Paterson

Paterson (2016)

Timing: 1:58 (118 min)

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Photo 45

Actors and characters

Release date

2016-11-17

Country

France, Germany, United States

Production

Amazon Studios, Animal Kingdom, K5 International, Le Pacte, Inkjet Productions

Genre

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Budget

$5 000 000

Revenue

$9 572 362

Website

https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/paterson

Director

Jim Jarmusch

Actors

Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Nellie, Rizwan Manji, Dominic Liriano, Jaden Michael, Barry Shabaka Henley, Trevor Parham, Troy T. Parham, Brian McCarthy
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Scenario

Jim Jarmusch

Producer

Joshua Astrachan, Carter Logan, Ronald M. Bozman, Jean Labadie, Daniel Baur, Oliver Simon

Operator

Frederick Elmes

Composer

Jim Jarmusch

Artist

Erica Hohf

Audition

Ellen Lewis, Meghan Rafferty

Editing

Affonso Gonçalves, Maggie Engelhardt
All team (149)

• For his role in this film, Adam Driver attended a school for learning to drive a bus. The production team was going to take on organizing driving lessons for Driver so he could obtain the appropriate license category, however Adam enrolled in a driving school on his own initiative. He studied for a total of three months in Queens, New York, and passed his driving test a week before filming began.
• The poems in the film were written by Ron Padgett, one of director Jim Jarmusch’s favorite contemporary poets. Padgett agreed to write several poems specifically for the film, and also gave his consent for the use of some poems he had already written.
• Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman had previously starred together in Wes Anderson’s "Moonrise Kingdom." That project was their first feature film.
• The conversation between the two construction workers on the bus is a real conversation that director Jim Jarmusch once overheard in a bar, recreated on screen.
• Almost 20 years ago, Jim Jarmusch wrote around 20 different treatments for this film.
• The poem that the little girl reads to Paterson was written personally by director Jim Jarmusch.
• "Paterson" is the second collaboration between Jim Jarmusch and actor Masatoshi Nagase after "Mystery Train." The difference between the films is 27 years.
• Characters in the film note that Paterson is named after the city. Paterson, the bus driver, is played by Adam Driver, whose surname translates to 'driver'.
• The man rapping in the laundromat is Method Man, a member of Wu-Tang Clan. Another member of the group, RZA, appeared in Jarmusch's "Ghost Dog" and wrote the soundtrack for the film. RZA and GZA also appeared in Jarmusch's "Coffee and Cigarettes," a collection of short films.
• In one scene, Laura (Golshifte Farahani) says that she has the same name as the wife of Francesco Petrarch, the 14th-century Italian poet. In reality, Laura was Petrarch's muse, but she was never his wife.
• To prepare for the role, Adam Driver attended bus driver school. The producers were going to arrange driving lessons, but Adam proactively enrolled in a school on his own initiative. He trained for a total of three months in Queens, New York, and passed his exam a week before filming started.
• The poems written by the main character belong to Ron Padgett – one of Jim Jarmusch's favorite contemporary poets. Padgett agreed to write several poems specifically for the film and gave permission to use some of his earlier works.
• A conversation between two construction workers on a bus – is a real conversation that director Jim Jarmusch once overheard in a bar.
• 20 years before filming, Jim Jarmusch wrote about 20 different treatments for this film.
• The conversation between the two construction workers on the bus is a real conversation that director Jim Jarmusch once overheard in a bar.
• Characters in the film note that Paterson is named after the city. Paterson, the bus driver, is played by Adam Driver, whose last name translates as 'driver'.