Night on Earth
Five cities. Five taxicabs. A multitude of strangers in the night. Jim Jarmusch assembled an extraordinary international cast of actors (including Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Béatrice Dalle, and Roberto Benigni) for this quintet of transitory tales of urban displacement and existential angst, all staged as encounters between cabbies and their fares. Spanning time zones, continents, and languages, Night on Earth winds its course through scenes of uproarious comedy, nocturnal poetry, and somber fatalism, set to a moody soundtrack by Tom Waits. Jarmusch’s lovingly askew view of humanity from the passenger seat makes for one of his most charming and beloved films, a freewheeling showcase for the cosmopolitan range of his imagination.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- High-definition digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Selected-scene commentary from 2007 featuring director of photography Frederick Elmes and location sound mixer Drew Kunin
- Q&A with Jarmusch from 2007, in which he responds to questions sent in by fans
- Belgian television interview with Jarmusch from 1992
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Essays by filmmakers, authors, and critics Thom Andersen, Paul Auster, Bernard Eisenschitz, Goffredo Fofi, and Peter von Bagh, and the lyrics to Tom Waits’s original songs from the film
Cover by Eric Skillman
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- High-definition digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Selected-scene commentary from 2007 featuring director of photography Frederick Elmes and location sound mixer Drew Kunin
- Q&A with Jarmusch from 2007, in which he responds to questions sent in by fans
- Belgian television interview with Jarmusch from 1992
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Essays by filmmakers, authors, and critics Thom Andersen, Paul Auster, Bernard Eisenschitz, Goffredo Fofi, and Peter von Bagh, and the lyrics to Tom Waits’s original songs from the film
Cover by Eric Skillman
Cast
- Gena Rowlands
- Victoria Snelling
- Winona Ryder
- Corky
- Lisanne Falk
- Rock manager
- Randolph Scott I Alan
- Rock musician no. 1
- Anthony Portillo
- Rock musician no. 2
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Helmut
- Giancarlo Esposito
- YoYo
- Rosie Perez
- Angela
- Richard Boes
- Cabdriver no. 1
- Bankolé Isaach De
- Driver
- Dalle Béatrice
- Blind woman
- Pascal Nzonzi
- Passenger no. 1
- Émile Abossolo-M’bo
- Passenger no. 2
- Roberto Benigni
- Driver
- Paolo Bonacelli
- Priest
- Gianni Schettino
- Transvestite no. 1
- Antonino Ragusa
- Transvestite no. 2
- Matti Pellonpää
- Mika
- Karl Väänänen
- Man no. 1
- Sakari Kuosmanen
- Man no. 2
- Tomi Salmela
- Man no. 3
Credits
- Director
- Jim Jarmusch
- Written and produced by
- Jim Jarmusch
- Director of photography
- Frederick Elmes
- Line producer
- Rudd Simmons
- Edited by
- Jay Rabinowitz
- Music by
- Tom Waits
- Original songs written by
- Tom Waits
- Original songs written by
- Kathleen Brennan
- Executive producer
- Jim Stark
- Coproducer
- Demetra J. MacBride
- Co-executive producer
- Masahiro Inbe
- Co-executive producer
- Takayama Noboru
- Location sound mixer
- Drew Kunin
A scene from Night on Earth
