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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   8,369 votes
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Director:
Jim Jarmusch
Writer:
Jim Jarmusch (written by)
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Release Date:
9 November 1984 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
This is about a self-styled New York hipster (John Lurie of the Lounge Lizards) who is paid a suprise... more | add synopsis
Awards:
8 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Take It To The Limit
 (From FilmInk.com.au. 29 July 2009, 10:59 PM, PDT)

Episode 122 - Limits of Control
 (From SoundOnSight. 1 June 2009, 11:37 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
I'm choking the alligator. more (75 total)

Cast

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John Lurie ... Willie
Eszter Balint ... Eva
Richard Edson ... Eddie
Cecillia Stark ... Aunt Lotte
Danny Rosen ... Billy
Rammellzee ... Man With Money
Tom DiCillo ... Airline Agent
Richard Boes ... Factory Worker
Rockets Redglare ... Poker player
Harvey Perr ... Poker player
Brian J. Burchill ... Poker player
Sara Driver ... Girl with Hat
Paul Sloane ... Motel Owner
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA | West Germany
Language:
English | Hungarian
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA more

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Trivia:
Started out as a 30-minute short subject film (shot in 1982) and was later expanded into a 3-part feature. The first section, "The New World," takes place in New York, the second, "One Year Later," in Cleveland, and the last, "Paradise," in Florida. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the last cut, shot inside the vehicle on the way to Cleveland, camera on Willie, the vehicle they are riding in is no longer the 1965 Dodge Coronet, but a Ford Econoline van. more
Quotes:
Eva: I'm choking the alligator. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Abouna (2002) more
Soundtrack:
I Put a Spell on You more

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31 out of 37 people found the following comment useful.
I'm choking the alligator., 9 February 1999
8/10
Author: blahblah-3 from Indiana, USA

Odd and inspiring. This film rings true with rich detail in its depictions of utter loneliness. Smoking many Chesterfields, watching television, playing solitaire, visiting Aunt Lottie, sightseeing at Lake Erie (for God's sake). It alters from tragic to comic from almost moment to moment, and often has a foot in both pools.

Jarmusch is minimalist to the core with this one, and yet manages to pull off a solid story. A small black and white gem that deserves a larger audience.

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