A striking debut for director Jim Jarmusch, Stranger than Paradise is an effortlessly cool exploration of finding meaning in the mundane.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Jim Jarmusch -
Producer -
Sara Driver -
Screenwriter -
Jim Jarmusch -
Distributor -
Samuel Goldwyn Company , Criterion Collection -
Production Co -
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Comedy , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jul 25, 1984, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 8, 2017 -
Runtime -
1h 30m -
Sound Mix -
Mono -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)