Trivia for
Night on Earth (1991) More at IMDbPro »

• The name of New York taxi driver (Helmut) was taken from a member of the crew of Down by Law (1986), also directed by Jim Jarmusch.
  
  
• The names "Mika" and "Aki" are taken from directors Mika Kaurismäki and Aki Kaurismäki. Brothers Kaurismäki have also frequently used the main cast of the Finnish segment (Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen and Sakari Kuosmanen)
  
  
• The Roman taxi driver (Roberto Benigni) has an 8-ball as a gearstick knob. In Down by Law (1986), Benigni played a character who killed a man using an 8-ball.
  
  
• The original title of the film was (all small characters) "lanewyorkparisromehelsinki".
  
  
• The role of Corky was written especially for Winona Ryder.
  
  
• Jim Jarmusch wrote the script in eight days.
  
  
• Much of 'Roberto Begnini''s dialogue was unscripted and was spontaneously improvised by the actor.
  
  
• The song the Rome taxi driver tries to sing is the traditional song, "The Streets of Laredo", also known as "The Cowboy's Lament".
  
  

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