Night on Earth
“Five taxis. Five cities. One night.”
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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Cast
30 people
Winona Ryder
Corky
Known for
Stranger Things
Edward Scissorhands
Gena Rowlands
Victoria Snelling
Known for
The Notebook
The Skeleton Key
Giancarlo Esposito
YoYo
Known for
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Helmut Grokenberger
Known for
Eastern Promises
The Thirteenth Floor
Rosie Perez
Angela
Known for
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
The Road to El Dorado
Isaach de Bankolé
Cab Driver Paris
Known for
Casino Royale
Black Panther
Béatrice Dalle
Blind Woman
Known for
Inside
Betty Blue
Roberto Benigni
Cab Driver Rome
Known for
Life Is Beautiful
To Rome with Love
Paolo Bonacelli
Priest
Known for
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Midnight Express
Matti Pellonpää
Mika
Known for
Shadows in Paradise
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Kari Väänänen
Man #1 Helsinki
Known for
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Drifting Clouds
Sakari Kuosmanen
Man #2 Helsinki
Known for
The Other Side of Hope
Shadows in Paradise
Jim Jarmusch Director · Tom Waits Composer Frederick Elmes Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $3.5M · United States release May 2, 1992
Box office
Budget
$3,500,000
Worldwide gross
$2,015,810
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
JVC
Production
Locus Solus Entertainment
Production
StudioCanal
Production
Channel Four Films
Production
JVC Entertainment
Production
Pandora Cinema
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Pyramide Productions
Production
Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
Production
United States · Japan · France · Germany · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Finnish · French · German · Italian
Release dates
United States · October 4, 1991
Premiere · New York Film Festival
United States · May 2, 1992
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · December 2, 1992
Physical · VHS
United States
April 9, 2019 · Physical · Criterion Blu-ray & DVD
Argentina
March 26, 1992 · Theatrical
Australia
August 13, 1992 · Theatrical
Czechia
April 29, 1993 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 13, 1992 · Theatrical
Finland
January 24, 1992 · Theatrical
December 28, 1994 · TV
France
December 18, 1991 · Theatrical
May 3, 2001 · Physical · DVD
July 3, 2019 · Limited theatrical · re-release
May 10, 2020 · Digital
January 10, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
December 12, 1991 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
June 22, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Dead Time: Early Jarmusch
Hungary
December 27, 1992 · Theatrical
Italy
October 16, 1992 · Theatrical
Japan
April 25, 1992 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 14, 1992 · Theatrical
January 1, 2010 · Physical · DVD
February 9, 2017 · Theatrical · Re-release
Portugal
June 18, 1993 · Theatrical
Russia
February 17, 2022 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 23, 2017 · Digital
Spain
June 17, 1992 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 20, 1991 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 31, 1992 · Theatrical
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