Paterson
Beauty is often found in the smallest details.
Country
Production
Budget
$5 000 000
Box office
$9 572 362
Director
Actors
Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Nellie, Rizwan Manji, Barry Shabaka Henley, William Jackson Harper, Chasten Harmon, Method Man, Dominic Liriano, Jaden Michael
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Joshua Astrachan, Carter Logan, Ronald M. Bozman, Jean Labadie, Daniel Baur, Oliver Simon
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Mark Friedberg, Erica Hohf
Audition
Ellen Lewis, Meghan Rafferty
Editing
Short description
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.
What's left behind the scenes
- The conversation between the two construction workers on the bus is a real conversation that director Jim Jarmusch once overheard in a bar.
- Almost 20 years ago, Jim Jarmusch wrote around 20 different treatments for this film.
- 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'.
- Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman had previously starred together in Wes Anderson’s "Moonrise Kingdom." That project was their first feature film.
- 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.
- 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.
- While preparing for the role, Adam Driver attended a bus driving school. The producers had intended to organize the driving lessons, but Adam had already enrolled in a school on his own initiative. He trained for a total of three months in Queens, New York, and passed the exam a week before filming began.
- 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.
- Twenty years before filming, Jim Jarmusch wrote about 20 different versions of this movie.
- 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.
- 20 years before filming, Jim Jarmusch wrote about 20 different treatments for this film.
- The poem that the little girl reads to Paterson was written personally by director Jim Jarmusch.
- The characters in the film note that Paterson shares the same name as the city. Paterson, the bus driver, is played by Adam Driver, whose surname translates to "driver."
- "Paterson" is the second collaboration between Jim Jarmusch and actor Masatoshi Nagase after "Mystery Train." The difference between the films is 27 years.
- 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.
- 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.
- In one scene, Laura (Golshifteh Farahani) mentions that she shares 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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