully entertaining and philosophically engrossing at intervals without ever lacking cohesiveness. Always a filmmaker for a particular taste, Jarmusch takes a creative leap with Dead Man, creating a hypnotically compelling film universe fuelled by a little fresh air. [Review by Scott Renshaw]

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Cast for Dead Man

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 Bringleson
John North
Peter Schrum
Mike Dawson
Billy Bob Thornton
Michelle Thrush
Gibby Haynes
Richard Boes
George Duckworth
Thomas Bettles
Alfred Molina
Daniel Chas Stacy
Todd Pfeiffer
Leonard Bowechop
Cecil Cheeka
Michael McCarty

Crew for Dead Man

Producer Karen Koch
Producer Demetra J. MacBride
Writer Jim Jarmusch
Cinematographer Robby Müller
Composer Neil Young
Costume Designer Marit Allen
Director Jim Jarmusch
Editor Jay Rabinowitz
Carol Abady
Steve Blakely
Hildegard Bongarts
Christian Bongers
Alan Burke
Robin Bursey
Michael Böhme
Diane Carlucci
Steve Carroll
Ernie Cheeka
Greg Colfax
Kevin S. Colley
P.J. Connelly
Bruce Corkham
Randy Court
Robert W. Davis
Sioux Dean
Christi Dembrowski
Jean-Michel Dissard
Don Donigi
Rick Eggers
Betsy Everman
Gwen Everman
Jordan Faeth
Patrick Fuchs
Mike Gibson
David Graham
John Hausmann
Richard Heller
Sam Hyde
Jeffrey King
Danielle LaClare
Gilbert Manygoats
David Matson
Harry McCarty
Mike McNally
Martha Pilcher
Exile Ramirez
Tricia Ronten
Jennifer Roth
Jeffrey B. Seymann
Danielle Sotet
Birgit Staudt
Raquel Stewart
George Walden
Ken Weintraub
Kathy Whitman
Whitney J. Willard
Ivan Red Wolverton
Kip Wolverton
Margery Wolverton
Production Designer Bob Ziembicki

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