Anybody else ever see the movie 'Mystery Train'?

[jus_the_facts]

http://www.20six.fr/pub/immature/mystery_train_b.jpe

A Japanese couple obsessed with 1950s America goes to Memphis because the male half of the couple emulates Carl Perkins. Chance encounters link three different stories in the city, with the common thread being the seedy hotel where they are all staying.


User Rating: 7.3/10 (2,495 votes)

Cast overview, first billed only:
Masatoshi Nagase .... Jun
Youki Kudoh .... Mitsuko
Screamin' Jay Hawkins .... Night Clerk
Cinqué Lee .... Bellboy
Rufus Thomas .... Man in Station
Jodie Markell .... Sun Studio Guide
William Hoch .... Tourist Family
Pat Hoch .... Tourist Family
Joshua Elvis Hoch .... Tourist Family
Reginald Freeman .... Conductor
Beverly Prye .... Streetwalker
Nicoletta Braschi .... Luisa
Elizabeth Bracco .... Dee Dee, Charlie's Sister
Sy Richardson .... Newsvendor
Tom Noonan .... Man in Arcade Diner
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Also Known As:
One Night in Memphis (USA) (original script title)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097940/
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http://videodetective.com/home.asp?PublishedID=1104

[swag]

1. Another fine Jim Jarmusch film. I wish I had a copy.

Coincidentally, Coffee and Cigarettes, a much later film by the same guy, is playing as background noise in the DVD unit right now.

Jim Jarmusch has made many great movies. I haven't seen Mystery Train, though since it first hit theaters. Thanks for bringing that up.

I remember first reading about Jarmusch in Interview in 1983. Saw Stranger than Paradise a few months later. What a pleasant jolt that was.

[jus_the_facts]

4. I rented it free from our local library on VHS years ago.....

.....definitely a keeper. :hi:

[grace0418]

2. I love that movie

I haven't seen it in years but it's one of my top 30 movies for sure.

[jus_the_facts]

I did too....

....it's obscure...I give it a definite two thumbs WAY up! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[mitchum]

3. Paula Jones' right-wing nut ex-husband plays the ghost of Elvis

[CanuckAmok]

5. Elvis would have been proud!

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