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6.1/10   1,901 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Jim Jarmusch (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 July 1986 (Japan) more
Genre:
Plot:
A young slacker wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
worth it in retrospect more (10 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Richard Boes ... War vet
Ruth Bolton ... Mother
Sara Driver ... Nurse
María Duval ... Latin girl
Frankie Faison ... Man in lobby
Jane Fire ... Nurse
Suzanne Fletcher ... Girl in car
Leila Gastil ... Leila
Chris Hameon ... French traveller
John Lurie ... Sax player
Eric Mitchell ... Car fence
Chris Parker ... Allie
Lisa Rosen ... Popcorn girl
Felice Rosser ... Woman by mailbox
Evelyn Smith ... Patient
Charlie Spademan ... Patient
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Diakopes diarkeias (Greece) [el]
Loputon loma (Finland) [fi]
Nieustajace wakacje (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
75 min | Argentina:80 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film is featured on second disc of the Stranger Than Paradise (1984) DVD released in 2007 by the Criterion Collection. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Leila is sitting at the window, the number and position of items on the windowsill change. more
Quotes:
Leila: Where have you been? I haven't seen you since Thursday.
Allie: Walking, just walking around. I can't seem to sleep at night, not in this city.
Leila: Doesn't seem like you sleep at all.
Allie: Well, I have my dreams while I'm awake.
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Movie Connections:
References The Savage Innocents (1960) more
Soundtrack:
Up There in Orbit more

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7 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
worth it in retrospect, 25 February 2005
5/10
Author: ej-35 from Canada

This film was a little hard to get through, although my jet-lag probably contributed to this. It did have that student film quality to it and the "permanent vacation" line was bad. I could have done without the poorly executed voice over, the content of which contributed to an amateurish nature.

Then again, is immaturity necessarily a bad thing in movies? Perhaps in this one it perfects the depressed pretentious adolescent mood, whether intentional or not. This feeling and certain images from the film, dancing, the apartment, the girl (especially), the mother, the destroyed landscape, have stayed with me this past week ... a good sign. Not one for the impatient viewer.

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