Mystery Train (1990) USA
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Director:Jim Jarmusch
Studio:MGM (Video & DVD)
Producer:Demetra J. MacBride, Hideaki Suda, Jim Stark, Kunijiro Hirata, Rudd Simmons
Writer:Jim Jarmusch
Rating:4
Rated:R
Date Added:2006-04-29
ASIN:0792844033
UPC:0027616806321
Price:$14.95
Awards:1 win & 8 nominations
Genre:Murder & Mayhem
Release:2000-03-27
IMDb:0097940
Duration:110
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Subtitles:Spanish, French
Features:Anamorphic
Jim Jarmusch  ...  (Director)
Jim Jarmusch  ...  (Writer)
 
Masatoshi Nagase  ...  Jun
Youki Kudoh  ...  Mitsuko
Screamin' Jay Hawkins  ...  Night Clerk
Cinqué Lee  ...  Bellboy
Rufus Thomas  ...  Man in Station
Jodie Markell  ...  Sun Studio Guide
William Hoch  ...  Tourist Family
Pat Hoch  ...  Tourist Family
Joshua Elvis Hoch  ...  Tourist Family
Reginald Freeman  ...  Conductor
Beverly Prye  ...  Streetwalker
Nicoletta Braschi  ...  Luisa
Elizabeth Bracco  ...  Dee Dee, Charlie's Sister
Sy Richardson  ...  Newsvendor
Tom Noonan  ...  Man in Arcade Diner
Robby Müller  ...  Cinematographer
Yûki Kudô  ...  Mitsuko (segment "Far From Yokohama")
Summary: Elvis may not be alive, but his spirit continues to permeate the American cultural landscape. Jim Jarmusch pays tribute his legacy in his funky third feature, Mystery Train. The name comes from the great bluesy recording Elvis made for Sun Records in 1955, but the stories of wandering tourists and lost souls drifting through Memphis come from the mind of Jarmusch. Three different tales play out in a single 24-hour period, a loose trilogy spinning around a fleabag hotel manned by a sleepy Screamin' Jay Hawkins and his eager bellboy Cinqué Lee. A young Japanese couple arrives in Memphis to take the Elvis tour, an Italian woman (Nicoletta Braschi of Life Is Beautiful) takes possession of her dead husband's ashes and gets a surprise visit from a wandering spirit, and three Memphis lowlifes (including indie stalwart Steve Buscemi and Clash guitarist Joe Strummer) take an aimless and ultimately fateful midnight cruise around town. Jarmusch lazily unfolds his tales at the speed of life, the unhurried rhythms lending the deadpan mix of quirky Americana, pop culture, and cinematic poetry a quietly lived-in quality, while he juggles timelines in a trick Quentin Tarantino borrowed for Pulp Fiction. The offbeat interweaving is just another pattern to the crazy quilt, lovely examples of the mercurial playfulness of life in Jarmusch's America. --Sean Axmaker