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7.3A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
Cast
- Tom Waits as Zack
- John Lurie as Jack
- Roberto Benigni as Roberto
- Nicoletta Braschi as Nicoletta
- Ellen Barkin as Laurette
- Billie Neal as Bobbie
Themes
- prison
- prostitute
- escape
- fight
- pimp
- new orleans, louisiana
- louisiana
- prison escape
- bayou
- black and white
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Key facts
- 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
- Release date
- September 20, 1986 ( 1986-09-20 ) (Limited)
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Budget
- $453,600
- Box office
- $1,435,668
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 425271
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- title
- Down by Law
- publication date
- 1986-09-25
- review score
- 75/100
- capital cost
- 453600
- box office
- 1435668
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Down by Law (Italian: Daunbailò) is a 1986 American independent Southern Gothic neo-beat noir comedy film. It was written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, and stars Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni (in his first American film role).
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.