Down by Law - Criterion Collection (1986) DVD

Down by Law - Criterion Collection (1986)

Down By Law - Original VHS Release (1986)

Down By Law - Original Soundtrack

With a great cast (Tom Waits "Zack", John Lurie "Jack", Roberto Benigni "Roberto", and Nicoletta Braschi "Nicoletta", among others) I was originally drawn to the film because of Tom Waits. His music and his mood really play a big part of this film, although being filmed in black and white certainly helps as well.

Watch as Jack loses his job, loses his woman to booze and gets arrested for stealing a car with a dead body in it. Jack ends up on the bad end of an arrest for statutory rape. Roberto (Mr. Benigni's (Life is Beautiful) first North American role, he was just learning English when this movie was filmed) ends up in prison for murder where the three men come together and the story really begins. To say more would be to give the whole story away.

Down By Law should be in your VHS or DVD collection, not just for the names and great performances but because it makes a great stay-in-movie date.

The DVD released October 22 2002 and the VHS format released in 1997 .

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