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Mystery Train (1989) | User Rating
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Release Date
Nov 17, 1989 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 28, 2000
Budget USD 2,800,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 53 minutes
Country USA, Japan
Studio JVC, Mystery Train Incorporated, Orion
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Mystery Train
• One Night in Memphis (1989)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy, Suspense, Cult Classic, Ghosts, Black Comedy, On The Road, Murder, Thieves, Urban, Culture Clash
Plot: Jim Jarmusch broadens his scope with this episodic tale of a night in the life of several Memphis, Tennessee, inhabitants who unknowingly find themselves lodging at the same hotel. The first episode, "Far from Yokohama," is about two Japanese teenagers (Youki Kudoh and Masatoshe Nagase) on a pilgrimage to the birthplace of rock and roll, Sun Studios, where Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins got their start. In the second story, "A Ghost," two strangers meet and become friends. One is an Italian tourist, Luisa (Nicoletta Braschi), who is on the way back to Rome in order to bury her husband; the other, Dee Dee (Elizabeth Bracco), has just dumped her British boyfriend, Johnny (Joe Strummer). During the middle of the night, Luisa is visited by the ghost of Elvis. "Lost in Space," the final segment, brings all the characters together briefly, as Johnny goes on a violent drinking spree with Dee Dee's brother (Steve Buscemi) and another friend (Rick Aviles). Throughout all of this, the hotel’s night clerk (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins) and bellboy (Cinque Lee) listen to the local radio and engage in aimless conversation. Jarmusch once again uses his distinct sense of humor to dispel cultural myths--this time it’s the legend of Memphis--by placing an eclectic group of tourists into an
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| Directed by |
Jim Jarmusch
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Dead Man, Broken Flowers |
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| Written by |
Jim Jarmusch
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Dead Man, Broken Flowers |
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| Cast |
| Youki Kudoh
Memoirs of a Geisha, Snow Falling on Cedars, Blood: The Last Vampire | | Cinqué Lee
Coffee and Cigarettes, Coffee and Cigarettes II, Black Dahlia | | | | |
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| Music By |
John Lurie
Get Shorty, Excess Baggage, Clay Pigeons |
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