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Where was Dead Man filmed?

1995 film, directed by Jim Jarmusch.

  • Niagara Falls

The story is set in Washington, about 308 miles (496 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Washington
Filmed in
Niagara Falls
Distance
About 308 miles (496 km) between Washington and the nearest filming location.

About Dead Man

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Released
1995
Director
Jim Jarmusch
Cast
Johnny DeppGary FarmerCrispin GloverLance HenriksenMichael WincottEugene ByrdJohn HurtRobert MitchumIggy PopGabriel Byrne
Genre
WesternFantasyDramaRoadIndependent
Awards
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film

The story

William Blake, an accountant from Cleveland, Ohio, rides by train to the frontier company town of Machine to take up a promised accounting job in the town's metal works.

Jobless and without money or prospects, Blake meets Thel Russell, a former prostitute who sells paper flowers.

Blake awakens to find a large Native American man trying to dislodge the bullet from his chest.

Famous lines from Dead Man

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • For what?Nobody
  • Excuse me?William Blake
  • We sure don't.Trading Post Missionary
  • No, I traded it.William Blake
  • I'm not telling.William Blake

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