TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Year: 1983
Running Time: 89 min
SYNOPSIS
This is about a self-styled New York hipster (John Lurie of the Lounge Lizards) who is paid a suprise and quite unwelcome visit by his pretty sixteen-year-old Hungarian cousin. From initial hostility and indifference a strange affection grows between the two exiles. Due to complete boredom they decide to visit their aunt in the wastelands of Cleveland and then proceed to sunny Florida where they lose all their money and unwittingly gain a fortune. With a final ironic twist, they are at the end, back where they began.
CREDITS
Director Jim Jarmusch
Writer Jim Jarmusch
Producer Sara Driver
Director of Photography Tom DiCillo
Music John Lurie
Editor Jim Jarmusch
Editor Melody London
Sound Drew Kunin
Sound Greg Curry
Executive Producer Otto Grokenburger
Production Company Cinesthesia Productions, Inc
Co-production Company ZDF
CAST
Cecillia Stark
Danny Rosen
Eszter Balint
John Lurie
Richard Edson
ADDITIONAL INFO
Starring John Lurie / Eszter Balint / Richard Edson / Cecillia Stark / Danny Rosen & Tom DiCillo, Winner Golden Camera Competition Cannes, Special Jury Prize Competition Sundance, Golden Leopard Competition Locarno, Best Film National Society of Film Critics Awards USA, Best Foreign Language Film Kinema Junpo Awards Tokyo, Critics' Award Jim Jarmusch Rotterdam, Official Selections Toronto, New York
 
Jim Jarmusch  | director
Born in Akron, Ohio, Jarmusch lives and works in New York. Films include PERMANENT VACATION, 1980 (80 min., color), STRANGER THAN PARADISE, 1984 (90 min., b&w), DOWN BY LAW, 1986 (106 min., b&w), MYSTERY TRAIN, 1989 (110 Min., color), NIGHT ON EARTH, 1992 (128 min., color), DEAD MAN, 1995 (121 min., b&w), YEAR OF THE HORSE, 1997 (107 Min., color and b&w), GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI, 1999 (116 min., color)," Int. Trailer. Night." 2000 (b&w, 10 min. segment of TEN MINUTES OLDER: THE TRUMPET), plus music videos for The Talking Heads, Big Audio Dynamite, Tom Waits and Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

His most recent films are BROKEN FLOWERS (winner Grand Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival) and THE LIMITS OF CONTROL
Filmography
2009    THE LIMITS OF CONTROL
2005    BROKEN FLOWERS
2003    COFFEE AND CIGARETTES
1999    GHOST DOG: The Way of the Samurai
1997    YEAR OF THE HORSE
1995    DEAD MAN
1991    NIGHT ON EARTH
1989    MYSTERY TRAIN
1986    DOWN BY LAW
1984    STRANGER THAN PARADISE
1980    PERMANENT VACATION
 
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AWARDS
Year Category Awarded By Award Result Award Recipient
1984 Golden Camera Cannes Film Festival Winner Jim Jarmusch
1983 Critics Choice Rotterdam International Film Festival Winner Jim Jarmusch
1984 Ecumenical Jury Locarno Film Festival Special Mention Jim Jarmusch
1985 Grand Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival Winner Jim Jarmusch
1984 Best Film Locarno Film Festival Winner Jim Jarmusch
1985 Critics Choice National Society of Film Critics Winner Jim Jarmusch