Down by law

DVD 2002

A comedy feature about two lowlifes, a small time pimp and an unemployed disc jockey, framed for a crime they didn't commit, who escape from jail with an eccentric Italian tourist. Set in New Orleans and the swamps of Louisiana.

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 166

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ISBN:

0780026063

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
monochrome
digital
optical
video file
DVD video

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1986
Features include interactive menus ; scene selection ; interviews with Jim Jarmusch, Robby Müller, and John Lurie ; 1986 Cannes Film Festival press conference ; outtakes ; music video of Tom Waits singing "It's all right with me" ; isolated music track ; production Polaroids ; Jarmusch's phone calls with Waits, Benigni & Lurie ; location stills ; original theatrical trailer
Director of photography, Robby Müller ; film editor, Melody London ; music, John Lurie ; songs, Tom Waits
Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Ellen Barkin
DVD ; widescreen presentation
For private home use only
English soundtrack with optional French dub track; optional French subtitles
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

522675

UPC:

037429172025

Other Authors:

Barkin, Ellen, 1954-
Benigni, Roberto
Black Snake (Firm)
Grokenberger Film Produktion
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Island Pictures
Jarmusch, Jim, 1953-
London, Melody
Lurie, John, 1952-
Müller, Robby, 1940-2018
PolyGram Video (Firm)
Waits, Tom, 1949-

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