Mystery Train

Film Info

United States
1989
110 minutes
Color
1.77:1
English
Spine #521

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. Made with its director’s customary precision and wit, this triptych of stories pays playful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King, who presides over the film like a spirit. Mystery Train is one of Jarmusch’s very best movies, a boozy and beautiful pilgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a paean to the music it gave the world.

Cast

Jun	Masatoshi Nagase
Mitzuko	Youki Kudoh
Luisa	Nicoletta Braschi
Dee Dee	Elizabeth Bracco
Night clerk	Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Johnny	Joe Strummer
Will Robinson	Rick Aviles
Charlie	Steve Buscemi
Bellboy	Cinqué Lee
Ed	Vondie Curtis-Hall
Man in station	Rufus Thomas
Sun Studio guide	Jodie Markell
Newsvendor	Sy Richardson
Man in diner	Tom Noonan
Airport clerk	Sara Driver
The ghost	Stephen Jones

Credits

Director	Jim Jarmusch
Producer	Jim Stark
Screenplay	Jim Jarmusch
Cinematography	Robby Müller
Editing	Melody London
Music	John Lurie
Associate producer	Demtra MacBride
Line producer	Rudd Simmons
Executive producer	Kunijiro Hirata and Hideaki Suda
Production design	Dan Bishop

Disc Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Q&A with Jarmusch in which he responds to questions sent in by fans
Excerpts from the 2001 documentary Screamin’ Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me
Original documentary on the film’s locations and the rich social and musical history of Memphis
On-set photos by Masayoshi Sukita and behind-the-scenes photos
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by writers Dennis Lim and Peter Guralnick

New cover by YeeHaw Industries