Night on Earth (1991)

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

Writer:

Jim Jarmusch (written by)

Release Date:

12 December 1991 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Five Taxis. Five Cities. One Night.

Plot:

An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

Plot Keywords:

Cab | Cab Driver | Anthology | Pill | Rome Italy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Gena Rowlands	...	Victoria Snelling
Winona Ryder	...	Corky
Lisanne Falk	...	Rock Manager
Alan Randolph Scott	...	Rock Musician #1
Anthony Portillo	...	Rock Musician #2
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Helmut Grokenberger
Giancarlo Esposito	...	YoYo
Rosie Perez	...	Angela
Richard Boes	...	Cab Driver #1
Isaach De Bankolé	...	Driver (Paris)
Béatrice Dalle	...	Blind Woman
Pascal N'Zonzi	...	Passenger #1 (as Pascal Nzonzi)
Emile Abossolo M'bo	...	Passenger #2 (as Émile Abossolo-M'bo)
Stéphane Boucher	...	Man in Accident (as Stephane Boucher)
Noel Kaufmann	...	Man on Motorcycle

Also Known As:

LANewYorkParisRomeHelsinki (USA) (working title)
Une nuit sur terre (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, and some drug use.

Runtime:

129 min

Country:

France | UK | Germany | USA | Japan

Language:

English | French | Finnish | Italian | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Victor Company of Japan (JVC)

Trivia:

Jim Jarmusch wrote the script in eight days.

Goofs:

Continuity: Winona Rider's character opens up a trunk through the missing rear window, but then in the next shot the window is there again.

Quotes:

Mika: You called a taxi?
Man #1: No, we called a garbage truck. But you'll have to do the job.

Movie Connections:

References "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)

Soundtrack:

Back in the Good Old World

One of My Favorite Films!!

Since I have almost seventeen years of experience in the taxi business as a dispatcher and driver, I have to say that "Night on Earth" is one of my favorite movies! This movie gives a very real and comical portrayal of life in this line of work. I've known people who were given great opportunities, and rejected them. I've personally kicked drunk idiots out of my cab. I've had blind people tell me which route to take. I've had people who were so "down and out" tell me their life story. This is a film that portrays what taxi driving is all about, and it is not limited to the USA. People are the same all over the world! This movie is not yet available on DVD in the USA, but I really hope it will be soon!