Down by Law Page #6

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
3,157 Views


about English for restaurant.

Like food, good plate, nice dish...

these word I don't know.

Well, Bob should come in handy there.

He speaks good restaurant English.

- Yes.

- Yes, my killer.

Well, that's just great, Bob.

Yeah, congratulations.

Do you know where we are?

- Louisiana.

- No, I know Louisiana, but...

Near the border of Texas.

Ah! You see?

Texas. I knew this, eh?

Texas... near.

Remember?

- Well, I propose a toast.

- Yes, thank you.

To Bob and Nicoletta.

- Oh, my friends. Thank you.

- Thank you.

Ah, you look good

in my Uncle Luigi clothes.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

Say, uh, you don't have a car

or anything, do you?

Car, no. But I will save to buy one

and learn to drive.

- I've only my bicycle.

- Ah.

But there's a man who brings things

I need from town once a week or so.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- More Uncle Luigi clothes.

- Yes.

Very sporty, Jack.

So, but you are sure

you must leave today?

Why we cannot stay here

for some times first?

It's too dangerous out there, Bob.

There's probably

an A.P.B. out on all of us.

Nah, I'm sure

we're gonna make it.

Well, we're gonna

have to keep going.

At least now we know where we are.

And where do you go now?

I'll probably head out west.

Out to Los Angeles.

And you, my friend, Jack?

Where do you go?

Well, if he's going to L.A.,

I'm gonna go east. You know what I mean?

Yes, I know what I mean.

Some music, yeah?

''Drip drop, drip drop

Drip drop, drip drop''

''It's raining so hard''

''Looks like it's gonna

rain all night''

''And this is the time

I love for you to hold me tight''

''But I guess

I'll have to accept''

''The fact that

you are not here''

''I wish tonight would hurry up

and end, my dear''

You're sure you must leave today?

I stay.

''This is the time I love

to be holding you tight''

''I guess I'll just

go crazy at night''

- ''It's raining so hard''

- ''Drip drop, drip drop''

- ''Drip that never ends''

- ''Drip drop, drip drop''

''All of the time

that you were here with me''

''Counting every drop

About to blow my top''

''I wish this rain

would hurry up and stop''

''I've got the blues so bad

I can hardly catch my breath''

''The harder it rains

the worse it gets''

''This is the time I love

to be holding you tight''

''I guess I'll just

go crazy at night''

''Drip drop, drip drop

Drip drop, drip drop''

''Drip drop''

If you follow this road,

you will come to a place

where it becomes two roads.

On the right will go east.

On the left will go west.

Eh, no.

On the right will go west.

Eh, no. I'm not sure.

Anyway there is a sign to tell you.

- It's all right. We'll figure it out.

- It's okay?

- Thanks for everything.

- Yeah. Thank you. Good-bye.

- Good-bye. And take care.

- Zack.

- Okay, Bob.

- I will.

- Good-bye, Bob.

- Jack.

- Be careful.

- Okay.

- Don't forget to write.

- Bye.

So long.

Wish you were here.

- I guess this is it.

- Yeah.

I don't see a sign around or anything.

Well, she said the one

to the right goes west.

She said she didn't know.

Look, man, don't matter to me.

You go whichever way you want, right?

And I'll go the other way.

- Yeah, right. All right.

- All right?

So, uh...

this is how you dressed

before you were in the joint, right?

Sort of garbage man on parade.

You, uh, plannin' on doin'

a little squirrel huntin', Jack?

Yeah.

Okay.

Well...

Good luck with yourself... Zack.

''Well, ya play that Tarantella''

''All the hounds will start to roar''

''The boys all go to hell

and then the Cubans hit the floor''

''They drive along the pipeline

They tango till they're sore''

''They take apart their nightmares

and they leave 'em by the door''

''Let me fall out of the window

with confetti in my hair''

''Deal out jacks or better

on a blanket by the stairs''

''I'll tell you all my secrets

but I lie about my past''

''And send me off

to bed forevermore''

''Make sure they play

my theme song''

''I guess daisies

will have to do''

''just get me to New Orleans

and paint shadows on the pews''

''Turn the spit on that pig

and kick the drum and let me down''

''Put my clarinet beneath your bed

till I get back in town''

''Let me fall out of the window

with confetti in my hair''

''Deal out jacks or better

on a blanket by the stairs''

''I'll tell you all my secrets

but I lie about my past''

''So send me off

to bed forevermore''

''just make sure she's all in calico

and the color of a doll''

''Wave the flag on Cadillac day

and a skillet on the wall''

''Cut me a switch or hold your breath

till the sun goes down''

''Write my name on the hood

Send me off to another town''

''And just let me fall out of the window

with confetti in my hair''

''Deal out jacks or better

on a blanket by the stairs''

''I'll tell you all my secrets

but I lie about my past''

''Will ya send me off

to bed forever more''

''Fall out of the window

with confetti in my hair''

''Deal out jacks or better

on a blanket by the stairs''

''I'll tell you all my secrets

but I lie about my past''

''Send me off to bed forevermore''

''Send me off to bed forevermore''

''Send me off to bed forevermore''

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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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