Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Lisanne Falk

A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant ...( read more  read more... )to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn't understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome - A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki - an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death.

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R, 2 hrs. 8 min.

Directed by: Jim Jarmusch

Release Date: December 12, 1991

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DVD Release Date: September 4, 2007

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  • May 18, 2009
    Very funny and even touching at times. An odd cult film made in the way only Jarmusch can. Worth it for Benigni's segment alone.
  • July 1, 2008
    Interesting... er... vignettes? It's actually a little boring after a while. That's kind of why I don't like these "anthology" movies.
  • April 20, 2008
    Yup. its awesome. Life, theres nothing like it.
  • March 23, 2008
    Jarmusch's best work. A masterpiece.

    *On my "best of the 1990s" list.
  • January 27, 2008
    One of the most brilliant, yet overlooked films I've ever seen. A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities - Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki - throughout one night. The film is disguised as a comedy, when in reality it's an authe...( read more)ntic study of human nature via the taxi drivers and their passengers. Roberto Benigni's segment is hilarious beyond words and the Helsinki one has Jarmusch's genius stamped all over it. The whole film has.
  • October 7, 2009
    One of my favorite movies of all time. A masterpiece of character and dialogue. There's just something about it that keeps me glued to the screen every time I watch it.
  • September 10, 2009
    I watched this kind of movies.You know...Unconnected (nearly) parts.But that movies' parts was almost meanningless.But this...Night on Earth is one of the most meaningful movies i have seen.Every part means at least one or three problems in the world(sorry earth).I dont want to s...( read more)ay what they mean because i dont wanna change your opinion.Everyone should have their own opinions.Of course it s not 2001:a space odyssey.Many people can same opinion.So it gotta be seen because of the script's globalness.I cant say anything clearly for Jim Jarmusch.This was the first Jarmusch movie i have seen.And i really liked it.Mostly because of the script.But...Anyway.I will talk about Jim Jarmusch after seeing "Broken Flowers".And my favourite part was Los Angeles.
  • September 6, 2009
    this Jarmusch is much easier to understand compared with the others.
    i really enjoyed each stories on the earth.
  • August 18, 2009
    This is one of Jim Jarmusch's most beloved movies, and for good reason. It's such a vibrant movie, with a strong visual appeal and a cast of great performances. What holds such a loosely threaded series of events together is the strength of each individual segment in the picture....( read more) The dialogue, characters and subject matter are engaging in each of the vignettes, and even emotionally poignant at times.
  • June 5, 2009
    It's possible to criticise Night on Earth on a story-by-story basis as fast or dull or sad. It's possible but irrelevant, since the film's cumulative power is what matters, and that power is undeniable.

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