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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 of different visitors to Memphis are connected by a hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley. The film explores themes of nostalgia, Americana, and Rock n' Roll in Jim Jarmusch's distinctive style.
- (31K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Jim Jarmusch
- 1989-11-17
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.
A film by Jim Jarmusch about the romance of Memphis and its obscure corners, where outsiders, seekers and the forlorn go to spend the night. The film tells three stories, glancingly connected by Elvis Presley's ghost and a hotel, and features a cast of actors and musicians.
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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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.