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Mystery Train is a 1989 comedy-drama anthology film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and set in Memphis, Tennessee. The film is a triptych of stories involving foreign protagonists, unfolding over the course of the same night.
Nov 17, 1989 · Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about the plot, trivia, and awards of this Jim Jarmusch film.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Jim Jarmusch
- 1989-11-17
A seedy hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, provides the backdrop for three separate tales, featuring everything from a kitsch-obsessed Japanese couple (Masatoshi Nagase, Yûki Kudô) to a trio of ...
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- Jim Jarmusch
- R
- Masatoshi Nagase
Mystery Train. Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams—which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis.
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Jul 21, 2010 · The two Japanese kids in Jim Jarmusch's "Mystery Train" (1989) have the right idea. They're on a train to Memphis. With one suitcase suspended on a pole between them, they wander the bedraggled streets until passing by accident the door of the Sun record studios, which is a shrine for them.
Over the course of a single night in pale Memphis--the home of Sam Phillips ' legendary Sun Studio--a vivid triptych of romantic Rock n' Roll pilgrimage; sad nostalgia; emotional Americana, and forgotten, decrepit places unfolds.
Jan 26, 1990 · A romantic and nostalgic film about legends, people and America, set in a Memphis hotel and a Sun recording studio. Roger Ebert praises Jarmusch's imagination and vision, and the soundtrack of Elvis and blues.
