Down by Law
Plot
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
About Down by Law
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 the American musicians Tom Waits and John Lurie, as well as the Italian comedian Roberto Benigni in his first American film. 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.
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Cast
Tom WaitsZack
John LurieJack
Roberto BenigniRoberto
Nicoletta BraschiNicoletta
Ellen BarkinLaurette- Billie NealBobbie
Rockets RedglareGig
Vernel BagnerisPreston
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