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Film Info
- United States
- 1991
- 128 minutes
- Color
- 1.78:1
- Finnish, French, Italian, English
- Spine #401
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
Cast
| 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 |
Credits
| 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 |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch
- Audio commentary by director of photography Frederick Elmes and location sound mixer Drew Kunin
- Q&A with Jarmusch, in which he responds to questions sent by fans
- 1992 Belgian television interview with Jarmusch
- New and improved subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Thom Andersen, Paul Auster, Bernard Eisenschitz, Goffredo Fofi, and Peter von Bagh, and the lyrics to Tom Waits’s original songs from the film
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