In 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.
Language
English
Release Date
September 6, 1989
Budget
$2,800,000
Revenue
$1,544,973
Cast
Youki Kudoh
Mitsuko
Masatoshi Nagase
Jun
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Night Clerk
Cinqué Lee
Bellboy
Nicoletta Braschi
Luisa
Elizabeth Bracco
Dee Dee
Joe Strummer
Johnny
Rick Aviles
Will Robinson
Steve Buscemi
Charlie
Tom Noonan
Man in Diner
Rufus Thomas
Man in Station
Tom Waits
Radio DJ (voice)
Jodie Markell
Sun Studio Guide
William Hoch
Tourist #1
Pat Hoch
Tourist #2
Joshua Elvis Hoch
Tourist #3
Reginald Freeman
Conductor
Beverly Prye
Streetwalker
Sy Richardson
Newsvendor
Stephen Jones
The Ghost
Lowell Roberts
Lester
Sara Driver
Airport Clerk
Richard Boes
2nd Man in Diner
Darryl Daniel
Waitress
Calvin Brown
Pedestrian
Jim Stark
Pall Bearer #1
Elan Yaari
Pall Bearer #2
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Ed
Royale Johnson
Earl
Winston Hoffman
Wilbur
Rockets Redglare
Liquor Store Clerk
Marvell Thomas
Pool Player #1 - Dave
Charles Ponder
Pool Player #2
D'Army Bailey
Pool Player #3
Show Full Crew
Production
Jim Stark
Producer
Noël Wiggins
Production Assistant
Rudd Simmons
Line Producer
Hideaki Suda
Executive Producer
Beth Bernstein
Assistant Production Manager
Georgia Kacandes
Production Coordinator
Jeff Taylor
Production Assistant
Todd Pfeiffer
Key Set Production Assistant
Demetra J. MacBride
Associate Producer
Sherman Willmot
Production Assistant
Paul Snow
Production Assistant
Kerry Sherin
Production Office Coordinator
Anna Roome
Production Assistant
Tina Klein
Production Assistant
Peggy Craven
Production Assistant
Molly Bradford
Producer's Assistant
Jamaine Bell
Production Assistant
Jan Walker
Assistant Location Manager
Donna Hester
Assistant Location Manager
Michael Berry
Location Manager
Kohta Yamada
Casting
Novella Smith
Local Casting
Noriko Murao
Casting
Kathie Hersch
Production Manager
Novella Smith
Casting
Kunijiro Hirata
Executive Producer
Directing
Jim Jarmusch
Director
Eric Heffron
First Assistant Director
Lisa Krueger
Script Supervisor
Constance L. Hoy
Second Assistant Director
Elisabeth Myles
Script Supervisor
Writing
Camera
Robby Müller
Director of Photography
Chris Lombardi
First Assistant Camera
Paul Ferrara
Key Grip
Elan Yaari
Best Boy Grip
Masayoshi Sukita
Still Photographer
Mark Higashino
Still Photographer
Katherine M. Butler
Second Assistant Camera
Paul Leonard
Additional Grip
Melvin Pukowsky
Best Boy Grip
Sound
John Lurie
Original Music Composer
John Lurie
Musician
Robert Hein
Supervising Sound Editor
Marc Ribot
Musician
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
Frank Kern
Dialogue Editor
Rick Dior
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tony Garnier
Musician
Drew Kunin
Location Sound Mixer
Drew Kunin
Sound Mixer
Mark Goodermote
Boom Operator
Eugene Gearty
Sound Effects Editor
Gina Alfano
Dialogue Editor
Valerie Goodman
Music Coordinator
Mary Hickey
Assistant Sound Editor
Jeanne Atkin
Apprentice Sound Editor
Lori Kornspun
ADR Editor
Deborah Martin
Apprentice Sound Editor
Ahmad Shirazi
Dialogue Editor
Sylvia Waliga
Dialogue Editor
Doug Bowne
Musician
Editing
Jay Rabinowitz
Assistant Editor
Melody London
Editor
Tim Brennan
Negative Cutter
Gene Zippo
Color Timer
Art
Dan Bishop
Production Design
Dianna Freas
Set Decoration
Jeff Butcher
Property Master
Eric Gruber
Construction Manager
Takuya Matsuyama
Special Props
Tom Mittlestadt
Assistant Property Master
Crew
Roberto Benigni
Thanks
Al Gore
Thanks
Fumio Kurokawa
Thanks
Kazuki Ōmori
Translator
Howard Brookner
Thanks
Bill Nisselson
Thanks
Gary L. King
Special Effects Coordinator
Irwin Young
Thanks
Phil Sodano
Thanks
Hiromasa Shimada
Thanks
Masahiro Inbe
Thanks
Gary Hardy
Thanks
Seth Gelblum
Thanks
Don Donigi
Thanks
Becky Dinstuhl
Thanks
Ian MacDougall
Translator
Richard Heller
Legal Services
Costume & Make-Up
Meredith Soupios
Hair Supervisor
Meredith Soupios
Makeup Supervisor
Carol Wood
Costume Designer
Robert Laden
Makeup Artist
Daryl Kerrigan
Wardrobe Supervisor
Lighting