1993

An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.

Johnny plays Axel

trailer- NTA

also staring- Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor, Vincent Gallo

1993

.Joon is a little unbalenced. Sometimes, without warning, her sweet nature gives wat to odd behavior-including a penchant for setting fires! She lives with her older brother Benny, who has spent his life taking care of his sister since their parents dies. One night, while playing a pker game with unusual stakes, Joon loses her hand...and wins Sam, a whimsical misfit who soon charms his way into Joon's heart. Now if they can onlu find the perfect mate for her overportective brother...

Johnny plays Sam

trailer- Windows Media, 28-300k (videodetective.com)

also staring- Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, William H. Macy

Whats Eating Gilbert Grape

(sorry no banner for Whats Eating Gilbert Grape right now for it is not working. I'll try to get it going as soon as I can. )

1993

Gilbert Grape lives in Endora, a place where nothing much happens. The only times the police got something to do is when Gilbert's autistic brother Arnie tries to climb up on the watertower nearby. Taking care of Arnie is mostly Gilbert's task which can be pretty demanding, at least while you are working at the local grocery store. Then one day Becky and her grandmother passes through Endora getting trouble with the car. Gilbert falls in love with Becky, but gets problems when he tries to find time for his own private life.

Johnny plays Gilbert

trailer- NTA

also staring- Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates, John C. Reilly

1994

A biopic of the life and work of the legendary 'worst director of all time', Edward D.Wood, Jr., concentrating on the best-known period of his life in the 1950s, when he made 'Glen or Glenda', 'Bride of the Monster' and 'Plan 9 From Outer Space', and focusing on both his transvestism and his touching friendship with the once great but now ageing and unemployed horror star Bela Lugosi.

Johnny plays Edward D. Wood Jr. (Ed Wood)

trailer- movie-list.com - Trailer (Quicktime, hi res) (www.movie-list.com)

also staring- Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Bill Murray

1995

A young man (who is the legendary Don Juan?), comes to New York in search of his lost love. Feeling like he has nothing to live for, he attempts to commit suicide from atop a billboard. Dr. Mickler, (played by Marlon Brando), is a soon retiring psychiatrist who helps Don Juan (Johnny Depp), come to his senses. He brings the costumed boy to the psychiatric hospital , in hopes of helping Don Juan find his identity. The doctor works with him for ten days, in which Don tells his life story. Mickler begins to believe that the young man is truly Don Juan, but the rest of the staff doesn't agree. The doctor knows that the only way out for Don Juan, is to pretend he's an average boy whose fantasy got the best of him.

Johnny plays Don Juan

trailer- Windows Media, 28-300k (videodetective.com)

also staring- Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway, Geraldine Pailhas, Bob Dishy, Rachel Ticotin, Talisa Soto

1995

Dead Man is the story of a young man's journey, both physically and spiritually, into very unfamiliar terrain. William Blake travels to the extreme western frontiers of America sometime in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Lost and badly wounded, he encounters a very odd, outcast Native American, named "Nobody," who believes Blake is actually the dead English poet of the same name. The story, with Nobody's help, leads William Blake through situations that are in turn comical and violent. Contrary to his nature, circumstances transform Blake into a hunted outlaw, a killer, and a man whose physical existence is slowly slipping away. Thrown into a world that is cruel and chaotic, his eyes are opened to the fragility that defines the realm of the living. It is as though he passes through the surface of a mirror, and emerges into a previously-unknown world that exists on the other side.

Johnny plays William "Bill" Blake

trailer- NTA

also staring- Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Mili Avital, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, Eugene Byrd, Gabriel Byrne, John Hurt, Alfred Molina, Robert Mitchum

1995

Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) is an ordinary public accountant returning home from his ex-wife's funeral and is met by Mr Smith (Christopher Walken) and Ms. Jones (Roma Maffia) who kidnap his daughter (Courtney Chase) and give him a gun, six bullets, a name-tag that will give him access to anywhere in a specific hotel, and the itinerary of Governor Grant (Marsha Mason) and is informed that he must kill the Governor in 1 hour and 15 minutes or his daughter will die. The rest of the movie follows Mr. watson as he desperately attempts to warn the Governor without the knowledge of Mr. Smith and finds out that the conspiracy against her reaches all the way to her husband (Peter Strauss).

Johnny plays Gene Watson

trailer-Windows Media, 28-300k (videodetective.com)

also staring- Courtney Chase, Charles Dutton, Christopher Walken, Marsha Mason, Peter Strauss, Gloria Reuben, G.D. Spradlin