Night on Earth (1991)
Language: English.
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Five vignettes across LA, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki — all told from five different taxis. Tom Waite's soundtrack is a common thread and you can't have too much Tom Waites. It's hard to pick a favourite but maybe I'll go with Roberto Benigni and his one-sided conversation with the priest. Or perhaps Isaach de Bankolé and Béatrice Dalle in Paris. I only recently realised that Giancarlo Esposito played both YoYo here and Gus Fring in Breaking Bad. — Bill
Winona Ryder
Corky
Gena Rowlands
Victoria Snelling
Giancarlo Esposito
YoYo
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Helmut Grokenberger
Rosie Perez
Angela
Isaach de Bankolé
Cab Driver Paris
Béatrice Dalle
Blind Woman
Roberto Benigni
Cab Driver Rome
Paolo Bonacelli
Priest
Matti Pellonpää
Mika
Kari Väänänen
Man #1 Helsinki
Sakari Kuosmanen
Man #2 Helsinki
Cast
- Winona Ryder as Corky
- Gena Rowlands as Victoria Snelling
- Giancarlo Esposito as YoYo
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Helmut Grokenberger
- Rosie Perez as Angela
- Isaach de Bankolé as Cab Driver Paris
- Béatrice Dalle as Blind Woman
- Roberto Benigni as Cab Driver Rome
- Paolo Bonacelli as Priest
- Matti Pellonpää as Mika
- Kari Väänänen as Man #1 Helsinki
- Sakari Kuosmanen as Man #2 Helsinki
- Tomi Salmela as Aki
- Lisanne Falk as Rock Manager
- Alan Randolph Scott as Rock Musician #1
- Anthony Portillo as Rock Musician #2
- Richard Boes as Cab Driver New York
- Pascal N'Zonzi as Passenger #1
- Emile Abossolo M'bo as Passenger #2
- Noel Kaufmann as Motorcyclist
- Stéphane Boucher as Man in Accident
- Gianni Schettini as Transvestite #1
- Antonio Ragusa as Transvestite #2
- Nicola Facondo as Lover
- Camilla Begnoni as Lover
- Romolo Di Biasi as Angry Driver
- Donatella Servadio as Dispatcher Rome
- Eija Vilpas as Dispatcher Helsinki
- Jaakko Talaskivi as Factory Worker #1
- Klaus Heydemann as Factory Worker #2
Crew
- Jim Stark — Executive Producer
- Tom Waits — Original Music Composer
- Jay Rabinowitz — Editor
- Magda Bava — Costume Design
- Claire Fraisse — Costume Design
- Tina Seppo — Costume Design
- Anthony J. Ciccolini III — Sound Designer
- Jim Jarmusch — Producer
- Jim Jarmusch — Screenplay
- Jim Jarmusch — Director
- Rudd Simmons — Line Producer
- Frederick Elmes — Director of Photography
- Claire Denis — Thanks
- Catherine E. Coulson — First Assistant Camera
- Christine Parry — Still Photographer
- Fabrizio De Luca — Set Decoration
- Kari Laine — Set Decoration
- Johan le Tenoux — Set Decoration
- Laurent Saimond — Set Decoration
- Barbara Gordon — Costume Design
- Alexandra Welker — Costume Design
- Jean-Charles Bachelier — Hairstylist
- Catherine Demesmeaker — Makeup Artist
- Kaija Ilomäki — Makeup Artist
- Christina Smith — Makeup Artist
- Meredith Soupios — Hairstylist
- Meredith Soupios — Makeup Artist
- Pietro Tenoglio — Makeup Artist
- Roni Ben-Nevat — Second Assistant Director
- Olivier Coutard — Second Assistant Director
- Terence J. Edwards — First Assistant Director
- Nils Hoffet — Assistant Director
- Howard McMaster — First Assistant Director
- Todd Pfeiffer — Second Assistant Director
- Joseph Rochlitz — First Assistant Director
- Riccardo Petrazzi — Stunt Coordinator
- Giampiero Comanducci — Stunts
- Elisha Birnbaum — Foley Artist
- Eugene Gearty — Sound Effects Editor
- Richard Q. King — Foley Editor
- Dominick Tavella — Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Brian Vancho — Foley Artist
- Bob Gambardella — Gaffer
- Dan Kneece — Steadicam Operator
- Nicolas Sand — Gaffer
- Riccardo Umetelli — Camera Operator
- Olli Varja — Gaffer
- Randall Balsmeyer — Title Designer
- Mimi Everett — Title Designer
- Tom Waits — Songs
- Kathleen Brennan — Songs
- Demetra J. MacBride — Co-Producer
- Masahiro Inbe — Co-Executive Producer
- Noboru Takayama — Co-Executive Producer
- Pauli Pentti — First Assistant Director