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Down by Law (1986) | User Rating
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Release Date
Sep 20, 1986 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 22, 2002
Budget USD 1,100,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 47 minutes
Country USA, West Germany
Studio Black Snake, Grokenberger Films, Island Pictures
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• Down by Law
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Prison, Escape, On The Road, Buddies, Cult Classic
Tagline: It's not where you start - It's where you start again.
Plot: Jim Jarmusch's quirky follow-up to his groundbreaking 1984 debut, STRANGER THAN PARADISE, is a comic fable about finding the American dream in the most unlikely of places. After being thrown out of the house by his girlfriend, Zack (Tom Waits), an out-of-work DJ, takes a job driving a stolen car with a body in the trunk across the state line. He is arrested and put into a cell with Jack (John Lurie), a pimp who's been busted for recruiting a minor. The trio is completed when Roberto (the always hysterical Roberto Benigni), an Italian tourist who is arrested for killing a man while playing cards, joins them in their cell. Eventually, Roberto succeeds in convincing Zack and Jack to break out of jail with him. But when they do, the escapees find themselves lost in the bayou with no salvation in sight. It isn’t until they land at the small home of an Italian immigrant (Nicoletta Braschi) that Zack, Jack, and Roberto learn to appreciate the beauty the world has to offer. Robby Muller’s gorgeously contrasted black-and-white photography adds an artistic dimension to Jarmusch’s film, which only heightens the performances by the three leads.
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| Directed by |
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 Waits
Dracula, Mystery Men, The Outsiders |
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 | Ellen Barkin
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Fan |
 | John Lurie
Wild at Heart, The Last Temptation of Christ, Paris, Texas | | Billie Neal
Gridlock'd, Mortal Thoughts, Consenting Adults | | |
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| Music By |
John Lurie
Get Shorty, Excess Baggage, Clay Pigeons |
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