Dead Man
“It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.”
On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
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Cast
23 people
Johnny Depp
William Blake
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Gary Farmer
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Crispin Glover
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Lance Henriksen
Cole Wilson
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Michael Wincott
Conway Twill
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Eugene Byrd
Johnny 'The Kid' Pickett
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John Hurt
John Scholfield
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Alien
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Robert Mitchum
John Dickinson
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The Night of the Hunter
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Iggy Pop
Salvatore 'Sally' Jenko
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Cry-Baby
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Gabriel Byrne
Charlie Dickinson
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The Usual Suspects
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Jared Harris
Benmont Tench
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Mili Avital
Thel Russell
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Jim Jarmusch Director · Neil Young Composer Robby Müller Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1M · Budget $9M · United States release May 5, 1996
Box office
Budget
$9,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,038,000
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Pandora Film
Production
JVC
Production
Newmarket Capital Group
Production
12-Gauge Productions
Production
Miramax
Studio
JVC Entertainment
Production
Pandora Filmproduktion
Production
United States · Germany · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Cree · English · Spanish
Release dates
France · May 27, 1995
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · May 5, 1996
Limited theatrical
United States
April 18, 1996 · Premiere · Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
May 10, 1996 · Theatrical
January 29, 2005 · Premiere · International Buddhist Film Festival
May 13, 2009 · Premiere · International Buddhist Film Festival
July 2, 2009 · Premiere · BAMcinemaFest
Australia
April 25, 1996 · Theatrical
June 23, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Austria
March 8, 1996 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 24, 1996 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 23, 2015 · Physical · DVD
Czechia
August 15, 1996 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 21, 1997 · Theatrical
Estonia
January 10, 1997 · Theatrical
Finland
August 16, 1996 · Theatrical
France
January 3, 1996 · Theatrical
May 3, 2000 · Physical · VHS
May 17, 2000 · Physical · DVD
November 5, 2008 · Physical · Bluray
July 3, 2019 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored Version)
May 10, 2020 · Digital · VOD
January 10, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
January 4, 1996 · Theatrical
Greece
April 19, 1996 · Theatrical
July 26, 2007 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 8, 2023 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
June 22, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Dead Time: Early Jarmusch
Hungary
April 18, 1996 · Theatrical
Italy
May 3, 1996 · Theatrical · Cuneo
June 7, 1996 · Theatrical
September 11, 2010 · Premiere · Milano Film Festival
August 6, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored Version)
Japan
December 23, 1995 · Theatrical
Lithuania
September 29, 2000 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 31, 1997 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 9, 1996 · Theatrical
November 22, 2007 · Physical · DVD
September 1, 2013 · TV · Nederland 2
February 9, 2017 · Theatrical · Re-release
Norway
March 29, 1996 · Theatrical
Poland
April 30, 1996 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Russia
July 27, 2017 · Theatrical
November 25, 2021 · Theatrical · Re-release
South Korea
May 23, 1998 · Theatrical
Spain
October 15, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 27, 1997 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 5, 1996 · Theatrical
May 9, 2009 · Premiere · International Buddhist Film Festival
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