Down by Law [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Down by Law [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Tom Waits
Tom Waits
, John Lurie
John Lurie
, Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni
, Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin
Jim Jarmusch
Down by Law [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Down by Law [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Tom Waits
Tom Waits
, John Lurie
John Lurie
, Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni
, Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin
Jim Jarmusch

Blu-ray (Black & White)

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Overview

Jim Jarmusch follows his groundbreaking Stranger Than Paradise with another rambling, character-driven film with a twisted sense of humor. Set in a seedy New Orleans summer, Down By Law details the meeting of three unlikely convicts and their just as unlikely escape. Zack (Tom Waits) is an out-of-work DJ who is accused of murder when a body is found in the trunk of a stolen car he was hired to drive across town. Jack (John Lurie) is a pimp set up for a fall by a competitor. These two sullen souls are locked in a cell with Roberto (Roberto Benigni), a cheerful Italian immigrant who happens to have killed a man. The chemistry between the members of this loosely bound "team" is fascinating: Zack and Jack are forever laughing at Roberto, yet they rely on his energy and good will to escape their dire situation. The three mismatched miscreants eventually bust out of jail and head into the Louisiana bayous. Tired and hungry, they separate to search for food: Waits goes one way, Lurie another, and the frightened Benigni decides to risk stepping into a ramshackle diner. Somehow or other, he winds up in the arms of gorgeous Italian girl Nicoletta Braschi -- and is even able to provide new clothes and escape routes for his astonished comrades!

Product Details

Release Date: 07/17/2012
UPC: 0715515068611
Original Release: 1986
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Presentation: [B&W]
Language: English
Time: 1:47:00
Sales rank: 9,948

Special Features

Audio Interview with Jarmusch from 2002; Interview with Director of Photography Robby Müller from 2002; Footage from the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, including a press conference with Jarmusch and actors John Lurie, featuring Commentary; ; Sixteen Outtakes; Music Video for Tom Waits'' cover of Cole Porter''s "It''s All Right With Me," directed by Jarmusch; ; Q&A with Jarmusch in which he responds to fans'' questions; ; Recordings of phone conversations between Jarmusch and Waits, Benigni, and Lurie; ; Production Polaroids and location stills; Trailer; Isolated Music Track; Optional French dub track, featuring Benigni; ; Plus: An essay by critic Luc Sante

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Tom Waits Zack
John Lurie Jack,Composer
Roberto Benigni Roberto
Ellen Barkin Laurette
Nicoletta Braschi Nicoletta
Billie Neal Bobbie
Rockets Redglare Gig
Vernel Bagneris Preston
Timothea Julie
L.C. Drane L.C.
Joy Houck Jr. Detective Mandino
Carrie Lindsoe Young Girl
Ralph Joseph Detective
Richard Boes Detective
David Petitjean Cajun Detective
Adam Cohen Uniformed Cop
Alan Kleinberg Corpse
Archie Sampier Prisoner
David Dahlgren Guard
Alex Miller Guard
Eliott Keener Guard
Jay Hilliard Guard
Jay Hilliar Guard

Technical Credits
Cary Brokaw Executive Producer
Otto Grokenberger Executive Producer
Jim Jarmusch Director,Screenwriter
Alan Kleinberg Producer
Russell Schwartz Executive Producer
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