In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for meaning in his life and meets some idiosyncratic characters along the way.
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Chris Parker as Allie
Leila Gastil as Leila
John Lurie as Sax Player
Richard Boes as War Vet
Sara Driver as Nurse
Charlie Spademan as Patient
Jane Fire as Nurse
Ruth Bolton as Mother
Evelyn Smith as Patient
Maria Duval as Latin Girl
Lisa Rosen as Popcorn Girl
Frankie Faison as Man in Lobby
Suzanne Fletcher as Girl in Car
Felice Rosser as Woman by Mailbox
Eric Mitchell as Car Fence
Jim Jarmusch Director
Jim Jarmusch Producer
Jim Jarmusch Editor
John Lurie Musician
Barbara Klar Thanks
Sara Driver Assistant Director
Sara Driver Production Manager
James A. Lebovitz Director of Photography
Tom DiCillo Cinematography
Jim Jarmusch Screenplay
Jim Jarmusch Story
Kevin Dowd Sound
Howard Brookner Gaffer
Jim Jarmusch Music
John Lurie Music
Vacaciones permanentes Trailer
Dauernd Ferien Trailer
Отпуск без конца Trailer
Vacación permanente Trailer
Argentina 12 April 2006
Czech Republic 07 September 2009
Germany 09 June 2006
Denmark 17 March 1995
Finland 26 May 1989
France 03 July 2019
United Kingdom 12 May 2008
Greece 13 November 2011
Hong Kong 19 June 2026
Italy 01 April 1983
Japan 18 July 1986
Korea 20 February 2017
Poland 09 November 2021
Portugal 11 September 1981
Russia 11 December 2025
Sweden 04 July 1987
Slovakia 19 January 2017
United States 06 March 1981
Uruguay 21 February 2009
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12 December 1997
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18 January 1985
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n this outlandish black comedy Eric a mild mannered man takes his wife and his children on what he believes will be a final happy holiday before his kids ...
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06 May 1981
An underpaid and underappreciated man goes missing from his office one day. What happens to the company?
26 October 1981
A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.
10 October 1981
Valli's husband suffers from a chronic disease.. Will she be able to save him?
13 January 1981
The true story of a nurse who spent her life caring for terminally ill patients.
19 November 1981
In the turn of the century South, a woman feels unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood and has an affair with a younger man.
01 February 1981
A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale's slaughter with only the support of his wife and one of the locals.
27 May 1981
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife.
28 March 1981
James Levine leads a remarkable cast in one of Verdi’s most enduringly popular operas and brings fresh insights to this beloved score.
18 September 1981
Kishinchand is a Customs Officer based in Bombay. He has been assigned to infiltrate and expose a gang of smugglers and drug dealers headed by two gangsters named Jaggan and Ajay Kumar.
22 January 1981
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15 October 1981
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
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