Stranger Than Paradise

Name: Stranger Than Paradise
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Released: 1983
Cast: John Lurie, Richard Edson, Eszter Balint, Cecilia Stark, Danny Rosen

by Jim Jarmusch1h301983United States

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A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.

Cast and crew

Credits
- Distributor : Le Pacte
- Production Compagny : Cinesthesia Productions, Grokenberger Film Produktion
- Producer : Christoph Holch, Sara Driver
- Sound Recorder : Drew Kunin, Greg Curry
- Sound Mixer : Jack Cooley
- Editing : Melody London, Jim Jarmusch
- Original Music : John Lurie
- Photo Director : Tom DiCillo
- Scenario : Jim Jarmusch
- Director : Jim Jarmusch
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1983
- French release date : 1 septembre 1985
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : English

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Stranger Than Paradise

The film"s page

Credits

Technical details

Bonus exclusive content

Bonus archives

Other films

By the same director

Night on Earth

Dead Man

Down by Law

From the same year

Paris, Texas

The Gremlins

To Our loves

With the same cast

John Lurie

Paris, Texas

New Rose Hotel

Wild at Heart

Richard Edson

Do the right thing

Eszter Balint

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy

Downtown 81

This film is recommended by

Akira Kurosawa

Chantal Akerman

Alain Chabat

Nabil Ayouch

Aki Kaurismäki

Naomi Kawase

Felix Van Groeningen

Saeed Roustaee

Fatih Akin

Xavier Dolan

Payal Kapadia

This film is part of the Cinematographic movement

"American Independent Cinema 1978-1990"