Editing Dead Man (section)

{{short description|1995 Western film}}
{{other uses|Dead man (disambiguation)}}
{{Distinguish|text=another 1995 movie [[Dead Man Walking (film)]]}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Dead Man
| image          = DeadManPoster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Jim Jarmusch]]
| producer       = Demetra J. MacBride
| writer         = Jim Jarmusch
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Johnny Depp]]
* [[Gary Farmer]]
* [[Lance Henriksen]]
* [[Michael Wincott]]
* [[Eugene Byrd]]
* [[Mili Avital]]
* [[Crispin Glover]]
* [[Iggy Pop]]
* [[Billy Bob Thornton]]
* [[Jared Harris]]
* [[Gabriel Byrne]]
* [[John Hurt]]
* [[Alfred Molina]]
* [[Robert Mitchum]]}}
| music          = [[Neil Young]]
| cinematography = [[Robby Müller]]
| editing        = [[Jay Rabinowitz (film editor)|Jay Rabinowitz]]
| distributor    = [[Miramax Films]]
| released       = {{Film date|1995|05|26|[[1995 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|1996|05|10}}
| runtime        = 120 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 120:18--><ref>{{cite web|title=''DEAD MAN'' (18)|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/dead-man-1970-2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140725134544/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/dead-man-1970-2|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 25, 2014|work=Electric Pictures|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=December 15, 1995|access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English, Cree, Blackfoot
| budget         = $9 million<ref name="budget"/>{{better source needed|date=April 2024}}
| gross          = $1 million <ref name="gross"/>
}}
'''''Dead Man''''' is a 1995 American [[acid Western]] film written and directed by [[Jim Jarmusch]]. It stars [[Johnny Depp]], [[Gary Farmer]], [[Billy Bob Thornton]], [[Iggy Pop]], [[Crispin Glover]], [[John Hurt]], [[Michael Wincott]], [[Lance Henriksen]], [[Gabriel Byrne]], [[Mili Avital]], and [[Robert Mitchum]] in his final film performance. The movie, set in the late 19th century, follows William Blake, a meek accountant on the run after killing a man. He has a chance encounter with enigmatic Native American spirit-guide "Nobody", who believes Blake is the reincarnation of the visionary English poet [[William Blake]].

Described by Jarmusch as a "Psychedelic Western", the film is shot entirely in [[monochrome]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/break-with-the-past/2005/09/08/1125772639995.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=Break with the past | date=September 10, 2005}}</ref> [[Neil Young]] composed the guitar-dominated soundtrack with portions he improvised while watching the movie footage. Many have considered it a premier postmodern Western. It has been compared to [[Cormac McCarthy]]'s novel ''[[Blood Meridian]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?Filename=/published/emeraldfulltextarticle/pdf/0230150104.pdf|title=Dead Man – an encounter with the unknown past|first=Peter|last=Pelzer|date=April 12, 2013|journal=Journal of Organizational Change Management|volume=15|pages=48–62|access-date=September 2, 2017|via=www.emeraldinsight.com|doi=10.1108/09534810210417375|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522195040/http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1411125&show=pdf |archive-date=May 22, 2011 }}</ref>