Night on Earth (1991)

Night on Earth (1991) 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. ??Ed Sutton Awards: 1 win & 2 nominationsBudget: $3,500,000 (estimated)Worldwide Gross: $2,023,808Soundtrack: Back in the Good Old World (Written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan)