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Down by Law (1986)

Name: Down by Law
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Genre: drama film, comedy film, independent film
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 7.6

Down by Law 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.

Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Shot by Robby Müller · Cut by Melody London · Music by John Lurie · 107 min

Behind the scenes

Escenas inéditas de DOWN BY LAW (BAJO EL PESO DE LA LEY) (Subtituladas al español) — Kitus Cine · 24 min
Robby Müller on DOWN BY LAW (Jim Jarmusch, 1986) — Cinematographers on cinematography · 23 min
Robby Müller on DOWN BY LAW — CRITERION · 6 min
Conversaciones telefónicas para DOWN BY LAW (BAJO EL PESO DE LA LEY) (Ssubtituladas al español) — Kitus Cine · 65 min
Asi se hizo DOWN BY LAW (BAJO EL PESO DE LA LEY) (Entrevista subtitulada al español) — Kitus Cine · 23 min

Elsewhere

Down by Law on Wikipedia
All Jim Jarmusch films

More by Jim Jarmusch

Permanent Vacation — 1980
Stranger than Paradise — 1983
Stranger Than Paradise — 1984
Coffee and Cigarettes: Strange to Meet You — 1986
Mystery Train — 1989
Coffee and Cigarettes II — 1989
Night on Earth — 1991
Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California — 1993
Dead Man — 1995
Year of the Horse — 1997
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai — 1999
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet — 2002
Int. Trailer Night — 2002
Coffee and Cigarettes — 2004
Broken Flowers — 2005
The Limits of Control — 2009
Only Lovers Left Alive — 2013
Paterson — 2016
Gimme Danger — 2016
The Dead Don't Die — 2019
Father Mother Sister Brother — 2025

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