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Five cities. Five taxicabs. A multitude of strangers in the night. Jim Jarmusch assembled an extraordinary international cast of actors (including Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Béatrice Dalle, and Roberto Benigni) for this quintet of transitory tales of urban displacement and existential angst, all staged as encounters between cabbies and their fares. Spanning time zones, continents, and languages, Night on Earth winds its course through scenes of uproarious comedy, nocturnal poetry, and somber fatalism, set to a moody soundtrack by Tom Waits. Jarmusch’s lovingly askew view of humanity from the passenger seat makes for one of his most charming and beloved films, a freewheeling showcase for the cosmopolitan range of his imagination.
Original Release
12/12/1991
US Release
05/02/1992
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Gena Rowlands | Victoria Snelling / Victoria Snelling (segment "Los Angeles") |
Winona Ryder | Corky / Corky (segment "Los Angeles") |
Lisanne Falk | Rock Manager / Rock Manager (segment "Los Angeles") |
Alan Randolph Scott | Rock Musician #1 (segment "Los Angeles") / Rock Musician#1 |
Anthony Portillo | Rock Musician #2 (segment "Los Angeles") / Rock Musician#2 |
Armin Mueller-Stahl | Helmut Grokenberger / Helmut (segment "New York") |
Giancarlo Esposito | YoYo / YoYo (segment "New York") |
Rosie Perez | Angela / Angela (segment "New York") |
Richard Boes | Cab Driver #1 (segment "New York") / Cab Driver New York |
Isaach de Bankolé | Driver (segment "Paris") / Cab Driver Paris |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Gena Rowlands | Victoria Snelling / Victoria Snelling (segment "Los Angeles") |
Winona Ryder | Corky / Corky (segment "Los Angeles") |
Lisanne Falk | Rock Manager / Rock Manager (segment "Los Angeles") |
Alan Randolph Scott | Rock Musician #1 (segment "Los Angeles") / Rock Musician#1 |
Anthony Portillo | Rock Musician #2 (segment "Los Angeles") / Rock Musician#2 |
Armin Mueller-Stahl | Helmut Grokenberger / Helmut (segment "New York") |
Giancarlo Esposito | YoYo / YoYo (segment "New York") |
Rosie Perez | Angela / Angela (segment "New York") |
Richard Boes | Cab Driver #1 (segment "New York") / Cab Driver New York |
Isaach de Bankolé | Driver (segment "Paris") / Cab Driver Paris |
Béatrice Dalle | Blind Woman / Blind Woman (segment "Paris") |
Pascal N'Zonzi | Passenger #1 (segment "Paris") / Passenger#1 |
Emile Abossolo M'bo | Passenger #2 / Passenger#2 |
Stéphane Boucher | Man in Accident (segment "Paris") / Man in Accident |
Noel Kaufmann | Man on Motorcycle (segment "Paris") / Motorcyclist |
Roberto Benigni | Driver (segment "Rome") / Cab Driver Rome |
Paolo Bonacelli | Priest / Priest (segment "Rome") |
Gianni Schettino | Transvestite #1 (segment "Rome") / Transvestite#1 |
Antonio Ragusa | Transvestite #2 (segment "Rome") / Transvestite#2 |
Nicola Facondo | Lover / Lover (segment "Rome") |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Masahiro Inbe | Executive Producer |
Jim Stark | Executive Producer |
Noboru Takayama | Executive Producer |
Jim Jarmusch | Producer |
Demetra J. MacBride | Producer |
Rudd Simmons | Producer |