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Night on earth / Janus Films ; JVC presents in association with Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Victor Musical Industries, Inc., Pyramide/LeStudio Canal Plus, Pandora Film and Channel 4 ; a Locus Solus production ; written, produced, and directed by Jim Jarmusch.

[Widescreen ed.].

[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2007]

1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).

A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn't understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome - A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki - an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death.

Rating: R.

The Criterion collection ; 401

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 401.

Taxicabs -- Drama.

City and town life -- Drama.

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama.

New York (N.Y.) -- Drama.

Paris (France) -- Drama.

Rome (Italy) -- Drama.

Helsinki (Finland) -- Drama.

Feature films.

Comedy films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Jarmusch, Jim, 1953-

Ryder, Winona, 1971-

Rowlands, Gena.

Esposito, Giancarlo.

Mueller-Stahl, Armin, 1930-

Perez, Rosie.

Bankolé, Isaach de.

Dalle, Béatrice, 1964-

Benigni, Roberto.

Bonacelli, Paolo, 1939-

Pellonpää, Matti, 1951-1995.

Väänänen, Kari.

Kuosmanen, Sakari, 1956-

Salmela, Tomi.

Waits, Tom, 1949-

Brennan, Kathleen.

Rabinowitz, Jay.

Elmes, Frederick.

Kunin, Drew.

Andersen, Thom.

Auster, Paul, 1947-2024

Eisenschitz, Bernard.

Fofi, Goffredo.

Bagh, Peter von, 1943-2014.

Janus Films.

Nihon Bikutā Kabushiki Kaisha.

Bikutā Ongaku Sangyō Kabushiki Kaisha.

Channel Four Films (Firm)

Pandora Film (Firm)

Pyramide Productions (Firm)

Studio Canal+.

J.V.C. Company of America.

Locus Solus (Firm)

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Release date: Sep. 4, 2007.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.

Special features: selected-scene commentary by director of photography Frederick Elmes and location sound mixer Drew Kunin; Q & A with Jim Jarmusch; 1992 Belgian television interview with Jarmusch.

Booklet includes essays by Thom Andersen, Paul Auster, Bernard Eisenschitz, Goffredo Fofi, and Peter von Bagh and the lyrics to Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan's songs from the film.

Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Jay Rabinowitz ; music by Tom Waits.

Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Rosie Perez, Isaach De Bankolé, Béatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni, Paolo Bonacelli, Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Tomi Salmela.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio).

Dialogue in English, French, Italian, and Finnish, with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.

Passing through twilight / Thom Andersen -- Jim Jarmusch: poet / Paul Auster -- Talk the talk / Bernard Eisenschitz -- Superficial impressions about Jarmusch / Goffredo Fofi -- Last stop: Helsinki / Peter Von Bagh.

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