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Plot

Written and directed by the ever-unpredictable Jim Jarmusch, Mystery Train is comprised of three short anecdotes involving foreign tourists in Tennessee. Each story is set in a fleabag Memphis hotel which has been redressed as a "tribute" to Elvis Presley. Story one involves two Japanese tourists whose devotion to '50s American rock music blinds them to everything around them. Story two finds eternal victim Luisa (Nicoletta Braschi) sharing a room with stone-broke Dee Dee (Elizabeth Bracco) and having her problems solved by a spectral vision of the King. And story three offers the further misadventures of Dee Dee, her no-good boyfriend, and her dysfunctional family.
MPAA Rating:
R
Genre(s):
Foreign
Run Time:
115min.
Theatrical Release Date:
11/22/1989
DVD Release Date:
03/28/2000
Director(s):
Jim Jarmusch
Starring:
Masatoshi Nagase , Youki Kudoh , Screamin' Jay Hawkins , Nicoletta Braschi , Elizabeth Bracco
Themes:
Down on Their Luck,Culture Clash,Fish Out of Water
Tone:
Quirky,Talky,Deadpan,Humorous,Nostalgic,Wry,Goofy
Keywords:
Americana,Italian [nationality],Japanese [nationality],criminal,foreign,ghost,motel,pop-culture,tourist,train [locomotive],widow/widower
Country of Origin:
USA (11-17-1989)
Language:
English