Permanent Vacation (film)
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| Directed by | Jim Jarmusch |
| Produced by | Jim Jarmusch |
| Written by | Jim Jarmusch |
| Starring | Chris Parker |
| Music by | Jim Jarmusch John Lurie |
| Cinematography | Tom DiCillo James A. Lebovitz |
| Editing by | Jim Jarmusch |
| Distributed by | Cinesthesia |
| Release date(s) |  Mar 6, 1981 |
| Running time | 75 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12,000 |
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Permanent Vacation is a 1980 drama film directed, written and produced by Jim Jarmusch. It was the director's first release, and was shot on 16 mm film shortly after he dropped out of film school. Although lacking some of the elegance of his later works, this film is often credited as the birth of the director's original style, and character schemes.
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[edit] Plot
The main character, played by Chris Parker, wanders around a dingy New York atmosphere and is confronted by a number of intriguing characters as he ponders the questions of life, and searches for a better place.
[edit] Availability
So far there have been no releases of the film in America on DVD, but it is rumored that The Criterion Collection will be releasing the film in late 2007.
[edit] Trivia
- This film was also the first that musician, and friend of Jarmusch, John Lurie acted in and composed music for.
- Jarmusch is also credited as helping with the music.
[edit] 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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| Films Directed by Jim Jarmusch |
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| Permanent Vacation • Stranger Than Paradise • Coffee and Cigarettes • Down by Law • Coffee and Cigarettes, Memphis Version • Mystery Train • Night on Earth • Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California • Dead Man • Year of the Horse • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai • Ten Minutes Older • Coffee and Cigarettes • Broken Flowers |
