

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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7.3/10
1,810 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $9M
- Box office
- $1M
- Language
- Cree
- dying and death
- sheriff
- bounty hunter
- gun
- indigenous
- attempted murder
- prosecution
- frontier
- murder
- black and white
- 19th century
- fear of dying
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Behind the camera
Director
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Produced in
United States of America, Germany, Japan
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereLos Angeles Independent Film Festival18 Apr 1996
- Theatrical (limited)R5 May 1996
- TheatricalR10 May 1996
- PremiereInternational Buddhist Film Festival29 Jan 2005
- PremiereInternational Buddhist Film Festival13 May 2009
- PremiereBAMcinemaFest2 Jul 2009
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical185 Jul 1996
- PremiereInternational Buddhist Film Festival9 May 2009
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalRC25 Apr 1996
- PhysicalR 18+DVD23 Jun 2005
AustriaAT
- Theatrical8 Mar 1996
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical24 Jan 1996
BrazilBR
- PhysicalDVD23 Mar 2015
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+15 Aug 1996
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical21 Feb 1997
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical10 Jan 1997
FinlandFI
- Theatrical16 Aug 1996
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival27 May 1995
- TheatricalTP3 Jan 1996
- PhysicalVHS3 May 2000
- PhysicalDVD17 May 2000
- PhysicalBluray5 Nov 2008
- TheatricalTPRe-release (Restored Version)3 Jul 2019
- Digital / OTTVOD10 May 2020
- Digital / OTTPrime Video10 Jan 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical164 Jan 1996
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Dead Man was released on 23 December 1995.
Audience reviews
1- F6/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
7/4/2023
**A somewhat surrealist film, which has value, but which is not for everyone's taste.** This film is a little disconcerting. It is an uncompromising Western, frontal, very raw and sometimes difficult to understand. It all starts with William Blake, an accountant from the East Coast, taking a train to a remote place in the West, to accept a job in the company of an unscrupulous industrialist. It turns out that the …
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