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Night on Earth (1991)

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Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 13  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.1/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Synopsis: Director Jim Jarmusch's episodic slice-of-life drama follows the adventures of five different cabdrivers in five different cities all over the world. In Los Angeles, a young female driver (Winona Ryder) charms her snooty passenger--an agent (Gena Rowlands) who believes she's found her... Director Jim Jarmusch's episodic slice-of-life drama follows the adventures of five different cabdrivers in five different cities all over the world. In Los Angeles, a young female driver (Winona Ryder) charms her snooty passenger--an agent (Gena Rowlands) who believes she's found her latest star in the tomboyish cabbie. In New York, a man (Giancarlo Esposito) gets into a taxi only to find that his immigrant driver (Armin Mueller-Stahl) has no idea how to drive. The Paris segment features an angry sightless woman (Beatrice Dalle) who provokes her African driver (Isaach de Bankole). In Rome, Roberto Benigni stars as a hyperactive taxi driver who confesses his odd sexual practices to a clergyman (Paolo Bonacelli) and is shocked when the priest has a heart attack. The film's climactic scene in Helsinki follows a cabdriver who listens to a tragic and poignant tale from one of his three inebriated passengers only to top him with his own, sadder story. Colorfully photographed by Frederick Elmes, NIGHT ON EARTH features an original score by the masterful Tom Waits. Jarmusch handles his various stories--as well as actors--with his traditional lighthearted sincerity, resulting in another original tale from one of independent film's most distinct directors. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Rosie Perez, Roberto Benigni, Giancarlo Esposito

Director: Jim Jarmusch

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 30, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Italian
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

Additional Release Materials:

  • Audio Commentary - Frederick Elmes - Director of Photography; Drew Kunin
  • Interview - Jim Jarmusch - Director

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3.5/5

Jarmusch's most accessible exercise to date while also his least seen

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02/13/08
Chris Cabin
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Revisiting his interest in oblique comedy, Jarmusch explores a primal relationship, that of a passenger and taxi driver, using the cab as a temporary shared world, from which one party may emerge shaken up or feeling differently about himself/herself

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09/16/06
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Revisiting his interest in oblique comedy, Jarmusch explores a primal relationship, that of a passenger and taxi driver, using the cab as a temporary shared world, from which one party may emerge shaken up or feeling differently about himself/herself

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09/16/06
Emanuel Levy
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01/26/06
Time Out
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2/5

Almost good, but not quite there.

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Cole Smithey
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3/5

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08/16/05
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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4/5

Beautiful color cityscapes

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08/13/05
Michael E. Grost
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3/5

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07/07/05
Emanuel Levy
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04/24/04
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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09/02/03
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
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A clever glimpse of the human condition via taxi drivers and their passengers in five different cities

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07/18/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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01/10/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Flawed by fascinating

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08/07/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Scott Weinberg
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Peter Travers
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Hal Hinson
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01/01/00
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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