Down by Law

Written and Directed by Jim Jarmusch who followed his groundbreaking Stranger Than Paradise with another rambling, character-driven film with a twisted sense of humor. Set in a seedy New Orleans summer, Down By Law details the meeting of three unlikely convicts and their just as unlikely escape. Zack (Tom Waits) is an out-of-work DJ who is accused of murder when a body is found in the trunk of a stolen car he was hired to drive across town, Jack (John Lurie) is a pimp set up for a fall by a competitor, and Roberto (Roberto Benigni) is a cheerful Italian immigrant who happens to have killed a man. When the three mismatched miscreants eventually bust out of jail, they head into the Louisiana bayous with limited supplies and means of survival.