NIGHT ON EARTH
SYNOPSIS
A collection of five stories involving cab drivers from five different cities. Los Angeles: a talent agent wants his cab driver for a movie, New York: an immigrant cab driver is lost in the city and culture, Paris: A blind girl takes a cab, Rome: a cabbie virtually talks an ailing man to death, Helsinki: an industrial worker discusses unfairness of love, life and death
| DIRECTOR | Jim Jarmusch |
| YEAR | 1991 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | Independent Spirit Awards 1993 Won Best Cinematography Frederick Elmes |
| CAST | Gena Rowlands Winona Ryder Lisanne Falk Armin Müller-Stahl Giancarlo Esposito Rosie Perez Richard Boes Isaach De Bankole Beatrice Dalle Roberto Benigni Romolo Di Biasi Matti Pellonpää |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Channel Four Films JVC Entertainment Le Studio Canal+ Locus Soluc Productions Pandora Film Pyramide Productions Victor Musical Industries |
| SUPPORTED BY | |
| WORLD SALES | Fortissimo |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Pandora Film / Kinowelt |
| LENGTH | 129 min. |
| FORMAT | colour 35mm 1:1.85 Dolby SR |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | Los Angeles (USA) New York (USA) Paris (France) Rome (Italia) Helsinki (Finnland) |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | English |
| PRODUCERS | Jim Jarmusch (producer) Jim Stark (executive producer) Demetra J. MacBride (co-producer) Rudd Simmons (line producer) Masahiro Inbe (co-executive producer) Noboru Takayama (co-executive producer) |
| WRITERS | Jim Jarmusch |
| CASTING | |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Frederick Elmes |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Kathie Hersch (prod. manager New York) Manuele Pineski-Berger (prod. manager Rome) Gilles Sacuto (prod. manager Paris) Susan Shapiro (prod. manager Los Angeles) |
| EDITING | Jay Rabinowitz |
| MUSIC | Tom Waits Kathleen Brennan |
| SOUND | Anthony J. Ciccolini (sound designer) Drew Kunin (location sound mixer) |
| ART DIRECTION | Kari Laine (set decorator Helsinki) Johan Le Teneux (set decorator Los Angeles) Laurent Saimond (set decorator Paris) |
| COSTUMES | Magda Bava (Rome) Claire Fraisse (Paris) Barbara Gordon (LA) Tina Seppo (Helsinki) Alexandra Welker (NY) |
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| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | yes |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | yes |
| LINKS | www.fortissimo.nl |
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