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* FrameUp: As noted above.Jack is thrown in prison after a fellow pimp tricks him into trying to recruit a minor as part of a police sting, while Zack is arrested after he is asked to drive a car across town that, unbeknownst to him, has a dead body in the trunk.
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* KarmaHoudini: As likeable as Bob is, he's an example of this- he was totally guilty of the crime that landed him in prison, but he escapes and finishes the film cohabiting with a beautiful woman.
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* MistakenForPedophile: What ultimately gets Jack arrested.
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* KarmaHoudini:
** As likeable as Bob is, he was totally guilty of the crime that landed him in prison, but he escapes and finishes the film cohabiting with a beautiful woman.
** The rival gang member who set up Jack never recieves any on-screen comeuppance.
* MistakenForPedophile:What ultimately Jack gets Jack arrested.a tip about a 19-year-old potential new prostitute. However, when he arrives at the hotel room where she is staying and begins his pitch for why she should work for him, the police burst in and arrest him, and as the lights are turned on, the girl is revealed to be no more than 14 or 15.
** As likeable as Bob is, he was totally guilty of the crime that landed him in prison, but he escapes and finishes the film cohabiting with a beautiful woman.
** The rival gang member who set up Jack never recieves any on-screen comeuppance.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: The reason for Zack's imprisonment.
* Music/TomWaits: Not only does the film star the man, it features two songs from his '85 album ''Music/RainDogs'': "Jockey Full Of Bourbon" and "Tango Till They're Sore".
* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Subverted; see AtTheCrossroads above.
* WhatAreYouInFor: The three prisoners go through this with each other.
* Music/TomWaits: Not only does the film star the man, it features two songs from his '85 album ''Music/RainDogs'': "Jockey Full Of Bourbon" and "Tango Till They're Sore".
* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Subverted; see AtTheCrossroads above.
* WhatAreYouInFor: The three prisoners go through this with each other.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: The reason for Zack's imprisonment.
* Music/TomWaits: Not only does the film star the man, it features two songsimprisonment; he is asked to drive a Jaguar from his '85 album ''Music/RainDogs'': "Jockey Full Of Bourbon" one part of town to another, but the police, acting on a tip, pull him over and "Tango Till They're Sore".
discover a body[[note]] Played by the film's producer, Alan Kleinberg.[[/note]] in the trunk (which Zack knew nothing about).
* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Subverted;see AtTheCrossroads above.
when Jack and Zack reach the fork in the road in the film's final scene, they have no interest in which road leads where, only in taking different roads to each other.
* WhatAreYouInFor:The three prisoners go through this Once Roberto is put in the cell with each other.Jack and Zack, the conversation inevitably turns to why they are in prison. Jack and Zack only tell Roberto that they were framed for crimes they didn't commit, while he tells them that he accidentally killed a man who attacked him for cheating while gambling.
* Music/TomWaits: Not only does the film star the man, it features two songs
* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Subverted;
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* ClusterFBomb: This movie contains at least 45 uses of the f-word.
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* BittersweetEnding: Jack, Zack, and Bob successfully escape from jail, manage to shake the persuing guards and dogs and were able to survive the wilderness and Bob has even found a permanant place to stay with another Italian immigrant who immediately falls for him, but it is extremely unlikely that the three friends will ever see each other again, as the film ends with [[spoiler: Jack and Zack literally going their own seperate ways]].
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** The rival gang member who set up Jack never recieves any on-screen comeuppance.
* {{Irony}}: After losing the prison guards they find a cabin to stay at for the night and are relieved to not have to spend another night's rest in jail... only to find out that the cabin's bunkbeds have the same layout as their former prison cell.
* {{Irony}}: After losing the prison guards they find a cabin to stay at for the night and are relieved to not have to spend another night's rest in jail... only to find out that the cabin's bunkbeds have the same layout as their former prison cell.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The three main characters. Roberto mediates between Jack and Zack who always end up fighting.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The three main characters. Friendly, naive Roberto mediates between is the Nice, surly Jack is the Mean, and Zack who always end up fighting.oddball Zach is the In-Between.
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* BrickJoke: Earlier, when discussing where they will go now that they've escaped, Bob says that he wants to go to Texas due to fond memories of seeing it in film. Jack immediately shoots him down, saying that Texas would be much harsher on fugitive criminals. [[spoiler:The place where Bob finds Nicolette, and Jack and Zack start their next chapters, is right near the border of Texas.]]
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* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Roberto sounds like a gibbering fool in English, but in Italian, he can recite poetry.
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* DefenestrateAndBerate: Laurette does this to her boyfriend Zack, for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
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* PowerTrio: The three main characters. Roberto mediates between Jack and Zack who always end up fighting.
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* KarmaHoudini: As likeable as Bob is, he's an example of this- he was totally guilty of the crime that landed him in prison, but he escapes and finishes the film cohabiting with a beautiful woman.
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''Down by Law'' is a 1986 independent film written and directed by Creator/JimJarmusch. It stars John Lurie, pre-Oscar Roberto Benigni and musician Music/TomWaits.
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''Down by Law'' is a 1986 independent film written and directed by Creator/JimJarmusch. It stars John Lurie, pre-Oscar Roberto Benigni Creator/RobertoBenigni and musician Music/TomWaits.
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* AtTheCrossroads: [[spoiler: The last shot of the film has Zack and Jack coming across a fork in the road. The TwoRoadsBeforeYou bit is actually subverted, though, because both are indifferent towards which path they'll take, as long as the other doesn't come with them]]. The movie even references "The Road Not Taken" at one point.
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* AtTheCrossroads: [[spoiler: The last shot of the film has Zack and Jack coming across a fork in the road. The TwoRoadsBeforeYou bit is actually subverted, though, because both are indifferent towards which path they'll take, as long as the other doesn't come with them]]. The movie even references "The "[[Creator/RobertFrost The Road Not Taken" Taken]]" at one point.
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Jack (Lurie), a pimp, and Zack (Waits), a disc jockey, are both imprisoned in Louisiana for crimes they didn't commit. Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto]] (Benigni), who was arrested for manslaughter which he ''did'' commit.
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Jack (Lurie), a pimp, and Zack (Waits), a disc jockey, are both imprisoned in Louisiana for crimes they didn't commit. Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto]] (Benigni), who was arrested who's in for manslaughter which he ''did'' commit.
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Jack (Lurie), a pimp, and Zack (Waits), a disc jockey, are both imprisoned in Louisiana for crimes they didn't commit. Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto]] (Benigni), who was arrested for manslaughter (which he did commit).
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Jack (Lurie), a pimp, and Zack (Waits), a disc jockey, are both imprisoned in Louisiana for crimes they didn't commit. Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto]] (Benigni), who was arrested for manslaughter (which which he did commit).''did'' commit.
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Jack (Lurie), a pimp, and Zack (Waits), a disc jockey, are both imprisoned in Louisiana for crimes they didn't commit. Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto (Benigni)]], who was arrested for manslaughter (which he did commit).
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Jack (Lurie), a pimp, and Zack (Waits), a disc jockey, are both imprisoned in Louisiana for crimes they didn't commit. Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto (Benigni)]], Roberto]] (Benigni), who was arrested for manslaughter (which he did commit).
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''Down By by Law'' is a 1986 independent film written and directed by Creator/JimJarmusch. It stars John Lurie, pre-Oscar Roberto Benigni and musician Music/TomWaits.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Reversed. Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi met on the set playing charaters who fall in love and eventually got married in RealLife.
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->''"I scream-a, you scream-a, we all scream-a for ice cream-a!"''
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* AtTheCrossroads: [[spoiler: The last shot of the film has Zack and Jack coming across a fork in the road. The TwoRoadsBeforeYou bit is actually subverted, though, because both are indifferent towards which path they'll take, as long as the other doesn't come with them]]. The movie even references "The Road Not Taken" at one point.
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* PrisonRiot: Using the page quote above, Roberto manages to provoke a general outburst that comes very close to dissolving into an example of this
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Jack (Luri), a pimp, and Zack (Waits), a disc jockey, are both imprisoned in Louisiana for crimes they didn't commit. Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto (Benigni)]], who was arrested for manslaughter (which he did commit).
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'''DownByLaw''' is a 1986 independent film written and directed by Creator/JimJarmusch. It stars John Luri, Lurie, pre-Oscar Roberto Benigni and musician Music/TomWaits.
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* Music/TomWaits: Not only does the film star the man, it features two songs from his '85 album "Rain Dogs"
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* Music/TomWaits: Not only does the film star the man, it features two songs from his '85 album "Rain Dogs"''Music/RainDogs'': "Jockey Full Of Bourbon" and "Tango Till They're Sore".
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Jack (Luri), a pimp, and Zack (Waits), a disc jockey, are both imprisoned in Louisiana for crimes they didn't commit.
Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto (Benigni)]], who was arrested for manslaughter (which he did commit).
They escape prison together and navigate the swamps and forests of Louisiana.
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Jack (Luri), a pimp, and Zack (Waits), a disc jockey, are both imprisoned in Louisiana for crimes they didn't commit. Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto (Benigni)]], who was arrested for manslaughter (which he did commit).
Roberto soon comes up with a plan that allows them to escape prison together; they then must navigate the swamps and forests of Louisiana without being recaptured.
Before long they're joined by Italian immigrant [[TheDanza Roberto (Benigni)]], who was arrested for manslaughter (which he did commit).
They escape prison together and navigate the swamps and forests of Louisiana.
Roberto soon comes up with a plan that allows them to escape prison together; they then must navigate the swamps and forests of Louisiana without being recaptured.
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* PrisonRiot: Using the page quote above, Roberto manages to provoke a general outburst that comes very close to dissolving into an example of this
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Jack (Luri) - a pimp, Zack (Waits) - a disc jockey are both imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit.
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* GreatEscape: Played with. The films focus is not on the escape itself, but on the characters involved.
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* GreatEscape: Played with. The films film's focus is not on the escape itself, itself (in fact the details are never revealed), but on the characters involved.
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Jack (Luri) - a pimp, Zack (Waits) - a Disc Jockey are both imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Roberto, the friendliest man in the trio, is the only one jailed for a real crime - murder by [[BadGuysPlayPool Q-Ball]].
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* WhatAreYouInFor: The three prisoners go through this with each other.
* YouAllMeetInACell: Or at least the three leads do.
* WhatAreYouInFor: The three prisoners go through this with each other.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Reversed. Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi met on the set playing charters who fall in love and eventually got married in RealLife.
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