On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 14 nominations
- Drunk
- (as Peter Schrum)
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- TriviaNeil Young recorded the soundtrack by improvising (mostly on his electric guitar, with some acoustic guitar, piano, and organ) as he watched the newly edited movie alone in a recording studio.
- GoofsConway Twill sleeps with a Teddy Bear in scenes set in the late 19th century. The Teddy Bear was invented in the early 20th century, and named after US President Teddy Roosevelt.
- Quotes
William Blake: What is your name?
Nobody: My name is Nobody.
William Blake: Excuse me?
Nobody: My name is Exaybachay. He Who Talks Loud, Saying Nothing.
William Blake: He who talks... I thought you said your name was Nobody.
Nobody: I preferred to be called Nobody.
- Crazy creditsAlthough Crispin Glover receives 9th billing, before Gabriel Bryne, John Hurt, Alfred Molina and Robert Mitchum, his part ends before his name appears in the opening credits.
- ConnectionsEdited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
- SoundtracksBilly Boy
(uncredited)
[Played in the saloon]
So beatiful pictures, such poetry in every single one of them. Hypnotic black and white scenes, still and vast nature, music that takes you down the other side.
It's the unconsious trip of one man to death, slowly descending to another level, deeper into nature. Or is he already dead and is not aware of it? Rivers, trees, animals and spirits to guide him along the way. This is a trip to self-knowledge, a hallucinational, sweet and slow resignation from needs and senses.
Amazing directing, incredible photography and an also amazing Johnny Depp, sunk in his own visions and thoughts, excellent in his portrayal of a man's abdication to parrallel levels of consiousness.
Thank god there is the indie american film making, that we see such beatiful movies.
- Siradakis
- Dec 10, 2002
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- Also known as
- Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man
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- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,037,847
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $104,649
- May 12, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $1,085,079
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1