Night on Earth

1991
16
2 Std. 9 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,7/10

67.649

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Dark Comedy Quirky Comedy Comedy Drama

Eine Anthologie von 5 unterschiedlichen Taxifahrern in 5 amerikanischen und europäischen Städten sowie deren bemerkenswerten Erlebnissen während derselben Nacht.Eine Anthologie von 5 unterschiedlichen Taxifahrern in 5 amerikanischen und europäischen Städten sowie deren bemerkenswerten Erlebnissen während derselben Nacht.Eine Anthologie von 5 unterschiedlichen Taxifahrern in 5 amerikanischen und europäischen Städten sowie deren bemerkenswerten Erlebnissen während derselben Nacht.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,7/10

67.649

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

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Wissenswertes
The production hired a stunt driver to maneuver the tiny Fiat cab around a hairpin turn for one of the exterior shots in Rome. The turn was so tight that the stunt driver couldn't manage it, even after several takes. Roberto Benigni asked if he could try it and pulled it off perfectly on the first take.

Patzer
This film takes place sometime during the winter, and the opening story takes place in Los Angeles starting at 7:07 p.m. At no time during the winter would Los Angeles be this sunny at 7:07 p.m. The latest time of day the sun would set during the winter would be at 6:07 p.m. on March 20, the last day of winter. (March 20 now occurs during Daylight Saving Time, but, in 1991, DST did not begin until April.)

Zitate
Paris Driver: Don't blind people usually wear dark glasses?
Blind Woman: Do they? I've never seen a blind person.

Crazy Credits
During the end credits, the titles of the crew members are in the language of the place/unit they worked in (ie the Helsinki unit's credits are in Finnish, and so on).

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Lethal Weapon 3/The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish/The Waterdance/Night on Earth/All the Vermeers in New York (1992)

Soundtracks
Back in the Good Old World
Written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
Produced by Tom Waits
Arranged by Tom Waits and Francis Thumm
Jalma Music, Inc.
Administered by Ackee Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Tom Waits performs courtesy of Island Records, Inc.

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8/10

5 little stories, 5 cities, 4 languages - surprising

A fantastic piece of entertainment: five little stories, five cities, four languages. That's all. This movie has no message but it portrays five regions of the world most sensitively.

The L.A. episode is the weakest. It is not bad but it has one big problem: it is the first one. People start watching the movie and expect something sensational. This first episode cannot present anything spectacular, only first class character acting. There are no big surprises or twists, the episode is not particularly funny or anything. Honestly, when I saw the first minutes of this movie I thought: `O dear, I'm going to fall asleep!'

Then, the N.Y. story came. This one made me laugh real hard, and it made Armin Mueller Stahl one of my favourite actors. I started to love this movie, and I was well prepared for the Paris episode, which is, in my opinion the best, the most satisfying of them.

I found the story of the Roberto Benigni episode rather stupid, but his talent in exaggerating (so he did this even seven years before 1999's Oscar ceremony!) made up for it.

Then, the huge contrast: The liveliest episode is followed by the dreariest. Finnish workers tell each other stories from their lives, each trying to tell the saddest.

`Night on Earth' is not a movie for everybody but I think it is, in any case, the ideal movie to watch on television at two o'clock in the morning.