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Down by Law is a 1986 American independent neo-beat noir comedy film. [2] [better source needed] It was written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, and stars Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni. The film centers on the arrest, incarceration, and escape from jail of three men.
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Down by Law: Directed by Jim Jarmusch. With Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi. Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Jim Jarmusch
- 1986-09-25
Jim Jarmusch's "Down by Law" perfectly represents the famous Robert Frost poem. It takes "the road less traveled" by following pimps, prostitutes, criminals, hustlers, and people simply down on their luck and therefore "down by law" as a result; by being set in New Orleans instead of L.A. or New York, as typically seen; and by filming in ...
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
“Down by Law” is a movie about cheap whiskey and black coffee, all-night drunks and lost jobs, and the bad times you can have with good-time girls. It tells the story of a pimp, an unemployed disc jockey and a bewildered Italian tourist and how they escape from jail and wind up slogging through the Louisiana bayous looking for a decent ...
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