Down by Law

Name: Down by Law
Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy
Released: 1986-09-20
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Ellen Barkin

It's not where you start - It's where you start again.

Down by Law (1986)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

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Video for the film Down by Law — DOWN BY LAW Official Trailer [1986] 4K

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Release date

1986-09-20

Country

Germany, United States

Production

Island Pictures, Black Snake, Grokenberger Film Produktion

Genre

Crime, Drama, Comedy

Budget

$1 100 000

Box office

$1 529 206

Website

Director

Jim Jarmusch

Actors

Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Ellen Barkin, Billie Neal, Rockets Redglare, Vernel Bagneris, Timothea, L.C. Drane
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Jim Jarmusch

Producer

Alan Kleinberg, Otto Grokenberger, Cary Brokaw, Russell Schwartz

Camera operator

Robby Müller

Composer

John Lurie

Artist

Janet Densmore

Audition

Editing

Melody London
Whole Team (72)

Short description

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

What's left behind the scenes

To prepare for filming, Tom Waits, John Lurie, Jim Jarmusch, and Roberto Benigni spent a night in prison. While the first three felt uneasy behind bars, the indefatigable Italian was completely unaffected by the oppressive atmosphere of confinement.
The film is dedicated to Jarmusch's friend, Pascale Ogier, who had died two years earlier from a heroin overdose complicated by cardiomyopathy.