Where was Down by Law filmed?
1986 film, directed by Jim Jarmusch.
- New Orleans
The story is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Filmed in
- New Orleans
About Down by Law
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- Released
- 1986
- Director
- Jim Jarmusch
- Cast
- Tom WaitsJohn LurieRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiEllen BarkinRockets RedglareVernel BagnerisJoy N. Houck, Jr.Dave PetitjeanPruitt Taylor Vince
- Genre
- BuddyComedyPrisonIndependentRoad
- Awards
- Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film
The story
In New Orleans, radio disc jockey Zack lives with his girlfriend Laurette.
Meanwhile, small-time pimp Jack is set up by a rival.
The two men clash constantly and spend much of their time arguing.
Famous lines from Down by Law
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
Oh man! A Jaguar!Zack
That's a bad sign.Zack
I ain't interested.Zack
Just fuck off, Preston.Zack
Just watching the light change.Julie
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- The Originals New Orleans
- The Boogeyman New Orleans
- The Burial New Orleans
- Tightrope New Orleans
- I Love You Phillip Morris New Orleans
- NCIS: New Orleans New Orleans
- Marvel's Cloak & Dagger New Orleans
- The Haunted Hathaways New Orleans
- Into the Badlands New Orleans
- Sinners New Orleans
- The Winchesters New Orleans
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