- Release Date: 1996
- Runtime: 121 min
- Genre: Drama, Western
- Starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen ... see all
- Director: Jim Jarmusch
- Plot: Dead Man is the story of a young man's journey, both physically and spiritually, into very unfamiliar terrain. William Blake travels to the extreme western frontiers of America sometime in... Read more
User Reviews
DARING!!!
Jun 30, 2008
greenanole31 - yahoo.com
Jun 30, 2008greenanole31 - yahoo.com
for all those people out there who think that black and white movies suck, this is the movie that will change your mind. i thought that it was going to suck because it was black and white. i only watched it... Full review
Atmospheric, touching, unnerving
Aug 13, 2007
roland_kandalbar - yahoo.com
Aug 13, 2007roland_kandalbar - yahoo.com
This movie is a beautiful, engrossing period piece of the wild wild west. It's filled with engaging characters, Native American mysticism, and outlaw high-jinks that keep the action moving along at a decent clip. Highly recommended for the lover of Westerns.... Full review
great
Jul 25, 2007
pizaro11 - yahoo.com
Jul 25, 2007pizaro11 - yahoo.com
great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great... Full review
Dead Dull
Jan 16, 2007
elliotgler - yahoo.com
Jan 16, 2007elliotgler - yahoo.com
Saw “Dead Man†for the second time tonight. Didn’t like it any more this go-round than the first, many snows ago. It reminds me of a really, really, really long music video (I had to watch it in two parts, with... Full review
Fantastic
Oct 07, 2006
adamkesher12 - yahoo.com
Oct 07, 2006adamkesher12 - yahoo.com
Dead Man is a powerful, visual masterpiece that revisits the 1800's western era in a completely new and fascinating way. Shot in stunning black and white, director Jim Jarmusch creates a story like none other. We see William Blake, infallibly played... Full review
A wonderful journey through life and death...
Sep 26, 2006
José Luis Rivera Mendoza - imdb.com
Sep 26, 2006José Luis Rivera Mendoza - imdb.com
The Western genre has always been misunderstood as a simplistic, racist (and misogynistic) traditional genre due to the many mediocre Westerns of the 40s and 50s. However, real good Westerns have delighted us with complex stories that take advantage of... Full review
One of Johnny's best ever
Mar 06, 2006
missdj62 - yahoo.com
Mar 06, 2006missdj62 - yahoo.com
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Even in black and white, Johnny "William Blake" comes out strong in this movie and he makes me want more! This is a must see. Along with great music (Neil Young)... Full review
Most Underated Western out there!
Mar 04, 2006
tomnpati - yahoo.com
Mar 04, 2006tomnpati - yahoo.com
This by far is the most underated western you can find. From the muddy streets to the uncaring characters the movie shows a true west you cannot find in most movies of this era. Johnny Depp has a way of picking... Full review
MY FAVORITE MOVIE!!!
Feb 16, 2006
bmoto99 - yahoo.com
Feb 16, 2006bmoto99 - yahoo.com
Oh man, you have to see this one. It is a great movie. I love Johnny Depp and he is fantastic in this role. If you are any kind of a Johnny Depp fan, this is the one film you need... Full review
sound is annoying!
Jan 23, 2006
bijindesu2 - yahoo.com
Jan 23, 2006bijindesu2 - yahoo.com
I watched this movie with mute on most of the time. The monotonous guitar sound was extremely annoying! If not for the superb acting by Johnny Depp, the funny story details, (yes, it's funny!) I would have given it a F.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Aug 10, 2009PopMatters
The lead single, "MC Sensation", and "Off-Flavour" seem to fit into a different, more colorful world independent of Jarmusch's film.....Clicks, buzzes, and krautrock rhythms suggest a fractured internal dialogue.... ... Full Review
| Jun 10, 2009associatedcontent.com
With an incredibly subtle and moving performance by Johnny Depp as William Blake, and a strong supporting cast, Dead Man is both beautifully bleak and goofy.....Three quirky characters (including a Hungarian cousin new to the country) embark on ill-advised road trip from New York to Miami..... ... Full Review
| Dec 25, 2006eFilmCritic.com
Iggy Pop, Billy Bob Thornton, and Jared Harris turn up, bickering around a campfire;....Lance Henriksen is a cartoonishly vicious assassin, with Michael Wincott as his partner, filling the air with raspy, inconsequential observations.....Physically beautiful, temperamentally reflective, "meaningless" scene for scene until you ponder it afterward, the film is itself a poem --.... ... Full Review
| Dec 02, 1999Salon
In that spirit: Ten reasons why "Dead Man" is the best movie of the dog days of the 20th century: 1.
In that spirit: Ten reasons why Neil Young's "Dead Man" is the best music for the dog days of the 20th century: 1.
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| Jul 26, 1996Deseret News
Dead Man" is surprisingly bland.
He's at his best when he simply allows the oddball dialogue to move things along, or when his camera speaks with effective visuals, punctuated by silence.
This is a film that relies heavily on mood.
... Full Review
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