Night on Earth (1991)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

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 | Paris | Anthology | Funny Hat

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:

The original title of the film was (all small characters) "lanewyorkparisromehelsinki".

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 has just dropped off last of his drunken passengers]
Mika: Are you sure you know where you are?
Man #3: Yes. Helsinki.
[Mika nods and drives away]

Movie Connections:

References "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)

Soundtrack:

Back in the Good Old World

Funny as hell

It's not that this movie is non stop laughs, but just that it is so smart and such intelligent humor. It's got a clever premise about five short stories involving cab rides in different cities, but it's the specific situations that will crack you up. One after another, they are all hilarious. Roberto Benini's scene had me laughing out loud, and that never happens. The only sketch that wasnt so great was the opening one with Winona Ryder. Everything that followed it rocked and impressed the hell out of me. A smart comedy. not too many of those.