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VHS : Night on Earth (Widescreen Collector's Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Lisanne Falk, Alan Randolph Scott, Anthony Portillo directed by: Jim Jarmusch  List Price: $14.98 Price: $12.73 You Save: $2.25 (15%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780780608696 Format: Color, Letterboxed, NTSC ISBN: 0780608690 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Release Date: March 04, 1997 Running Time: 129 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1992 Sales Rank: 5696 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Jim Jarmusch's 1991 ensemble comedy turns a gimmick into a revelation. The story begins in Los Angeles one evening at 7:07 p.m. A talent agent (Gena Rowlands) gets into the back of a taxi driven by a sullen, chain-smoking young woman (Winona Ryder), and over the course of their bumpy conversation, Rowlands's character becomes convinced that the cabby would be perfect for a particular part in a movie. Meanwhile, at that very moment, taxi drivers in New York, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki are all having unique encounters with a variety of fares, breaking through that invisible social barrier between the front and back seats of their cars, often to absurd or touching effect. Among them are cabby Roberto Benigni's ranting confessions to a priest, Armin Mueller-Stahl's relinquishing of the wheel to a stunned Giancarlo Esposito, and Isaach De Bankolé's relentless discussion of sight and sex with an angry, blind woman (Beatrice Dalle). What emerges is a chain of brief intimacies (not always welcomed by the characters), like a number of matches lit simultaneously across the globe, flickering brightly for a few short moments. This popular work by Jarmusch helped confirm his reputation as a fiercely independent filmmaker of rare perception, rigor, and classical sensibility matched with original thinking. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Independent Film's BossNight on Earth - Criterion CollectionThis film is fantastic ...I had an old vhs copy and was glad to see it released in dvd format..it contains flawless..breath taking camera work..a perfect script and soundtrack and brilliant acting by a stellar cast..During the Helsinki segment I actually could feel the bone-chilling night coldness that was hanging over the city...Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Wells, Billy Wilder and Federico Fellini all great Masters of cinema had nothing over Jarmusch in fact I think ... Read More Rating:  - I was totally amazed......that so many people gave this boring loser of a movie 5 stars!! One star is half a star too many! Do these people have such boring lives that they actually watch other people's boring lives for entertainment? After the first "conversation" [if you can call it that?] with the punk cabbie in LA--I tried to give it a second chance by watching the next episode in NY and it was even worse--a screaming black prostitute whose only vocabulary is "f*** you" is entertainment? NOT!! If you are looking for an ... Read More Rating: - Strangers in the night -- a Jim Jarmusch classicJim Jarmusch's affinity for the humanity in those who might otherwise seem abrasive or distant is fully evident in this touching and lovely film, finally out in a version that does it justice. The film looks very good and sounds great in its new Criterion edition, that includes some nice extras on a single disc: Jim Jarmusch is always fascinating -- just to watch and even better to hear what he is saying -- and answers questions about the film and about his filmmaking in a few of the extras here, there ... Read More Rating: - "I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy, bbbb bbbbb bbb..."Hallelujah, "Night on Earth" on DVD -- I waited 10 years for this! Up til now this movie has only been available in VHS. The picture is fresh and vivid, and Tom Waits' haunting soundtrack is resonant. Jim Jarmusch pairs contrasting actors in each vignette as the movie circles the globe in a series of nighttime taxi rides. The best is the taxi ride in Rome, ably navigated by Roberto Benigni, as he imposes his confession on a helpless priest. There has never been another movie like it, and "Night on Earth" ... Read More Rating:  - Travel the world with Tom and JimThe camera is the Jarmusch 'eye' and you travel with him and his musician buddy Tom Waits across the world as the unseen occupants in taxi cabs. This voyeuristic trip mixes comedy with some serious ideas and even tragedy. A beautiful film that gives you some things to think about as it bridges the often huge divide that can arise between America and Europe. Browse for similar items by category:
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