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Night on Earth

  • 19911991
  • RR
  • 2h 9m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Night on Earth (1991)
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An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
60K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
7,411
869
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    • Director
      • Jim Jarmusch
    • Writer
      • Jim Jarmusch
    • Stars
      • Winona Ryder
      • Gena Rowlands
      • Lisanne Falk
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jim Jarmusch
    • Writer
      • Jim Jarmusch
    • Stars
      • Winona Ryder
      • Gena Rowlands
      • Lisanne Falk
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 119User reviews
    • 62Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Night on Earth
    Trailer 2:10
    Night on Earth

    Photos100

    Béatrice Dalle and Isaach De Bankolé in Night on Earth (1991)
    Sakari Kuosmanen, Matti Pellonpää, Tomi Salmela, and Kari Väänänen in Night on Earth (1991)
    Armin Mueller-Stahl, Rosie Perez, and Giancarlo Esposito in Night on Earth (1991)
    Winona Ryder and Gena Rowlands in Night on Earth (1991)
    Roberto Benigni and Paolo Bonacelli in Night on Earth (1991)
    Night on Earth (1991)
    A1 movie poster -  59 x 84 cm or 23" x 33"
    Armin Mueller-Stahl, Winona Ryder, Roberto Benigni, Béatrice Dalle, Rosie Perez, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito, Isaach De Bankolé, and Matti Pellonpää in Night on Earth (1991)
    Armin Mueller-Stahl, Winona Ryder, and Roberto Benigni in Night on Earth (1991)
    Night on Earth (1991)
    Armin Mueller-Stahl, Winona Ryder, Roberto Benigni, and Béatrice Dalle in Night on Earth (1991)
    Night on Earth (1991)

    Top cast

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    Winona Ryder
    Winona Ryder
    • Corky (segment "Los Angeles")
    Gena Rowlands
    Gena Rowlands
    • Victoria Snelling (segment "Los Angeles")
    Lisanne Falk
    Lisanne Falk
    • Rock Manager (segment "Los Angeles")
    Alan Randolph Scott
    • Rock Musician #1 (segment "Los Angeles")
    Anthony Portillo
    • Rock Musician #2 (segment "Los Angeles")
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    • Helmut (segment "New York")
    Giancarlo Esposito
    Giancarlo Esposito
    • YoYo (segment "New York")
    Rosie Perez
    Rosie Perez
    • Angela (segment "New York")
    Richard Boes
    • Cab Driver #1 (segment "New York")
    Isaach De Bankolé
    Isaach De Bankolé
    • Driver (segment "Paris")
    Béatrice Dalle
    Béatrice Dalle
    • Blind Woman (segment "Paris")
    Pascal N'Zonzi
    • Passenger #1 (segment "Paris")
    • (as Pascal Nzonzi)
    Emile Abossolo M'bo
    Emile Abossolo M'bo
    • Passenger #2
    • (as Émile Abossolo-M'bo)
    Stéphane Boucher
    • Man in Accident (segment "Paris")
    • (as Stephane Boucher)
    Noel Kaufmann
    • Man on Motorcycle (segment "Paris")
    Roberto Benigni
    Roberto Benigni
    • Driver (segment "Rome")
    Paolo Bonacelli
    Paolo Bonacelli
    • Priest (segment "Rome")
    Gianni Schettino
    • Transvestite #1 (segment "Rome")
    • Director
      • Jim Jarmusch
    • Writer
      • Jim Jarmusch
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The production hired a stunt driver to maneuver the tiny Fiat cab around a hairpin turn for one of the exterior shots in Rome. The turn was so tight that the stunt driver couldn't manage it, even after several takes. Roberto Benigni asked if he could try it, and pulled it off perfectly on the first take.
    • Goofs
      Cameras and studio lights are very visible in the sunglasses of the drivers in Los Angeles and Rome.
    • Quotes

      Paris Driver: Don't blind people usually wear dark glasses?

      Blind Woman: Do they? I've never seen a blind person.

    • Crazy credits
      During the end credits, the titles of the crew members are in the language of the place/unit they worked in (ie the Helsinki unit's credits are in Finnish, and so on).
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Lethal Weapon 3/The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish/The Waterdance/Night on Earth/All the Vermeers in New York (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Back in the Good Old World
      Written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan

      Produced by Tom Waits

      Arranged by Tom Waits and Francis Thumm

      Jalma Music, Inc.

      Administered by Ackee Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

      Tom Waits performs courtesy of Island Records, Inc.

    User reviews119

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Original, interesting and wonderfully warm and engaging
    One night, five cities, five taxis. Five short stories set in Los Angles, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki involving taxi drivers, their customers, new connections made, lessons learned, opportunities and pain.

    Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, Night on Earth is a collection of five short stories with the link being that almost the entire story plays out in taxi with the main character being the taxi driver. The five stories occur roughly simultaneously in five different cities across the globe on the same night. Highly original in concept and setting.

    Each story is wonderfully crafted by Jarmusch, with interesting, engaging characters and great interplay between the driver and their customers. There's also some interesting, edifying themes to the stories, presented in a subtle, non-confrontational way. Each story gives us different types of characters and different tones (and apart from Los Angeles vs New York, different languages!).

    Cast is filled with big names - Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Rosie Perez, Roberto Benigni, Beatrice Dalle - and nobody puts a foot wrong. Other than Gena Rowlands, none of these were huge stars yet, so Jarmusch certainly had an eye for emerging talent. The stand-outs are Winona Ryder as the rough, tomboyish Corky and Roberto Benigni as the hilariously funny Italian driver.

    Great film.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 12, 1991 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Finnish
      • Italian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • LANewYorkParisRomeHelsinki
    • Filming locations
      • Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Victor Company of Japan (JVC)
      • Victor Musical Industries
      • Pyramide Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,015,810
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $34,039
      • May 3, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,113,387
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 9 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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