Down by Law Page #3

Synopsis: DJ Zack and pimp Jack end up in prison for being too laid-back to avoid being framed for crimes they didn't commit. They end up sharing a cell with eccentric Italian optimist Roberto, whose limited command of the English language is both entertaining and infuriating. More useful to them is the fact that Roberto knows an escape route.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Jim Jarmusch
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  4 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1986
107 min
2,873 Views


for the rest of your life for this.

Yeah? Okay.

- You makin' any money, baby?

- Ain't nothin' happenin'.

- Pretty thing like you? Why not?

- I don't know.

- All right. Check you out later.

- All right, Jack.

- Hey, L.C. What's happenin'?

- Hey, Jack. Good to see you.

Out kinda early this evenin', huh?

- Yeah. I got some things to check out.

- How's the ladies treatin' you?

- Ow.

- Well, you know, Jack, how that goes.

If you get enough of it,

do like a crawfish. Back on out of it.

- I'll see you, L.C.

- All right. Take care, Jack.

- Hey, Julie. How's it goin'?

- All right.

Hang in there now.

I heard you're lookin'

for someone to take care of you.

Now what you want is someone

who's gonna treat you like a lady.

I don't know if you've been on the streets

here or not, but they can be very serious.

These guys...

I mean, chances are you're gonna find

somebody who's gonna get you strung out...

'cause he's strung out,

and then he's gonna own you.

Some guy's gonna cut you,

and hurt you.

With me, you're gonna be makin' money.

You're gonna have jewelry.

Whatever you want. Check it out.

I got the right connects.

My thing is organized.

You work with me,

I'm gonna take care of you.

Don't shoot me! Don't...

- Where you at, Jack?

- Mandino, what are you doin'?

Man, I'm here with my girlfriend.

This is ridiculous, man.

What are you tryin' to pull on me?

Jack.

Jack, Jack.

You're a sick son of a b*tch.

- Is that your girlfriend?

- Man, you know I'm not

into this kinda... Ow!

Get this son of a b*tch out of here.

Get this pervert out of here!

Sh*t.

Okay, Rich.

I'll take care of the kid.

It's okay, darlin'.

Everything's all right.

It's all over now.

Look, we're just gonna...

we're gonna sit here for a little while,

and then you're gonna...

you're gonna come with me.

Now, I don't want you

to worry about anything, understand?

Don't worry about a thing,

because I'm gonna take care of you.

''And she said''

''Well, where you were''

''Oh, baby, don't go slow''

''Take me now''

''Oh, she don't know''

Is a sad and beautiful world.

Huh?

Yeah, it's a sad

and beautiful world, pal.

That's a good one.

''Yeah, yeah''

Ah, buzz off, pal.

Thank you.

Buzz offa to you too.

No, buzz off.

- Ah, buzz off. Ah, buzz off.

- Buzz off.

Buzz off. Buzz off.

Is, uh, is a sad and beautiful world.

Buzz off. Buzz... off.

Good evening.

Buzz off to everybody.

Oh, thank you. Buzz off to you too.

Oh, uh, it's a pleasure.

Thank you.

''Oh, lady, now, now''

''It's a sad and beautiful world''

''It's a sad and beautiful world''

''It is a sad and beautiful world, yeah''

''It's a sad and beautiful world''

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Jim Jarmusch

James Robert Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor, and composer. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing such films as Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), and Paterson (2016). Stranger Than Paradise was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. As a musician, Jarmusch has composed music for his films and released two albums with Jozef van Wissem. more…

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