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With this breakout film, Jim Jarmusch established himself as one of the most exciting voices in the burgeoning independent-film scene, a road-movie poet with an affinity for Americana at its most offbeat. Jarmusch follows rootless Hungarian émigré Willie (John Lurie), his pal Eddie (Richard Edson), and his visiting sixteen-year-old cousin, Eva (Eszter Balint), as they drift from New York’s Lower East Side to the snowy expanses of Lake Erie and the drab beaches of Florida, always managing to make the least of wherever they end up. Structured as a series of master-shot vignettes etched in black and white by cinematographer Tom DiCillo, Stranger Than Paradise is a nonchalant masterpiece of deadpan comedy and perfectly calibrated minimalism.
Original Release
07/07/1984
US Release
07/15/1984
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Eszter Balint | Eva |
Richard Edson | Eddie / Eddy |
Cecillia Stark | Aunt Lotte |
Danny Rosen | Billy |
Rammellzee | Man with Money |
Tom DiCillo | Airline Agent |
Richard Boes | Factory Worker |
Rockets Redglare | Poker Player |
Harvey Perr | Poker Player |
Brian J. Burchill | Poker Player |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eszter Balint | Eva |
Richard Edson | Eddie / Eddy |
Cecillia Stark | Aunt Lotte |
Danny Rosen | Billy |
Rammellzee | Man with Money |
Tom DiCillo | Airline Agent |
Richard Boes | Factory Worker |
Rockets Redglare | Poker Player |
Harvey Perr | Poker Player |
Brian J. Burchill | Poker Player |
Sara Driver | Girl with Hat |
Paul Sloane | Motel Owner |
John Lurie | Willie |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Otto Grokenberger | Executive Producer |
Sara Driver | Producer |