SYNOPSIS: 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, Beatrice Dalle, and Roberto Benigni) for this hilarious quintet of tales of urban displacement and existential angst, spanning time zones, continents, and languages. Jarmusch’s lovingly askew view of humanity from the passenger seat makes for one of his most charming and beloved films
| Victoria Snelling | Gena Rowlands |
| Corky | Winona Ryder |
| Helmut | Armin Mueller-Stahl |
| Blind woman | Beatrice Dalle |
| Driver | Roberto Benigni |
| Angela | Rosie Perez |
| YoYo | Giancarlo Esposito |
| Driver | Isaach de Bankolé |
| Mika | Matti Pellonpää |
| Priest | Paolo Bonacelli |
| Director | Jim Jarmusch |
| Written, Produced, and Directed by | Jim Jarmusch |
| Music | Tom Waits |
| Cinematography | Frederick Elmes |
| Editing | Jay Rabinowitz |
| Original songs | Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan |
| Executive producer | Jim Stark |
| Co-producer | Demetra J. MacBride |
| Line producer | Rudd Simmons |
| Co-executive producers | Masahiro Inbe and Toboru Takayama |
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
By September 03, 2007
I was a cab driver once myself (in Los Angeles, in the mid-1970s), and I’ve been sensitive ever since to how the profession is portrayed on the screen. As it happened Read more »
By September 03, 2007
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By September 03, 2007
Jim Jarmusch is a difficult director because he works from the frontiers. What does it mean to be a “frontier” director in the film world today? It means a clear Read more »
By September 03, 2007
A taxi, without a client in the car or anywhere else in sight, goes around Helsinki’s Senate Square, a place that resonates with history, having seen more patriotism, class struggle, and Read more »
By September 03, 2007
As the opening credits for Night on Earth begin to roll, we are informed that the film is a Locus Solus Production. A curious name, no doubt unfamiliar to most people, but one that Read more »
December 22, 2009
When we released Jim Jarmusch’s films Down by Law and Night on Earth, the supplement Ask Jim, in which he answered questions viewers wrote in about his films, was so popular that we’ve decided to do it Read more »
