Down by Law Page #4

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
2,894 Views


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

''Now''

''To the end''

''She's just

She's just a shadow, baby''

Zack. My man.

What the f*** you doin'

out here in the garbage?

Just leave me alone, Preston.

I'm in a bad mood.

Well, I'm just the man

you've been lookin' for.

In fact, I been lookin' for you.

- That's a bad sign.

- Now, Zack, baby.

I got somethin' real good for you.

An hour's work

for a whole lot of scratch.

- I ain't interested, man.

- Man, you are in a bad mood.

You ain't even let me

propose this sh*t to you.

Just listen to me

for one minute, will you?

One minute of your, uh,

valuable time.

Just f*** off, Preston.

All I want to do

is pay you a grand...

in exchange for a single hour

of your very, very valuable time.

Now this ain't no breaking and entering

or small-time chump change.

No delivery of controlled substances.

None of that stuff.

This is just to drive a car

from one part of town to the other, alone.

That's it.

Well, what kind of car

would that be, Preston?

That would be a very nice car.

A very nice, very expensive

imported car...

which just happens to be

between owners at the present time.

Oh, I see.

Just in between owners.

Look, all you got to do, man,

is drive the car across town,

park it, leave it.

And, look, I'm gonna

give you half up front and half later.

The whole thing's over in an hour.

Very safe, very clean.

And believe me, I could get

a million guys to do this for me.

Well, then, why don't you

do it yourself?

I'm offering a grand so I don't have

to answer stupid questions like that.

Well, I might consider a grand up front.

Then I might think about it.

Jesus Christ.

Zack, you are in a nasty mood.

Now, just to make you

cheer up a little bit,

- I'll give you 750 in front, okay?

- Sh*t.

All right, all right,

Mr. Almighty Hot Sh*t.

Look, I'm gonna do you this favor.

Oh, man. A Jaguar, huh?

Look, man, I'm gonna

give you the whole thing, up front.

And you gonna owe me one.

Zack, you can buy yourself

Yeah, sure, man.

''Then she said what''

''I just want to know''

''Shoop, shoop''

''Shoop, shoop''

''Shoop''

Motherf***er.

''Take it slow''

All right, baby. You got it.

How you doin', baby?

All right. Sh*t.

Well, I ain't goin' back to Detroit,

and that's for damn sure.

Sh*t.

You can bet your ass I'm a good D.J.

Sh*t. WWOZ, WHLO.

WAKR. Just check it out.

Oh, we're comin' up on the midnight hour

here on the Lee Baby Simms Show.

Yeah.

Well, it's a Tuesday night.

Gimme a call down here at the station.

Our lines are open. Let the Lee Baby

know that you still love him.

Yeah.

I'm gonna be sending

this one out to, uh...

out to you, Laurette.

''I was all right''

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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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