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Paterson (Original title)
Date: 2016 (Copyright)

Countries: USA, Germany, France

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Synopsis: Bus driver and poet Paterson lives in the town of Paterson, New Jersey with his wife Laura, an artist, baker and homemaker. During his travels through Paterson and on his visits to the local bar with his bulldog Marvin, Paterson observes the life and people of the town, which he uses as material for his poetry.

Genre:
Comedy

Subjects:
Marriage, Love, Bus drivers, Poetry
Releases
Date: 10 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 113 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 25 November 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 117 mins 46 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Soda Pictures
Date: 28 December 2016Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 118 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: March 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 118 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (61)
©: Inkjet Inc., Production Company: Inkjet, Produced in association with: Animal Kingdom, Filmed with the support of: New York State Governor's Office of Motion Picture and Television Development, Presents: K5 International, Presents: Amazon Studios, [Presented] in association with: Le Pacte, International Sales by: K5 International, Executive Producer: Oliver Simon, Executive Producer: Daniel Baur, Executive Producer: Ron Bozman, Executive Producer: Jean Labadie, Produced by: Joshua Astrachan, Produced by: Carter Logan, Unit Production Manager: Ron Bozman, Location Manager: Matthew Kania, Post-production Supervisor: Susan Lazarus, 2nd Unit Director: Mark Friedberg, 1st Assistant Director: Timothy Bird, Script Supervisor: Rebecca Breckel, Casting by: Ellen Lewis, Meghan Rafferty, Written by: Jim Jarmusch, Ron Padgett, Original Spoken Word by: Method Man, Script Consultation: Sara Driver, Director of Photography: Frederick Elmes, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Lukasz Jogalla, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Peter Agliata, Camera Operator: Peter Agliata, Steadicam Operator: Mark Schmidt, Visual Effects by: Big Film Design, Graphics by: Big Film Design, Editor: Affonso Gonçalves, Editing Consultation: Sara Driver, Production Designer: Mark Friedberg, Art Director: Kim Jennings, Graphic Designer: Randy Balsmeyer, Costume Designer: Catherine George, Make-up Department Head: Margie Durand, Hair Department Head: Jennifer Serio, Titles by: Big Film Design, Titles Designer: Randy Balsmeyer, Music by: SQÜRL, Original Music Written and Performed by: SQÜRL, Original Music Written and Performed by: Carter Logan, Jim Jarmusch, Sound Designer: Robert Hein, Production Sound Mixer: Drew Kunin, Re-recording Mixer: Tony Volante, Re-recording Mixer: Robert 'El Bobo' Hein, Stunt Co-ordinator: Mark Fichera, In Memory of: Nellie, Personal Thanks: Ron Padgett, Personal Thanks: Tilda Swinton, Personal Thanks: William Carlos Williams, Personal Thanks: Kenneth Koch, Personal Thanks: David Shapiro, Frank O'Hara, Special Thanks: Alex Katz
Cast (15)
Adam Driver (Paterson), Golshifteh Farahani (Laura), Barry Shabaka Henley (Doc), Cliff Smith (Method Man), Chasten Harmon (Marie), William Jackson Harper (Everett), Masatoshi Nagase (Japanese poet), Nellie (Marvin), Rizwan Manji (Donny), Dominic Liriano (boy on bus 1), Jaden Michael (boy on bus 2), Trevor Parham (Sam), Troy Parham (Dave), Brian McCarthy (Jimmy), Frank Harts (Luis)