Movie: Stranger Than Paradise

Top 3 Billed Cast

John Lurie
John Lurie

Willie

Eszter Balint
Eszter Balint

Eva

Richard Edson
Richard Edson

Eddie

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    30-minute short subject film that would become Stranger Than Paradise. This short was released as a standalone film in 1982, and shown as "Stranger Than Paradise" at the 1983 International Film Festival Rotterdam. When it was later expanded into a three-act feature, that name was appropriated for the feature itself, and the initial segment was renamed "The New World".

  • Release Date

    1983-01-31

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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    Français

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