Night on Earth [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Night on Earth [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder
, Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands
, Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Esposito
, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Jim Jarmusch
Night on Earth [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Night on Earth [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder
, Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands
, Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Esposito
, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Jim Jarmusch

Blu-ray (Color / Wide Screen)

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Overview

Jim Jarmusch's deadpan comedy-of-the-night is a collection of five vignettes taking place in the enclosed space of a cab ride, each occurring simultaneously in five different cities and five different time zones -- Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki. The Los Angeles episode takes place at dusk, as high-powered casting agent Victoria (Gena Rowlands) gets a ride from L.A. International Airport with tomboy driver Corky (Winona Ryder), who would rather go on driving her cab than take up Victoria's offer to make her a superstar. In New York City, novice East German cabbie Helmut Grokenberger (Armin Mueller-Stahl) has difficulty working the foot pedals to his hack, and his passenger, YoYo (Giancarlo Esposito), ends up driving himself to Brooklyn, picking up the shrill-voiced Angela (Rosie Perez) along the way. In Paris, an African cab driver (Isaach De Bankolé) ejects a collection of drunken African diplomats from his cab and picks up a beautiful but surly blind girl (Béatrice Dalle). In Rome, cab driver Gino (Roberto Benigni) engages in a heartfelt monologue confessing his past sexual exploits to his passenger, a priest who is dying of a heart attack in the back seat. The film winds down in the last melancholy vignette, taking place in Helsinki, as taxi driver Mika (Matti Pellonpää) picks up three inebriated workmen who regale him with hard-luck stories. But Mika has a much harsher story of his own to tell.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/09/2019
UPC: 0715515228510
Original Release: 1991
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:08:00
Sales rank: 9,444

Special 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

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Winona Ryder Corky
Gena Rowlands Victoria
Giancarlo Esposito YoYo
Armin Mueller-Stahl Helmut
Rosie Perez Angela
Isaach De Bankole Driver
Beatrice Dalle Blind Woman
Paolo Bonacelli Priest
Roberto Benigni Gino
Matti Pellonpaa Mika
Lisanne Falk Rock Manager
Alan Randolph Scott 1st Rock Musician
Anthony Portillo 2nd Rock Musician
Richard Boes 1st Cab Driver
Emile Abossolo-M'Bo 2nd Passenger
Stephane Boucher Man in Accident
Noel Kaufmann Man on Motorcycle
Gianni Schettino 1st Transvestite
Antonino Ragusa 2nd Transvestite
Nicola Facondo Lover
Camilla Begnoni Lover
Romolo DiBiasi Angry Driver
Kari Vaananen 1st Man
Sakari Kuosmanen 2nd Man
Tomi Salmela 3rd Man
Jaakko Talaskivi 1st Factory Worker
Klaus Heydemann 2nd Factory Worker
Pascal N'Zonzi 1st Passenger
Donatella Servadio Voice of Dispatcher (Rome)
Eija Vilpas Voice of Dispatcher (Helsinki)
Tom Waits Composer

Technical Credits
Jim Jarmusch Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Jim Stark Executive Producer
Rudd Simmons Producer
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