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Release Date
• USA: May 2, 1992
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
2 hours, 9 minutes
Country USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Studio Canal Plus, Channel 4, JVC, Locus Solus Productions, New Line Cinema, Pandora Film, Pyramide Productions, Victor Musical Industries
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Other Titles
• Night on Earth
• LANewYorkParisRomeHelsinki (1991)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Urban
Tagline: Five Taxis. Five Cities. One Night.
Plot: Director Jim Jarmusch's episodic slice-of-life drama follows the adventures of five different cabdrivers in five different cities all over the world. In Los Angeles, a young female driver (Winona Ryder) charms her snooty passenger--an agent (Gena Rowlands) who believes she’s found her latest star in the tomboyish cabbie. In New York, a man (Giancarlo Esposito) gets into a taxi only to find that his immigrant driver (Armin Mueller-Stahl) has no idea how to drive. The Paris segment features an angry sightless woman (Beatrice Dalle) who provokes her African driver (Isaach de Bankole). In Rome, Roberto Benigni stars as a hyperactive taxi driver who confesses his odd sexual practices to a clergyman (Paolo Bonacelli) and is shocked when the priest has a heart attack. The film’s climactic scene in Helsinki follows a cabdriver who listens to a tragic and poignant tale from one of his three inebriated passengers only to top him with his own, sadder story. Colorfully photographed by Frederick Elmes, NIGHT ON EARTH features an original score by the masterful Tom Waits. Jarmusch handles his various stories--as well as actors--with his traditional lighthearted sincerity, resulting in another original tale from one of independent film’s most distinct directors.
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Jim Jarmusch
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Dead Man, Broken Flowers |
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| Written by |
Jim Jarmusch
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Dead Man, Broken Flowers |
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 | Winona Ryder
Edward Scissorhands, Alien: Resurrection, Beetle Juice |
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 | Rosie Perez
Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump, It Could Happen to You |
 | Béatrice Dalle
37.2 Degrees in the Morning, Trouble Every Day, The Time of the Wolf |
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