MTFF Presents

Mystery Train

Mystery Train
Montana Film Festival Presents a monthly offering in modern & classic independent cinema, culminating in a 4-day festival October 2025. Keep up with MTFF at montanafilmfestival.org.

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: Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Joe Strummer, Masatoshi Nagase, Yuko Kudo
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Rated: R
Duration: 100 min
Released: 1989
Genre: Comedy

MTFF Presents

Mystery Train