Down by Law

film by Jarmusch [1986]

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discussed in biography
- In Jim Jarmusch
  …such as the offbeat comedies Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), and Night on Earth (1992).
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Benigni
- In Roberto Benigni
  American movies as Jim Jarmusch’s Down by Law (1986) and Night on Earth (1988) and Blake Edwards’s Son of the Pink Panther (1993) had garnered little attention. Life Is Beautiful, however, established Benigni as an international star. The movie—which he wrote, directed, and acted in—was released in the United States…
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Waits
- In Tom Waits
  …a film actor, notably in Down by Law (1986). He made further appearances in Dracula (1992), Mystery Men (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), and Domino (2005). His saturnine features and gravelly voice perfectly suited him to Mephistophelian roles, and he deployed these attributes to memorable effect as one of the…
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