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Stranger Than Paradise (1983) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 5, 2000
Budget $90,000
Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes
Country USA, West Germany
Studio Samuel Goldwyn Company
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Other Titles
• Stranger Than Paradise
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, On The Road, Buddies, Black Comedy, Cult Classic, Scams And Cons
Plot: Beginning in New York City and ending up in Florida, Jim Jarmusch’s STRANGER THAN PARADISE is a highly original comedy that has greatly influenced a new generation of filmmakers (most notably, Kevin Smith and Finland’s Aki Kourismaki). Willie (John Lurie) is annoyed to learn that his younger cousin, Eva (Eszter Balint), is flying in from Hungary and plans on staying with him for ten days. When she arrives, she and Willie waste their days doing nothing. Eventually, Eva gets bored and leaves New York in order to visit her Aunt Lotte in Cleveland. When Willie and his friend Eddie (Richard Edson) get into trouble while cheating in a poker game, they decide to hit the road and track down Eva. Cleveland is even less exciting than New York, so the trio decide to take the plunge and journey to Florida, where they dream of winning an enormous amount at the track. Unfortunately, the reverse occurs, forcing them to confront the gravity of their situation head-on. Jarmusch fuses his love of European cinema with a New York hipness to create one of the decade’s most influential films. Photographed in a static black and white by Tom Di Cillo (director of JOHNNY SUEDE and LIVING IN OBLIVION), STRANGER THAN PARADISE features comically understated performances by its three leads--who are all
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Jim Jarmusch
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Dead Man, Broken Flowers |
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| Written by |
Jim Jarmusch
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Dead Man, Broken Flowers |
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| Cast |
Tom DiCillo
Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men, Living in Oblivion, Box of Moon Light |
 | John Lurie
Wild at Heart, The Last Temptation of Christ, Paris, Texas | Eszter Balint
Trees Lounge, The Linguini Incident, New York Beat Movie | Richard Edson
Platoon, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Good Morning, Vietnam | | | | |
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John Lurie
Get Shorty, Excess Baggage, Clay Pigeons |
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