Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Jackson (Forest Whitaker) is a naïve accountant at a Harlem funeral parlor who's slightly on the pious side. But when sexy vamp Imabelle (Robin Givens) hits town with a trunk full of stolen gold, Jackson's world takes a spin. When Imabelle's "business partners" arrive -- hot on her heels -- Jackson desperately turns to his estranged stepbrother, Goldy (Gregory Hines), the only person who has the street smarts to get them out of the jam.

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.