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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.
- Director
- Jim Jarmusch
- Writer
- Jim Jarmusch
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- Release date
- 1986 · Released
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Country of origin
- United States, Germany
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Genres
- Drama · Comedy · Independent · Road Movie · Buddy · Prison
- Also known as
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- Italiano
- Daunbailò
- 日本語
- ダウン・バイ・ロー
- 한국어
- 다운 바이 로
- Polski
- Poza prawem
- Themes
- escape ↗ fleeting relationship ↗ fugitive ↗ imprisonment ↗ male bonding ↗
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