Night on Earth

Night on Earth
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jim Jarmusch
Written by	Jim Jarmusch
Produced by	Jim Jarmusch Jim Stark
Starring	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
Cinematography	Frederick Elmes
Edited by	Jay Rabinowitz
Music by	Tom Waits
Production companies	JVC Victor Music Industries Le Studio Canal+ Channel Four Films Pandora Film
Distributed by	Fine Line Features Pandora Cinema
Release dates	October 4, 1991 (1991-10-04) (New York Film Festival) May 1, 1992 (1992-05-01) (United States)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English German Italian French Finnish
Box office	$2.1 million[1]

Night on Earth is a 1991 American comedy-drama anthology film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It is a collection of five vignettes, taking place during the same night, concerning the temporary bond formed between taxi driver and passenger in five cities: Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki. The action in the vignettes takes place at the same time, moving from Los Angeles in the United States to Helsinki, Finland. The scene in each city appears to occur later and later in the night due to the changing time zones. Jarmusch wrote the screenplay in about eight days, and the choice of certain cities was largely based on the actors with whom he wanted to work.^[2] The soundtrack of the same name is by Tom Waits. The Criterion Collection released the film on DVD and Blu-ray on April 9, 2019.^[3]