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Night on Earth
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Night on Earth is a 1991 comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The movie features Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Lisanne Falk, and Armin Mueller-Stahl. It is set in Paris, Los Angeles, New York City, and Rome during the 20th century. The narrative follows five taxi drivers and their fares on a single night. The film was originally released in Italian, French, English, and German.
The production involved companies including JVC, Locus Solus Entertainment, and Pyramide Productions. Tom Waits composed the soundtrack. The film has a runtime of 129 minutes and was distributed by Fine Line Features and Netflix. It received an R rating. Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation. The work explores themes of urbanity and angst.
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Vinony files it under 1990s Finnish-language films, 1991 American films and 1991 British films.
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Film · TMDB
7.5A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Cast
- Winona Ryder as Corky
- Gena Rowlands as Victoria Snelling
- Giancarlo Esposito as YoYo
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Helmut Grokenberger
- Rosie Perez as Angela
- Isaach de Bankolé as Cab Driver Paris
Themes
- helsinki, finland
- new york city
- taxi
- metropolis
- paris, france
- rome, italy
- heart attack
- megacity
- taxi driver
- german democratic republic
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
69,395 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 1991
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jim Jarmusch
- Written by
- Jim Jarmusch
- Produced by
- Jim Jarmusch
- Starring
- Winona Ryder Gena Rowlands Giancarlo Esposito Armin Mueller-Stahl Rosie Perez Isaach de Bankolé Béatrice Dalle Roberto Benigni Paolo Bonacelli Matti Pellonpää Kari Väänänen Sakari Kuosmanen Tomi Salmela
- Cinematography
- Frederick Elmes
- Edited by
- Jay Rabinowitz
- Music by
- Tom Waits
- Production companies
- Locus Solus Entertainment JVC Victor Music Industries Le Studio Canal+ Pandora Film Channel Four Films
- Distributed by
- Fine Line Features (United States) France Eigasha (Japan) Pyramide Distribution (France) Pandora Cinema (Germany) Electric Pictures (United Kingdom)
- Release dates
- October 4, 1991 ( 1991-10-04 ) ( New York Film Festival ) December 12, 1991 ( 1991-12-12 ) (Germany) December 18, 1991 ( 1991-12-18 ) (France) April 25, 1992 ( 1992-04-25 ) (Japan) May 1, 1992 ( 1992-05-01 ) (United States) July 31, 1992 ( 1992-07-31 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 129 minutes
- Countries
- United States Japan France Germany United Kingdom
- Languages
- English German French Italian Finnish
- Box office
- $2.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Finnish
- Main subject
- angst
- Director
- Jim Jarmusch
- Screenwriter
- Jim Jarmusch
- Composer
- Tom Waits
- Producer
- Jim Jarmusch
- Cinematographer
- Frederick Elmes
- Narrative location
- Helsinki
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 495060
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1991-12-12
- title
- Night on Earth
- soundtrack release
- Night on Earth
- distributed by
- Netflix
- number of parts of this work
- 5
- set in period
- 20th century
- review score
- 77%
- capital cost
- 2000000
- box office
- 2015810
- form of creative work
- anthology film
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Encyclopedic overview
Night on Earth is a 1991 comedy-drama anthology film written, produced, and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It is a collection of five vignettes that take place roughly simultaneously on the same night, concerning the temporary bond formed between taxi driver and passenger in five cities: Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki.
Jarmusch wrote the screenplay in approximately eight days, and the choice of certain cities was largely based on the actors with whom he wanted to work. The accompanying soundtrack is by Tom Waits. The Criterion Collection released the film on DVD and Blu-ray on April 9, 2019.
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