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Forest Whitaker in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

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Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Instinct/The Loss of Sexual Innocence/Limbo (TV Episode 1999)

      Clips are shown during the segment on the Cannes Film Festival.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Mission to Mars/Ghost Dog/Agnes Browne/Deterrence (TV Episode 2000)

      Reviewed; clips are shown.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Novocaine/In the Bedroom/Tape/Sidewalks of New York/The Endurance (TV Episode 2001)

      The Video Pick of the Week (as part of a 2-film DVD set).
    • "Los 10 magníficos" Jim Jarmusch (TV Episode 2008)

      Features clips from the film
    • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)

      Footage from this movie is shown.

Features

    • A Hunting We Will Go (Short 1932)

    • Training Pigeons (Short 1936)

    • Pantry Panic (Short 1941)

    • Felix the Cat (TV Series 1958–1961)

    • "The Simpsons" Itchy & Scratchy & Marge (TV Episode 1990)

      The last Itchy & Scratchy cartoon from this episode is shown on TV.

Referenced in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Erin Brockovich/Final Destination/The Ninth Gate/Onegin/Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (TV Episode 2000)

      A still is shown for the "Now in Theaters" bumper. Thumbs up from Ebert.
    • "Delusions of Grandeur" The End part 2 (TV Episode 2001)

      Warren and Jack practice their moves to Fast Shadow by the Wu-Tang Clan
    • Yamakasi (2001)

    • "The Job" Soup (TV Episode 2002)

      Gary Farmer again delivers and receives his past tagline "Stupid fuckin white man", adapted for television as "Stupid white man".
    • "Homestar Runner" Pumpkin Carve-nival (TV Episode 2002)

      Homsar dresses up as Ghost Dog.

References

    • Frankenstein (1931)

      One of Pearline's books is 'Frankenstein', Ghost Dog tells her the book was better then the film, which she agrees with.
    • Rashomon (1950)

      Ghost Dog and Louie have differing recollections of their first meeting. This is a reference to the story in Rashômon (1950) where people give varying accounts of the same event; Louise is shown reading the novelized version of the film.
    • High Noon (1952)

      In the final showdown between Louie and Ghost Dog, Ghost Dog asks "What is this, High Noon?"
    • On the Waterfront (1954)

    • Branded to Kill (1967)

      The film contains a number of references, such as when a bird lands in front of Ghost Dog's rifle scope, referencing the incident with a butterfly in Suzuki's film; Ghost Dog shooting Sonny Valerio up the drain pipe is taken directly from 'Branded to Kill'.

Spin-off from

    • Dead Man (1995)

Spoofs

    • Léon: The Professional (1994)

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