Down by Law (film)
1986 film by Jim Jarmusch / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Down by Law (Italian: Daunbailò) is a 1986 American black-and-white independent neo-beat noir comedy film.[2] It was written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, and stars Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni.
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Directed by | Jim Jarmusch |
Written by | Jim Jarmusch |
Produced by | Alan Kleinberg |
Starring | Tom Waits John Lurie Roberto Benigni Nicoletta Braschi Ellen Barkin |
Cinematography | Robby Müller |
Edited by | Melody London |
Music by | John Lurie |
Production company | Black Snake |
Distributed by | Island Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Italian |
Budget | $453,600 |
Box office | $1,435,668[1] |
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The film centers on the arrest, incarceration, and escape from jail of three men. It discards jailbreak film conventions by focusing on the interaction between the convicts rather than on the mechanics of the escape. A key element in the film is Robby Müller's slow-moving camerawork, which captures the architecture of New Orleans and the Louisiana bayou to which the cellmates escape.