Accountant becomes Old West gunslinger. Criterion Collection Year 1995 Video Release 2000-12-19 Studio Miramax Genre Western MPAA Rating R Color Black and White Runtime 121 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Dead Man follows William Blake Johnny Depp as he travels the extreme western frontiers of America. Lost and badly wounded, he encounters a very odd, outcast Native American, Nobody Gary Farmer , who believes Blake is actually the dead English poet of the same name. Contrary to his nature, circumstances transform Blake into a hunted outlaw, a killer, and a man whose physical existence is slowly slipping away. Thrown into a world that is cruel and chaotic, his eyes are opened to the fragility that defines the realm of the living. Director Jim Jarmusch Cast Jim Jarmusch; Johnny Depp; Gary Farmer; Lance Henriksen; Michael Wincott; Mili Avital; Crispin Glover; Eugene Byrd; Iggy Pop; Billy Bob Thornton; Jared Harris