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7.3In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.
Released: 1989-09-06106 minDir: Jim JarmuschComedyBudget: $2.8MBox office: $1.5M
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Cast
- Youki Kudoh as Mitsuko
- Masatoshi Nagase as Jun
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins as Night Clerk
- Cinqué Lee as Bellboy
- Nicoletta Braschi as Luisa
- Elizabeth Bracco as Dee Dee
Themes
- hotel room
- memphis, tennessee
- cheap hotel
- episodic movie
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
31,893 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
80/100
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 986462
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- publication date
- 1989-12-23
- title
- Mystery Train
- number of parts of this work
- 3
- capital cost
- 2800000
- review score
- 80/100
- box office
- 1541218
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1989 American films1989 comedy-drama films1989 English-language films1989 films1989 independent films1989 Italian-language films1989 Japanese films1989 Japanese-language films1989 multilingual filmsAmerican anthology filmsAmerican comedy-drama filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican multilingual filmsEnglish-language comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language independent filmsEnglish-language Japanese filmsFilms directed by Jim JarmuschFilms set in hotelsFilms set in Memphis, TennesseeFilms shot in Memphis, TennesseeItalian-language American filmsJapanese anthology filmsJapanese comedy-drama filmsJapanese independent films