Night on Earth
by
Jim Jarmusch
Special Screenings
Five cities. Five taxi rides. Five episodes. The boyish Los Angeles-based taxi driver Corky turns down a job offer from Hollywood. In New York, Eastern German taxi driver Helmut is as overburdened by the English language as he is by his automatic gearbox. A blind woman in Paris surprises a proud Ivorian with her sharp sightedness. A chatterbox in sunglasses races through the streets of Rome. And finally we meet Mika and his drunken, self-pitying passengers in Helsinki. Jim Jarmusch’s ode to the urban owls and taxi drivers of this world has lost none of its charm over the years. Armin Müller-Stahl was catapulted to cult status after his short but enduring performance as New York taxi driver Helmut.
- Genre: Comedy
- Country, Year: France, Japan, UK, USA, Germany, 1991
- Runtime: 129 Min
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Finnish
- Subtitles: German, French
- Director: Jim Jarmusch
- Cast: Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Roberto Benigni, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosic Perez
- Screenplay: Jim Jarmusch
- Cinematography: Frederick Elmes
- Editor: Jay Rabinowitz
- Music: Tom Waits
- Producer: Jim Jarmusch
- Co-Producer: Demetra J. MacBride
- Executive Producer: Jim Stark
- Production Companies: JVC Entertainment Networks, Locus Solus Entertainment, Pyramide Productions
- World Sales: The Match Factory GmbH
- Swiss Distribution: Filmcoopi Zürich AG
